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Institutional Arrangements. 1. The Recipient shall maintain its Central Committee for Flood and Storm Control, throughout the period of Project implementation, with such powers, functions and terms of reference so as to enable it to: (a) provide strategic, policy and technical guidance in the implementation of the Project; (b) ensure the consistency of the Project with the National Strategy for Natural Disaster Prevention, Response and Mitigation to 2020; and (c) coordinate with other government agencies in planning preventive and mitigation measures, mobilizing resources to prepare investment proposals for purposes of risk mitigation, and disseminating information and experience in regard to natural disaster risk management. 2. The Recipient shall maintain, throughout the period of Project implementation, a Project Coordinating Unit within MOF, to be responsible for managing the overall implementation of the Project, including financial management, monitoring and reporting; said PCU to be provided with adequate resources, under the direction of experienced managers and staffed with competent personnel in sufficient numbers, including at least a project engineer, a safeguard specialist, a procurement officer, a finance and disbursement specialist, and support staff as necessary, all with qualifications and experience and under terms of reference satisfactory to the Association. (a) The Recipient shall cause each Project Province to establish and, thereafter throughout the period of implementation of the Project, maintain a Provincial Project Management Unit to be responsible for managing the implementation of the Project at the level of the respective Project Province; said PPMU to be under the direction of the Provincial People’s Committee or the District People’s Committee, provided with adequate resources and staffed with competent personnel in sufficient numbers, including a director, an accountant, a procurement officer and a technical specialist, in all cases with qualifications and experience and under terms of reference satisfactory to the Association. (b) The Recipient shall cause each Project Province to draw upon the Provincial Committee for Flood and Storm Control to constitute a Provincial Project Steering Committee; said Committee supported by the PPMU shall be responsible for providing policy and technical guidance in the implementation of the Project Province’s respective activities under the Project, ensuring the availability of provincial counterpart funding, ensuring the coordination of all responsible line agencies at the provincial level in the implementation of the Project Province’s activities under the Project, and overseeing resettlement and compensation activities. (a) The Recipient shall maintain, at all times during the duration of Project implementation, the MOF Operations Manual in form and substance acceptable to the Association, setting forth procedures and guidelines for the implementation of the Project, in particular: (i) financial management, control and reporting requirements, including the preparation of financial monitoring reports adequate to support reports- based disbursement; (ii) criteria for determining whether any specific natural occurrence qualify as a natural disaster and is eligible for post- disaster reconstruction financing under the Project; mechanisms for flow of funds to Project Provinces for Eligible Post-Disaster Reconstruction;

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Samples: Financing Agreement

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Institutional Arrangements. 1. The Recipient No later than 45 days after the Effective Date, the Borrower shall maintain its Central Committee for Flood and Storm Control, throughout the period of Project implementation, with such powers, functions and terms of reference so as to enable it to: (a) provide strategic, policy and technical guidance in the implementation of the Project; (b) ensure the consistency of the Project with the National Strategy for Natural Disaster Prevention, Response and Mitigation to 2020; and (c) coordinate with other government agencies in planning preventive and mitigation measures, mobilizing resources to prepare investment proposals for purposes of risk mitigationestablish, and disseminating information and experience in regard to natural disaster risk management. 2. The Recipient shall maintain, throughout the period of Project implementation, a Project Coordinating Unit within MOF, to be responsible for managing the overall implementation of the Project, including financial management, monitoring and reporting; said PCU to be provided with adequate resources, under the direction of experienced managers and staffed with competent personnel in sufficient numbers, including at least a project engineer, a safeguard specialist, a procurement officer, a finance and disbursement specialist, and support staff as necessary, all with qualifications and experience and under terms of reference satisfactory to the Association. (a) The Recipient shall cause each Project Province to establish and, thereafter throughout the period of implementation of the Project, maintain a Provincial Project Management Unit to be responsible for managing the implementation of the Project at the level of the respective Project Province; said PPMU to be under the direction of the Provincial People’s Committee or the District People’s Committee, provided with adequate resources and staffed with competent personnel in sufficient numbers, including a director, an accountant, a procurement officer and a technical specialist, in all cases with qualifications and experience and under terms of reference satisfactory to the Association. (b) The Recipient shall cause each Project Province to draw upon the Provincial Committee for Flood and Storm Control to constitute a Provincial Project Steering Committee; said Committee supported by the PPMU shall be responsible for providing policy and technical guidance in the implementation of the Project Province’s respective activities under the Project, ensuring the availability of provincial counterpart funding, ensuring the coordination of all responsible line agencies at the provincial level in the implementation of the Project Province’s activities under the Project, and overseeing resettlement and compensation activities. (a) The Recipient shall maintain, at all times during the duration of Project implementation, the MOF Operations Manual in form and substance acceptable to the Association, setting forth procedures and guidelines for the implementation of the Project, a Sectoral Technical Assistance Coordination Group with membership acceptable to the Bank and defined in particularthe Operational Manual, responsible for: (a) reviewing Municipal Development Plans and investment programs proposed under Municipal Subprojects; and (b) reviewing technical issues and providing guidance and assistance to the municipalities in planning and implementing municipal investments. 2. No later than 45 days after the Effective Date, the Borrower shall establish, and thereafter maintain during the implementation of the Project, a Steering Committee chaired by SSEPLAN and composed by representatives from key organizations, as defined in the Operational Manual, responsible for providing general oversight and policy guidance under the Project. 3. The Borrower shall maintain within DGDOT during the implementation of the Project a unit (the PCU), consisting of staff having experience and qualifications satisfactory at all times to the Bank, and responsible for overall coordination and implementation of the Project. 4. For the purposes of carrying out Parts 1 and 2 of the Project, the Borrower, through DGDOT, shall: (a) enter into an agreement (the Municipal Agreement) with each Participating Municipality, setting forth: (i) financial managementthe technical, control financial, administrative and reporting requirementsfiduciary aspects of the Project and municipal participation in the implementation of, including and use of funds for, Parts 1 and 2 of the preparation of financial monitoring reports adequate to support reports- based disbursementProject; and (ii) criteria the Participating Municipality’s commitment to increase capacity in the implementation of municipal core functions. (b) review annually (or at any other interval acceptable to the Bank), together with the Bank, the performance of each of the Participating Municipalities with respect to financial, physical and technical performance targets (included in each of the Municipal Subproject Agreements and explained further in the Operational Manual), and provide evidence showing, to the satisfaction of the Bank that: (i) these targets were achieved; and (ii) the amounts disbursed by the Borrower to each Participating Municipality under their respective Municipal Subproject Agreement, were used for determining whether any specific natural occurrence qualify as a natural disaster goods, works and is services eligible for post- disaster reconstruction financing out of the proceeds of the Loan. (c) exercise its rights under each of the Municipal Agreements in such manner as to protect the interests of the Borrower and the Bank, and to accomplish the purposes of the Loan. Except as the Bank shall otherwise agree, the Borrower shall not assign, amend, abrogate, waive or fail to enforce any of the Implementation Agreements, or any of their provisions. 5. For the purposes of carrying out Part 2 of the Project, the Borrower, through DGDOT, shall: (a) after having selected a Municipal Subproject in accordance with the guidelines and procedures set forth in the Operational Manual, enter into an agreement with the Participating Municipality (“Municipal Subproject Agreement”), under terms and conditions approved by the Bank and included in the Operational Manual (including the Participating Municipality’s obligation to comply with the terms of the Anti- Corruption Guidelines, and to abide by the technical and environmental practices required for the Subprojects), for the provision of Matching Grants for the implementation of said Municipal Subproject. (b) ensure that no Municipal Subproject may involve any of the activities set forth in Schedule 4 to this Agreement. (c) exercise its rights under the Project; mechanisms for flow Municipal Subproject Agreements in such manner as to protect the interests of funds the Borrower and the Bank and to Project Provinces for Eligible Post-Disaster Reconstruction;accomplish the purposes of the Loan. Except as the Bank shall otherwise agree, the Borrower shall not assign, amend, abrogate, waive or fail to enforce any of the Municipal Subproject Agreements or any provisions thereof.

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Samples: Loan Agreement

Institutional Arrangements. 1. The Recipient Borrower shall maintain its Central Committee vest the responsibility for Flood the overall oversight and Storm Control, throughout the period of Project implementation, with such powers, functions and terms of reference so as to enable it to: (a) provide strategic, policy and technical guidance in the implementation of the Project; (b) ensure the consistency coordination of the Project with the National Strategy for Natural Disaster Prevention, Response and Mitigation to 2020; and (c) coordinate with other government agencies in planning preventive and mitigation measures, mobilizing resources to prepare investment proposals for purposes of risk mitigation, and disseminating information and experience in regard to natural disaster risk managementPEPCO. 2. The Recipient Borrower shall maintain, throughout the period of Project implementation, a Project Coordinating Unit within MOF, to be responsible for managing the overall implementation of the Project, including financial management, monitoring and reporting; said PCU to be provided with adequate resources, under the direction of experienced managers and staffed with competent personnel in sufficient numbers, including at least a project engineer, a safeguard specialist, a procurement officer, a finance and disbursement specialist, and support staff as necessary, all with qualifications and experience and under terms of reference satisfactory to the Association.cause PEPCO to: (a) The Recipient shall cause each Project Province to establish and, thereafter throughout the period of implementation of the Project, maintain a Provincial Project Management Unit to be responsible for managing the implementation of the Project at the level of the respective Project Province; said PPMU to be under the direction of the Provincial People’s Committee or the District People’s Committee, provided with adequate resources and staffed with competent personnel in sufficient numbers, including a director, an accountant, a procurement officer and a technical specialist, in all cases with qualifications and experience and under terms of reference satisfactory to the Association. (b) The Recipient shall cause each Project Province to draw upon the Provincial Committee for Flood and Storm Control to constitute a Provincial Project Steering Committee; said Committee supported by the PPMU shall be responsible for providing policy and technical guidance in the implementation of the Project Province’s respective activities under the Project, ensuring the availability of provincial counterpart funding, ensuring the coordination of all responsible line agencies at the provincial level in the implementation of the Project Province’s activities under the Project, and overseeing resettlement and compensation activities. (a) The Recipient shall maintain, at all times during the duration of Project implementation, the MOF Operations Manual in form and substance acceptable to the Association, setting forth procedures and guidelines for throughout the implementation of the Project, a project implementation unit, which unit shall be responsible for the day-to-day technical, financial and procurement management and coordination of the Borrower’s Respective Parts of the Project; such unit to be provided with sufficient resources under the direction of a qualified and experienced manager, acceptable to the Bank, and assisted by staff in particularadequate numbers, with terms of reference acceptable to the Bank; (b) hire, by no later than December 31, 2008, and thereafter retain throughout the project implementation, the services of a qualified and internationally experienced procurement advisor, satisfactory to the Bank, under terms of reference acceptable to the Bank, in order to: (i) financial managementstrengthen the capacity of PEPCO’s procurement monitoring cell; (ii) participate in PEPCO’s and the Project Implementing Entities’ bid evaluation meetings, control and reporting requirements, assist these entities with the preparation of the bid evaluation reports; (iii) submit independent reports to PEPCO and the Bank on procurement activities carried out by the Project Implementing Entities; (iv) participate in the inspection of the delivery of goods and works so procured; and (v) provide assistance to Project Implementing Entities for the strengthening of their procurement capacity (including the preparation of comprehensive procurement policies and guidelines); and (c) hire, on an annual basis, independent external auditors satisfactory to the Bank, with terms of reference acceptable to the Bank, to be responsible for carrying out PEPCO’s annual audit and the audits of the PEPCO’s Project accounts, interim un-audited financial monitoring reports adequate to support reports- based disbursement; (ii) criteria for determining whether any specific natural occurrence qualify and Financial Statements. The audit reports shall include the independent auditor’s opinion on PEPCO’s compliance with the financial covenants and reports undertaken by the Borrower as a natural disaster and is eligible for post- disaster reconstruction financing under the Project; mechanisms for flow of funds to Project Provinces for Eligible Post-Disaster Reconstruction;set forth in this Agreement.

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Samples: Loan Agreement

Institutional Arrangements. 1. The Recipient shall maintain its Central Committee for Flood and Storm Controlshall, throughout the period of Project implementation, with such powers, functions and terms of reference so as to enable it to: (a) provide strategic, policy and technical guidance in the implementation of the Project; (b) ensure , maintain the consistency following institutional arrangements: 1. The Steering Committee, including representatives of the Project with Recipient’s office of the National Strategy President, office of the Prime Minister, ministry responsible for Natural Disaster Preventionurban affairs, Response housing and Mitigation to 2020; land registry, ministry responsible for interior, public health and (c) coordinate with other government agencies in planning preventive decentralization, ministry responsible for economy and mitigation measuresfinance, mobilizing resources to prepare investment proposals for purposes of risk mitigationthe Targeted Institutions, and disseminating information NIGETIP, shall be responsible for providing overall strategic guidance, overseeing Project implementation, reinforcing intersectoral coordination, approving work programs and experience in regard to natural disaster risk managementbudgets and reviewing implementation progress and audit reports. 2. The Recipient Under the general supervision of the Steering Committee, the BNC shall maintain, throughout the period of Project implementation, a Project Coordinating Unit within MOF, to be responsible for managing the overall implementation Project coordination, including: (i) preparation of annual work programs, (ii) monitoring, reporting and evaluation of the Project, including financial management(iii) fiduciary aspects (with the involvement of the Targeted Institutions and NIGETIP for the activities carried out under Part B of the Project), and (iv) implementation, supervision and monitoring of environmental and reporting; said PCU social safeguards. The Recipient shall ensure that BNC has sufficient resources to be provided efficiently coordinate the Project including, inter alia, the following staff with adequate resourcesterms of reference, under qualifications and experience satisfactory to the direction of experienced managers and staffed with competent personnel in sufficient numbers, including at least Association: a project engineercoordinator, a safeguard capacity building specialist, an infrastructure specialist, a procurement officer, a finance and disbursement specialist, an administrative and support staff as necessary, all with qualifications financial officer and experience and under terms of reference satisfactory an accountant. The BNC shall report to the AssociationSteering Committee at least on a quarterly basis. (a) The Recipient shall cause Targeted Institutions shall, each Project Province to establish andfor its respective part, thereafter throughout be responsible for the period technical implementation of implementation Part B of the Project, maintain including programming, procurement of activities whose estimated cost does not exceed a Provincial Project Management Unit ceiling which has been previously agreed upon in writing by the Association (as may be revised by the Association from time to time in writing), managing and maintaining investments, each in accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions of: (i) City Agreements which shall be responsible entered into between BNC and respectively: (A) the five Municipalities of Niamey for managing the implementation of the Project at the level Part B (1) of the respective Project Province; said PPMU to be under Project, (B) the direction Urban Community of Maradi for the implementation of Part B (2) of the Provincial People’s Committee or Project, and (C) the District People’s Municipality of Dosso for the implementation of Part B (3) of the Project, after approval by the Steering Committee, provided with adequate resources each in form and staffed with competent personnel in sufficient numbers, including a director, an accountant, a procurement officer and a technical specialist, in all cases with qualifications and experience and under terms of reference substance satisfactory to the Association, for the implementation of their respective investment and capacity building programs and the improvement of their respective overall management. Each City Agreement shall provide for adequate support and safeguard measures in the area of procurement including, inter alia, the selection of staff member within the Targeted Institution, who shall be in charge of the Targeted Institution’s procurement activities, and contractual arrangements for selected activities; and (ii) service agreements (contrats de maîtrise d’ouvrage déléguée) which shall be entered into between NIGETIP and respectively: (a) the five Municipalities of Niamey for the implementation of Part B (1) of the Project, (B) the Urban Community of Maradi for the implementation of Part B (2) of the Project, and (C) the Municipality of Dosso for the implementation of Part B (3) of the Project, each in form and substance satisfactory to the Association, for the implementation of selected procurement activities whose estimated cost exceeds the ceiling referred to in sub-paragraph (a) above, as described in the corresponding City Agreement. (b) The Recipient shall cause each Project Province ensure that no provision of the agreements referred to draw upon in (i) and (ii) of subsection (a) above is amended, abrogated or waived without the Provincial Committee for Flood and Storm Control to constitute a Provincial Project Steering Committee; said Committee supported by prior written approval of the PPMU Association. 4. BNC shall be responsible for providing policy and the technical guidance in the implementation of the Project Province’s respective activities under the Project, ensuring the availability of provincial counterpart funding, ensuring the coordination of all responsible line agencies at the provincial level in the implementation of the Project Province’s activities under the Project, Parts A and overseeing resettlement and compensation activities. (a) The Recipient shall maintain, at all times during the duration of Project implementation, the MOF Operations Manual in form and substance acceptable to the Association, setting forth procedures and guidelines for the implementation C of the Project, in particular: close collaboration with the Recipient’s ministry responsible for urban affairs, housing and land registry with respect to Part A (i) financial management2), control and reporting requirements, including with NIGETIP with respect to Part A (3). The BNC shall provide the preparation support of financial monitoring reports adequate its staff to support reports- based disbursement; the Targeted Institutions for the establishment of their local procurement framework (ii) criteria for determining whether any specific natural occurrence qualify as a natural disaster procurement specialist and is eligible for post- disaster reconstruction financing under the Project; mechanisms for flow manual of funds to Project Provinces for Eligible Post-Disaster Reconstruction;local government procurement procedures).

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Samples: Financing Agreement

Institutional Arrangements. The Recipient shall carry out the Project in accordance with the following institutional arrangements: 1. The Recipient shall maintain its Central Committee for Flood carry out the Project, through MMWRM in accordance with the requirements, criteria, organizational arrangements and Storm Controloperational procedures set forth in POM and the Environmental Management Plan and shall not assign, throughout amend, abrogate or waive any provisions of POM or the period Environmental Management Plan without prior approval of Project implementation, with such powers, functions and terms of reference so as to enable it to: (a) provide strategic, policy and technical guidance in the Association. 2. At all times during the implementation of the Project; (b) ensure , the consistency of the Project with the National Strategy for Natural Disaster Prevention, Response and Mitigation to 2020; and (c) coordinate with other government agencies in planning preventive and mitigation measures, mobilizing resources to prepare investment proposals for purposes of risk mitigation, and disseminating information and experience in regard to natural disaster risk management. 2. The Recipient shall maintainmaintain PMU, throughout the period of Project implementationCPSC and PIU, respectively, with a Project Coordinating Unit within MOFcomposition, to be responsible for managing the overall implementation of the Project, including financial management, monitoring resources and reporting; said PCU to be provided with adequate resources, under the direction of experienced managers and staffed with competent personnel in sufficient numbers, including at least a project engineer, a safeguard specialist, a procurement officer, a finance and disbursement specialist, and support staff as necessary, all with qualifications and experience and under terms of reference satisfactory to the Association. 3. The Recipient, through MMWRM, shall: (a) The Recipient shall cause each maintain for this Project Province to establish anda panel of independent experts employed under the Original Project who have not been previously involved with the investigation, thereafter throughout the period of implementation design, construction, or operation of the Projectdam and reservoir, maintain a Provincial Project Management Unit to be responsible for managing the implementation of the Project at the level of the respective Project Province; said PPMU to be under the direction of the Provincial People’s Committee or the District People’s Committee, provided with adequate resources and staffed with competent personnel in sufficient numbers, including a director, an accountant, a procurement officer and a technical specialist, in all cases with qualifications and experience and under terms of reference and with qualifications satisfactory to the Association., with the purpose of reviewing and advising the Recipient on matters relative to the safety of the Kayrakum dam, reservoir xxxxx and other related structures; (b) cause said panel to: (i) periodically inspect and evaluate the safety status of the Kayrakum Dam, reservoir xxxxx and other related structures and their performance history; (ii) provide a written report of findings and recommendations for any remedial work or safety-related measures; and (iii) provide an immediate analysis and interpretation of all relevant data gathered from the operation of the dam; (c) ensure that all works under Part B of the Project are designed and supervised by competent professionals in a manner satisfactory to the Association; (d) not later than nine (9) months after the Effective Date, prepare a plan satisfactory to the Association for the Kayrakum dam and reservoir operation and maintenance, and an emergency preparedness plan which shall include, without limitation: clear statements on the responsibility for dam operations decision making and for the related emergency communications; maps outlining inundation level for various emergency conditions; flood warning system characteristics; and procedures for evacuating threatened areas and mobilizing emergency forces and equipment. The Recipient shall cause each Project Province to draw upon implement the Provincial Committee for Flood above-referenced plans in a manner and Storm Control to constitute in accordance with a Provincial Project Steering Committee; said Committee supported by the PPMU shall be responsible for providing policy and technical guidance in the implementation of the Project Province’s respective activities under the Project, ensuring the availability of provincial counterpart funding, ensuring the coordination of all responsible line agencies at the provincial level in the implementation of the Project Province’s activities under the Project, and overseeing resettlement and compensation activities. (a) The Recipient shall maintain, at all times during the duration of Project implementation, the MOF Operations Manual in form and substance time-table acceptable to the Association; (e) take all measures necessary to ensure that satisfactory progress has been achieved in farm privatization within the Project implementation areas by the Project mid-term review so as to help setting the base conditions to establish viable WUAs and involvement of users in water management on tertiary systems; and (f) take, setting forth procedures and guidelines for the implementation of the Projector cause to be taken, in particular: (i) financial management, control and reporting requirements, including the preparation of financial monitoring reports adequate all measures necessary to support reports- based disbursement; (ii) criteria for determining whether any specific natural occurrence qualify ensure that no human settlements will be displaced as a natural disaster result of Project activities, and is eligible for post- disaster reconstruction financing under any adverse impacts on vulnerable people of any other restrictions of access to land resulting from Project activities will be mitigated by Project investments directly benefiting the Project; mechanisms for flow of funds to Project Provinces for Eligible Post-Disaster Reconstruction;affected people.

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Samples: Financing Agreement

Institutional Arrangements. Project Steering Committee 1. No later than (2) months from the Effective Date, the Recipient shall establish and thereafter maintain, at all times during the implementation of the Project, a Project steering committee with a mandate, composition and resources satisfactory to the Association (“Project Steering Committee”). 2. Without limitation upon the provisions of Section I.A.1 of this Schedule 2, the Project Steering Committee shall be chaired by the permanent secretary of MINEAGRIE, or his/her representative, and the vice-chairman shall be the permanent secretary of the Ministry of Finance, Budget and Economic Planning, or his/her representatives, and shall be comprised of representatives from relevant authorities and key sectoral ministries and institutions, governors of the provinces, as well as selected farmers' organizations, environmental NGOs, local universities or research institutes, and the private sector representatives working on environment. 3. The Project Steering Committee shall meet at least twice a year and shall be responsible for Project oversight, including inter alia: (i) providing high level policy, strategic, and technical guidance; (ii) advising on, and approving the Project’s Annual Work Plan and Budget; (iii) facilitating adequate coordination with relevant stakeholders and alignment with sector strategies; (iv) identifying necessary Project adjustments based on monitoring and evaluation reports; and (v) resolving issues and challenges related to the Project requiring high level interventions. 4. The Recipient shall maintain its Central Committee for Flood and Storm Control, throughout the period of Project implementation, with such powers, functions and terms of reference so as to enable it to: (a) provide strategic, policy and technical guidance in at all times during the implementation of the Project; (b) ensure , the consistency PIU within MINEAGRIE with a mandate, terms of the Project with the National Strategy for Natural Disaster Preventionreference, Response and Mitigation to 2020; and (c) coordinate with other government agencies in planning preventive and mitigation measures, mobilizing resources to prepare investment proposals for purposes of risk mitigationresources, and disseminating information and experience in regard composition satisfactory to natural disaster risk management. 2. The Recipient shall maintainthe Association, throughout the period of including a Project implementationcoordinator, a Project Coordinating Unit within MOFtechnical manager, to be responsible for managing the overall implementation of the Projecta financial management specialist, including financial managementtwo procurement specialists, monitoring and reporting; said PCU to be provided with adequate resourcesevaluation specialist, under the direction of experienced managers and staffed with competent personnel in sufficient numbersone senior accountant, including at least a project engineertwo accountants, a safeguard specialistlogistician, a procurement officeran archivist, a finance an internal auditor, environmental and disbursement specialistsocial specialists as indicated in the ESCP, any other technical, fiduciary, and support staff safeguards specialists as necessarymay have been agreed with the Association, as further detailed in the Project Implementation Manual (PIM), all with qualifications and qualifications, experience and under terms of reference satisfactory to the Association. (a) 5. The Recipient PIU shall cause each Project Province to establish and, thereafter throughout the period of be responsible for day-to-day management and implementation of the Project, maintain a Provincial Project Management Unit to be responsible for managing the implementation of the Project at the level of the respective Project Province; said PPMU to be under the direction of the Provincial People’s Committee or the District People’s Committee, provided with adequate resources and staffed with competent personnel in sufficient numbers, including a director, an accountant, a procurement officer and a technical specialist, in all cases with qualifications and experience and under terms of reference satisfactory to the Association. (b) The Recipient shall cause each Project Province to draw upon the Provincial Committee for Flood and Storm Control to constitute a Provincial Project Steering Committee; said Committee supported by the PPMU shall be responsible for providing policy and technical guidance in the implementation of the Project Province’s respective activities under the Project, ensuring the availability of provincial counterpart funding, ensuring the coordination of all responsible line agencies at the provincial level in the implementation of the Project Province’s activities under the Project, and overseeing resettlement and compensation activities. (a) The Recipient shall maintain, at all times during the duration of Project implementation, the MOF Operations Manual in form and substance acceptable to the Association, setting forth procedures and guidelines for the implementation of the Project, in particularincluding: (i) financial management, control managing the environmental and reporting requirements, including the preparation of financial monitoring reports adequate to support reports- based disbursement; (ii) criteria for determining whether any specific natural occurrence qualify as a natural disaster and is eligible for post- disaster reconstruction financing under the Project; mechanisms for flow of funds to Project Provinces for Eligible Post-Disaster Reconstructionsocial aspects;

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Samples: Financing Agreement

Institutional Arrangements. 1. The Recipient shall maintain its Central Committee shall: designate the NBS with the responsibility for Flood and Storm Control, throughout the period of overall Project implementation, with such powers, functions and terms of reference so as to enable it to: (a) provide strategic, policy and technical guidance in ensure that NBS is maintained at all times during the implementation of the Project; (b) ensure the consistency of the Project with the National Strategy for Natural Disaster Preventionmandate, Response staffing and Mitigation to 2020; and (c) coordinate with other government agencies in planning preventive and mitigation measures, mobilizing resources to prepare investment proposals for purposes of risk mitigation, and disseminating information and experience in regard to natural disaster risk management. 2. The Recipient shall maintain, throughout the period of Project implementation, a Project Coordinating Unit within MOF, to be responsible for managing the overall implementation of the Project, including financial management, monitoring and reporting; said PCU to be provided with adequate resources, under the direction of experienced managers and staffed with competent personnel in sufficient numbers, including at least a project engineer, a safeguard specialist, a procurement officer, a finance and disbursement specialist, and support staff as necessary, all with qualifications and experience and under terms of reference satisfactory to the Association. (a) The Recipient shall cause each Association for the purpose of ensuring the prompt and efficient overall coordination, monitoring, reporting, evaluation and communication of Project Province to activities; no later than December 31, 2011, establish and, and thereafter maintain throughout the period of implementation of the Project, four (4) sector statistics working groups (“SSWGs”), [one for each of the following sectors: (i) macro economic statistics; (ii) socio-demographic statistics; and (iii) enterprise and business statistics and (iv) crime and justice statistics], comprised of representatives of the statistics units of selected MDAs and their sectoral counterparts in NBS, each such group with mandate, staffing and resources satisfactory to the Association for the purpose of ensuring for the sector concerned, the prompt and efficient development of a work plan, training plan, procurement plan and sectoral output for the Project for the coming year, and to execute such plans in coordination with the TSMP coordination team (TCT); maintain within NBS throughout the period of Project implementation, a Provincial Project Management Unit TCT with adequate resources and staffing, including a TCT coordinator, a liaison officer, an experienced statistics management expert, a financial management specialist, an information technology (“IT”) specialist and a procurement specialist, all with terms of reference, qualifications and experience acceptable to the Association, to be responsible for managing the implementation day to day management of the Project at including reporting and auditing, procurement and compliance with the level financial management policies and procedures; maintain throughout the period of Project implementation, a joint government/DPs steering committee for the Project with representatives from DPs, and key ministries and agencies of the respective Project Province; said PPMU Recipient, to be responsible for: (i) reviewing work plans and budgets of NBS and OCGS and the various MDAs and LGAs; (ii) discussing sector priorities; (iii) reviewing reports and assessments of performance; and (iv) reviewing quarterly financial reports and annual audit reports; no later than December 31, 2011, appoint an independent auditor under the direction terms of the Provincial People’s Committee or the District People’s Committee, provided with adequate resources reference and staffed with competent personnel in sufficient numbers, including a director, an accountant, a procurement officer and a technical specialist, in all cases with qualifications and experience and under terms of reference satisfactory to the Association in accordance with Section III of this Schedule for purposes of carrying out the audits required pursuant to Section II.C of this Schedule; and establish and thereafter maintain throughout the period of Project implementation until the establishment of the Executive Board of Directors, an interim national statistics steering committee (“INSSC”) comprising representatives from the MDAs and LGAs and with mandate and resources acceptable to the Association. (b) The Recipient shall cause each Project Province , to draw upon the Provincial Committee for Flood and Storm Control to constitute a Provincial Project Steering Committee; said Committee supported by the PPMU shall be responsible for providing policy and technical guidance in the implementation of the Project Province’s respective activities under the Project, ensuring the availability of provincial counterpart funding, ensuring the coordination of all responsible line agencies at the provincial level in the implementation of the Project Province’s activities under the Project, and overseeing resettlement and compensation activities. (a) The Recipient shall maintain, at all times during the duration of direction on matters relating to Project implementation, the MOF Operations Manual endorsing work programs, procurement plans, budgets and promoting interagency coordination, collaboration, cooperation and supporting and facilitating external evaluation in form and substance acceptable relation to the Association, setting forth procedures and guidelines for the implementation of the Project, in particular: (i) financial management, control and reporting requirements, including the preparation of financial monitoring reports adequate to support reports- based disbursement; (ii) criteria for determining whether any specific natural occurrence qualify as a natural disaster and is eligible for post- disaster reconstruction financing under the Project; mechanisms for flow of funds to Project Provinces for Eligible Post-Disaster Reconstruction;.

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Samples: Financing Agreement

Institutional Arrangements. 1. The Recipient shall maintain its Central Committee for Flood For the purpose of ensuring the efficient and Storm Control, throughout the period of Project implementation, with such powers, functions and terms of reference so as to enable it to: (a) provide strategic, policy and technical guidance in the implementation of the Project; (b) ensure the consistency of the Project with the National Strategy for Natural Disaster Prevention, Response and Mitigation to 2020; and (c) coordinate with other government agencies in planning preventive and mitigation measures, mobilizing resources to prepare investment proposals for purposes of risk mitigation, and disseminating information and experience in regard to natural disaster risk management. 2. The Recipient shall maintain, throughout the period of Project implementation, a Project Coordinating Unit within MOF, to be responsible for managing the overall effective implementation of the Project, including financial management, monitoring and reporting; said PCU to be provided with adequate resources, under the direction of experienced managers and staffed with competent personnel in sufficient numbers, including at least a project engineer, a safeguard specialist, a procurement officer, a finance and disbursement specialist, and support staff as necessary, all with qualifications and experience and under terms of reference satisfactory to the Association. (a) The Recipient shall cause each Project Province to establish andmaintain, thereafter throughout the period of implementation of the Project, maintain a Provincial Project Management Unit to be responsible for managing the implementation of the Project at the level of the respective Project Province; said PPMU to be under the direction of the Provincial People’s Committee or the District People’s Committeestructures with composition, provided with adequate functions, staffing and resources and staffed with competent personnel in sufficient numbers, including a director, an accountant, a procurement officer and a technical specialist, in all cases with qualifications and experience and under terms of reference satisfactory to the AssociationAssociation and set out in the Project Operations Manual. (b) The 2. Without limitation to foregoing, the Recipient shall cause each Project Province to draw upon the Provincial Committee for Flood and Storm Control to constitute a Provincial Project Steering Committee; said Committee supported by the PPMU shall be responsible for providing policy and technical guidance in the implementation of the Project Province’s respective activities under the Project, ensuring the availability of provincial counterpart funding, ensuring the coordination of all responsible line agencies at the provincial level in the implementation of the Project Province’s activities under the Project, and overseeing resettlement and compensation activities.shall: (a) The Recipient shall maintainmaintain a Project Steering Committee, at all times during the duration co-chaired by senior officials of Project implementationMPWT and XXXXX and including representatives of MPWT, the MOF Operations Manual XXXXX, MOH, MRD, MEF, MoWRAM, NCDD-S, and other relevant ministries and agencies involved in form and substance acceptable to the Association, setting forth procedures and guidelines for the implementation of the Project, in particularwhich shall be responsible, inter alia, for: (i) financial management, control monitoring the overall progress of the Project and reporting requirements, including providing strategic guidance on its implementation and the preparation achievement of financial monitoring reports adequate to support reports- based disbursementits objectives; and (ii) criteria for determining whether facilitating coordination of Project activities, policy discussions among the members of the committee, and removal of any specific natural occurrence qualify as a natural disaster obstacles to the timely and is eligible for post- disaster reconstruction financing under effective implementation of the Project; mechanisms and to this end, ensure that the Project Steering Committee shall meet at least once every six (6) months during the implementation of the Project; (b) maintain a Project Management Unit within XXXXX, to be responsible, inter alia, for: (i) overall Project coordination, including arrangement for flow Project audits, and consolidation of funds Project reports; and (ii) carrying out Part 1 of the Project’s: day-to-day implementation and management, preparation of relevant Annual Work Plans and Budgets and procurement plan(s), monitoring and evaluation, and management of relevant environmental and social impacts with the oversight of the IRC / MEF on any resettlement matters; (c) by no later than three (3) months after the Effective Date establish a Review and Approval Committee chaired by XXXXX and including representatives of XXXXX, MEF and/or relevant national and provincial agencies involved in the implementation of Part 1.2 of the Project, which shall be responsible for reviewing and approving the PWOs’ grant proposals; and (d) maintain a Project Management Unit within MPWT to Project Provinces for Eligible Postbe responsible, inter alia, for: carrying out Part 2 of the Project’s: day-Disaster Reconstruction;to-day implementation and management, preparation of relevant Annual Work Plans and Budgets and procurement plan(s), monitoring and evaluation, and management of relevant environmental and social impacts with the oversight of the IRC / MEF on any resettlement matters.

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Samples: Financing Agreement

Institutional Arrangements. The Recipient shall, 1. The Recipient shall maintain its Central Committee for Flood and Storm Control, throughout the period of Project implementation, with such powers, functions and terms of reference so as to enable it to: (a) provide strategic, policy and technical guidance in the implementation of the Project; (b) ensure the consistency of the Project with the National Strategy for Natural Disaster Prevention, Response and Mitigation to 2020; and (c) coordinate with other government agencies in planning preventive and mitigation measures, mobilizing resources to prepare investment proposals for purposes of risk mitigation, and disseminating information and experience in regard to natural disaster risk management. 2. The Recipient shall maintain, throughout the period of Project implementation, appoint a Project Coordinating Unit within MOF, to be responsible for managing the overall implementation of the Project, including financial management, monitoring and reporting; said PCU to be provided with adequate resources, under the direction of experienced managers and staffed with competent personnel in sufficient numbers, including at least a project engineer, a safeguard specialist, a procurement officer, a finance and disbursement specialist, and support staff as necessary, all CG with qualifications and experience and under satisfactory to the Association with terms of reference satisfactory to the Association. (a) The Recipient , who shall cause each Project Province report to establish and, thereafter throughout the period Secretary of implementation Planning of the ProjectRecipient’s Office of the President, maintain a Provincial Project Management Unit to be responsible for managing the implementation overall management of the Project at the level of the respective Project Province; said PPMU to be under the direction of the Provincial People’s Committee or the District People’s Committee, provided with adequate resources and staffed with competent personnel in sufficient numbers, including a director, an accountant, a procurement officer and a technical specialist, in all cases with qualifications and experience and under terms of reference satisfactory to the Association.Project; (b) The Recipient shall cause each Project Province to draw upon the Provincial Committee for Flood and Storm Control to constitute a Provincial Project Steering Committee; said Committee supported by the PPMU shall be responsible for providing policy and technical guidance in the implementation of the Project Province’s respective activities under the Project, ensuring the availability of provincial counterpart funding, ensuring the coordination of all responsible line agencies at the provincial level in the implementation of the Project Province’s activities under the Project, and overseeing resettlement and compensation activities. (a) The Recipient shall 2. maintain, at all times during the duration execution of Project implementationthe Project: (a) the COS and CR, the MOF Operations Manual in form whose mandate, terms of reference and substance composition and resources shall be acceptable to the Association, setting forth procedures to provide guidance and guidelines for exercise general oversight functions in the course of implementation of the Project, including the approval of Annual Work Programs, assist in particular: the decision-making process, and facilitate timely implementation of the Project; (ib) the BdG, whose mandate, terms of reference and composition and resources shall be acceptable to the Association, to be responsible for the day-to-day execution of the Project, including management of disbursement activities, maintenance of records and accounts; procurement, consolidation of Annual Work Programs and budgets, and preparation and production of annual progress reports and financial statements, and monitoring and evaluation; and (c) RCU, whose mandate, terms of reference and composition and resources shall be acceptable to the Association, to be responsible for preparation and the day-to-day supervision of the implementation of an annual work program under Part 1 of the Project, as approved by BdG in the conditions set forth in Section I.D of this Schedule; and 3. ensure that, at all times during the execution of the Project: (a) BdG shall employ a chief accountant, a procurement specialist, and other suitably qualified and experienced staff in adequate numbers; (b) the positions of CG, chief accountant and procurement specialist referred to in this paragraph shall be kept filled at all times by persons having qualifications and experience acceptable to the Association; and (c) RCU shall employ a reform coordinator and other suitably qualified and experienced staff in adequate numbers. 4. Strengthen capacity within RCU and INSTAT in the field of project management, in particular on financial management and disbursement procedures, and consult with the Association no later than December 31, 2009, on the possibility to transfer financial management, control disbursement and reporting requirementsprocurement activities under Parts 1 and 5 of the Project to RCU and INSTAT, including subject to the preparation written approval of financial monitoring reports adequate to support reports- based disbursement; (ii) criteria for determining whether any specific natural occurrence qualify as a natural disaster and is eligible for post- disaster reconstruction financing under the Project; mechanisms for flow of funds to Project Provinces for Eligible Post-Disaster Reconstruction;Association.

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Samples: Financing Agreement

Institutional Arrangements. 1. The Recipient shall maintain its Central Committee for Flood and Storm Control, throughout the period of Project implementation, with such powers, functions and terms of reference so as to enable it to: (a) provide strategic, policy and technical guidance in the implementation of the Project; (b) ensure the consistency of the Project with the National Strategy for Natural Disaster Prevention, Response and Mitigation to 2020; and (c) coordinate with other government agencies in planning preventive and mitigation measures, mobilizing resources to prepare investment proposals for purposes of risk mitigation, and disseminating information and experience in regard to natural disaster risk management. 2. The Recipient Implementing Entity shall maintain, throughout the period of Project implementation, a Project Coordinating Unit within MOF, to be responsible for managing the overall implementation of the Project, including financial management, monitoring and reporting; said PCU to be provided with adequate resources, under the direction of experienced managers and staffed with competent personnel in sufficient numbers, including at least a project engineer, a safeguard specialist, a procurement officer, a finance and disbursement specialist, and support staff as necessary, all with qualifications and experience and under terms of reference satisfactory to the Association. (a) The Recipient shall cause each Project Province to establish and, thereafter throughout the period of implementation of the Project, maintain : a Provincial Project Management Unit to be responsible for managing the implementation of the Project at the level of the respective Project Province; said PPMU to be under the direction of the Provincial People’s Steering Committee or the District People’s Committee, provided with adequate resources and staffed with competent personnel in sufficient numbers, including a director, an accountant, a procurement officer (PSC) and a technical specialistProject Coordination Committee (PCC), in all cases each of them with qualifications and experience and under terms of reference references, powers and functions, composition (membership), staffing and other resources in terms satisfactory to the Association.; a Program Monitoring Unit (PMU) within its Office of the Chief Minister, with terms of reference, qualified staff and sufficient resources, in terms satisfactory to the Association, responsible for monitoring the implementation and physical progress of the civil works under Part D.1(a) of the Project; a Project Coordination Unit (PCU) within its Agriculture Department, with terms of reference, qualified staff and sufficient resources in terms satisfactory to the Association, responsible for coordinating the implementation of project activities with, and serving as liaison office among the different Project-related agencies of the Project Implementing Entity; and the Directorate General of Agricultural Engineering and Water Management within its Agriculture Department (DGAEWM), assigned with powers and functions, qualified staff and sufficient resources in terms satisfactory to the Association in order to: (i) liaise and coordinate the Additional Activities with other relevant agencies of the Project Implementing Entity; and (ii) carry out the day-to-day implementation of the Additional Activities, including, inter alia, the financial management, procurement, monitoring and evaluation, record keeping, auditing and reporting required under the Project. The Project Implementing Entity shall carry out the Additional Activities under the Project in accordance with the Project Implementation Plan (PIP) and the Procurement Manual, and shall refrain from amending, waiving, terminating, suspending and/or abrogating the Project Implementation Plan and the Procurement Manual, whether in whole or in part, if, in the opinion of the Association, such waiver, amendment, termination, suspension, and/or abrogation might materially or adversely compromise the successful implementation of the Additional Activities under the Project, or the achievement of objectives thereof. Notwithstanding the provision of paragraph 2 above, the Project Implementing Entity shall: (a) update the PIP, in manner and substance satisfactory to the Association, in order to incorporate the implementation arrangements (e.g. criteria and procedures for the selection of beneficiaries, standard contractual terms, minimum cost-sharing requirements, and reporting, monitoring and supervision arrangements) that shall be required for the carrying out of Part D.2(b) of the Project; and (b) The Recipient shall cause each Project Province to draw upon the Provincial Committee for Flood and Storm Control to constitute a Provincial Project Steering Committee; said Committee supported by the PPMU shall be responsible for providing policy and technical guidance in the implementation of the Project Province’s respective refrain from carrying out any activities under the Project, ensuring the availability of provincial counterpart funding, ensuring the coordination of all responsible line agencies at the provincial level in the implementation of the Project Province’s activities under the Project, and overseeing resettlement and compensation activities. (aPart D.2(b) The Recipient shall maintain, at all times during the duration of Project implementation, the MOF Operations Manual in form and substance acceptable to the Association, setting forth procedures and guidelines for the implementation of the Project, until it has updated the PIP in particular: accordance with subparagraph (ia) financial management, control and reporting requirements, including the preparation of financial monitoring reports adequate to support reports- based disbursement; (ii) criteria for determining whether any specific natural occurrence qualify as a natural disaster and is eligible for post- disaster reconstruction financing under the Project; mechanisms for flow of funds to Project Provinces for Eligible Post-Disaster Reconstruction;above.

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Samples: Project Agreement

Institutional Arrangements. 1. The Recipient shall maintain its Central Committee for Flood and Storm Control, throughout the period duration of Project implementation, implementation a Steering Committee within MOH with such powers, functions composition and terms of reference so as satisfactory to enable it to: (a) provide strategicthe Association, policy and technical to be chaired by the Minister or Vice Minister of Health. The SC shall be responsible for providing strategic guidance in the implementation of the Project; (b) ensure the consistency of the Project with the National Strategy for Natural Disaster Prevention, Response to implementing and Mitigation to 2020; and (c) coordinate with other government agencies in planning preventive for the overall Project implementation and mitigation measures, mobilizing resources to prepare investment proposals for purposes of risk mitigation, and disseminating information and experience in regard to natural disaster risk managementcoordination. 2. The Recipient shall maintain, maintain throughout the period duration of Project implementation, a implementation the Central Project Coordinating Management Unit within MOF, to be responsible for managing the overall implementation of the Project, including financial management, monitoring and reporting; said PCU to be provided with adequate resources, MOH under the direction of experienced managers qualified management provided with sufficient resources, and staffed with competent personnel in sufficient numbersadequate numbers including, including at least a project engineeramong others, a safeguard specialistProject director, two (2) deputy directors, a coordinator, a chief accountant, and a procurement officer, a finance and disbursement specialistin each case with qualifications, and support staff as necessary, all with qualifications and experience and under terms of reference satisfactory acceptable to the Association. 3. The CPMU shall be responsible for: (ai) The Recipient shall cause each Project Province to establish and, thereafter throughout the period of overall management and implementation of the Project; (ii) Project planning, maintain a Provincial Project Management Unit to be responsible for managing the implementation reporting, monitoring, evaluation, and coordination; (iii) financial management and procurement aspects of the Project at including technical, financial, and procurement audits; (iv) review and approval of Grant proposals; (v) technical, procurement, financial management and implementation support to central and provincial agencies; and (vi) ensuring compliance with the level environmental safeguard aspects. 4. The Recipient shall, by no later than October 1, 2011, establish and maintain throughout the duration of Project implementation a Technical Advisory Group within the respective Project Province; said PPMU CPMU under terms of reference acceptable to be under the direction of the Provincial People’s Committee or the District People’s Committee, provided with adequate resources and staffed with competent personnel in sufficient numbersAssociation, including a director, an accountant, a procurement officer advisors in adequate numbers and a technical specialist, in all cases with qualifications and experience and under terms of reference satisfactory acceptable to the Association. (b) . The Recipient shall cause each Project Province to draw upon the Provincial Committee for Flood and Storm Control to constitute a Provincial Project Steering Committee; said Committee supported by the PPMU TAG shall be responsible for providing policy advice and services to the CPMU in matters including the review of Grant proposals, and for providing technical guidance in support to Beneficiaries on need basis. 5. The Recipient shall, by no later than forty-five (45) days after the implementation Effective Date, retain the services of the Independent Verification Agencies for the duration of Project Province’s respective activities implementation under terms of reference acceptable to the Project, ensuring Association and including staff with qualifications and experience acceptable to the availability Association. The IVAs shall be responsible for verifying the results and outcomes of provincial counterpart funding, ensuring the coordination of all responsible line agencies at the provincial level in the implementation of the Project Province’s activities under the Project, and overseeing resettlement and compensation activitiesSub-Projects. 6. The Recipient shall: (a) The Recipient shall maintain, at all times during the duration of Project implementation, the MOF Operations prepare and adopt an Operational Manual in form and substance acceptable to the Association, setting forth guidelines and procedures and guidelines for the implementation of the Project, in particularincluding therein: (i) policies, procedures and requirements under the Project in regard to financial management, flow of funds, definition of roles and responsibilities, internal control and reconciliation, record keeping, reporting requirements, including the preparation of financial monitoring reports adequate to support reports- based disbursementand auditing; (ii) criteria guidelines and procedures for determining whether any specific natural occurrence qualify procurement consistent with the provisions of Section III of this Schedule 2, as a natural disaster well as the allocation of roles and is eligible responsibilities for post- disaster reconstruction financing under the Projectprocurement review and approval; mechanisms and (iii) (A) Sub-Projects eligibility criteria; (B) guidelines, and procedure for flow of funds to Project Provinces for Eligible Post-Disaster ReconstructionGrant applications;

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Samples: Financing Agreement

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Institutional Arrangements. 1. The Recipient shall maintain its Central Committee for Flood and Storm Control, throughout the period of Project implementation, with such powers, functions and terms of reference so as to enable it to: (a) provide strategic, policy and technical guidance in the implementation of the Project; (b) ensure the consistency of the Project with the National Strategy for Natural Disaster Prevention, Response and Mitigation to 2020; and (c) coordinate with other government agencies in planning preventive and mitigation measures, mobilizing resources to prepare investment proposals for purposes of risk mitigation, and disseminating information and experience in regard to natural disaster risk management. 2. The Recipient shall maintain, throughout the period of Project implementation, a Project Coordinating Unit within MOF, to be responsible for managing the overall implementation of the Project, including financial management, monitoring and reporting; said PCU to be provided with adequate resources, under the direction of experienced managers and staffed with competent personnel in sufficient numbers, including at least a project engineer, a safeguard specialist, a procurement officer, a finance and disbursement specialist, and support staff as necessary, all with qualifications and experience and under terms of reference satisfactory to the Association.Implementing Entity shall: (a) The Recipient shall cause each Project Province to establish andby no later than three (3) months after the Effective Date, and thereafter maintain throughout the period of implementation of the Project, a Steering Committee headed by Executive Director of HEC and comprised of, inter alia, HEC’s Member (Operations and Planning), representatives not below the rank of Joint Secretary from MoF’s Finance Division, MoFEPT, PD&R and EAD, the Secretaries looking after the affairs of higher education in the provincial governments, Vice-Chancellors of public and private sector universities and a private sector representative; which committee shall be vested with functions, responsibilities, staff and resources, satisfactory to the Association, to provide strategic guidance for the overall design and implementation of Project activities, including: (i) recommending improved implementation and coordination strategies to HEC; (ii) ensuring agreed performance targets and DLRs are met within the respective timelines and advise on remedial actions where necessary; (iii) communicating about the Project to various stakeholders; and (iv) providing oversight on financial management including reviewing progress reports, internal and external audit reports and third party reports as well as responses and actions taken on these reports; and (b) establish by no later than one (1) month after the Effective Date, and thereafter maintain a Provincial Project Management Unit to be responsible for managing throughout the period of implementation of the Project, a Project at Coordination Unit, headed by a qualified Project coordinator, acceptable to the level of the respective Project Province; said PPMU to be under the direction of the Provincial People’s Committee or the District People’s CommitteeAssociation, and provided with adequate sufficient resources and staffed with competent personnel appropriately qualified staff, in sufficient adequate numbers, including a director, an accountant, a procurement officer and a technical specialist, in all cases with qualifications and experience and under terms of reference satisfactory to the Association. , comprising of, inter alia, four (b4) The Recipient shall cause each Project Province to draw upon the Provincial Committee for Flood program officers, a financial management specialist, a procurement specialist, an environmental specialist, a social specialist, as well as communication, and Storm Control to constitute a Provincial Project Steering Committeemonitoring and evaluation specialists; said Committee supported by the PPMU which unit shall be responsible vested with functions, responsibilities, staff and resources, satisfactory to the Association, as shall be required for the day-to-day implementation of Project activities, including: (i) coordinating with other departments and institutes for Project implementation; (ii) complying with reporting requirements under the Project; (iii) advising HEC on planning, implementation and monitoring and reporting processes; (iv) managing communication and information, including stakeholder consultations; (v) providing policy guidance and technical guidance in support to implementing institutes and provincial governments, including through field visits; (vi) carrying out the implementation call for proposals, selection of beneficiaries, award and monitoring and evaluation of Competitive Research Grants and ISF Grants; (vii) supporting BICs with the Project Province’s respective selection of proposals and beneficiaries, award, and monitoring and evaluation of ISF Grants; and (viii) managing technical assistance support and other contracted activities under the Project, ensuring the availability of provincial counterpart funding, ensuring the coordination of all responsible line agencies at the provincial level in the implementation of the Project Province’s activities under the Project, and overseeing resettlement and compensation activities. (a) The Recipient shall maintain, at all times during the duration of Project implementation, the MOF Operations Manual in form and substance acceptable to the Association, setting forth procedures and guidelines for the implementation of the Project, in particular: (i) financial management, control and reporting requirements, including the preparation of financial monitoring reports adequate to support reports- based disbursement; (ii) criteria for determining whether any specific natural occurrence qualify as a natural disaster and is eligible for post- disaster reconstruction financing under the Project; mechanisms for flow of funds to Project Provinces for Eligible Post-Disaster Reconstruction;

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Samples: Project Agreement

Institutional Arrangements. 1. The Recipient Project Implementing Entity (“PIE”) shall maintain its Central Committee vest the responsibility for Flood overall management and Storm Controlcoordination of implementation of the Project to Uttar Pradesh Diversified Agricultural Support Project Society (UPDASP). 2. Without any limitation upon the provisions of this Section I.A., the PIE shall: (a) Maintain, throughout Project implementation period, the period Project Management Unit (“PMU”) within UPDASP, headed by a Project director, assisted by multidisciplinary and competent staff in adequate number, all with experience, qualification, and under terms of reference, acceptable to the Bank and set out in the Project Implementation Plan (“PIP”), which unit shall be provided with such power, financial resources, functions, and competencies, as shall be required for it to carry out day-to-day management and implementation of the activities under the Project, all acceptable to the Bank and set forth in detail in the Project Implementation Plan; (b) Establish by not later than six (6) months after the Effective Date, and thereafter maintain, at all times during Project implementation, DPIUs at the district level, led by a District Project manager and assisted by adequate professional and administrative staff in numbers and with such powersexperience and qualifications acceptable to the Bank, functions and operating under terms of reference so agreed to between the Bank and the Project Implementing Entity, to be responsible for day-to-day management of the Project implementation in their respective districts; (c) Establish by not later than six (6) months after the Effective Date, or any other date as agreed to enable it to: in writing between the Bank and the PIE, and thereafter maintain throughout the Project implementation period, District Coordination Committees, with composition, functions, and responsibilities acceptable to the Bank and set forth in the Project Implementation Plan, to be responsible for monitoring Project activities at the district level; (ax) provide strategicXxxxxxxx, policy throughout Project implementation period, the Project Steering Committee (“PSC”), chaired by its Chief Secretary, with composition, functions, and technical responsibilities as set forth in the Project Implementation Plan, to be responsible for, inter alia, providing oversight and guidance in for the implementation of the Project; and (be) ensure the consistency of Maintain, throughout Project implementation period, the Project Executive Committee (“PEC”), chaired by the Agriculture Production Commissioner, with the National Strategy for Natural Disaster Preventioncomposition, Response and Mitigation to 2020; and (c) coordinate with other government agencies in planning preventive and mitigation measures, mobilizing resources to prepare investment proposals for purposes of risk mitigationfunctions, and disseminating information and experience responsibilities as set forth in regard to natural disaster risk management. 2. The Recipient shall maintain, throughout the period of Project implementation, a Project Coordinating Unit within MOFImplementation Plan, to be responsible for managing the for, inter alia, overall implementation of the Project, including financial management, monitoring and reporting; said PCU to be provided with adequate resources, under the direction of experienced managers and staffed with competent personnel in sufficient numbers, including at least a project engineer, a safeguard specialist, a procurement officer, a finance and disbursement specialist, and support staff as necessary, all with qualifications and experience and under terms of reference satisfactory to the Association. (a) The Recipient shall cause each Project Province to establish and, thereafter throughout the period of implementation of the Project, maintain a Provincial Project Management Unit to be responsible for managing the implementation of the Project at the level of the respective Project Province; said PPMU to be under the direction of the Provincial People’s Committee or the District People’s Committee, provided with adequate resources and staffed with competent personnel in sufficient numbers, including a director, an accountant, a procurement officer and a technical specialist, in all cases with qualifications and experience and under terms of reference satisfactory to the Association. (b) The Recipient shall cause each Project Province to draw upon the Provincial Committee for Flood and Storm Control to constitute a Provincial Project Steering Committee; said Committee supported by the PPMU shall be responsible for providing policy and technical guidance in the implementation of the Project Province’s respective activities under the Project, ensuring the availability of provincial counterpart funding, ensuring the coordination of all responsible line agencies at the provincial level in the implementation of the Project Province’s activities under the Project, and overseeing resettlement and compensation activities. (a) The Recipient shall maintain, at all times during the duration of Project implementation, the MOF Operations Manual in form and substance acceptable to the Association, setting forth procedures and guidelines for the implementation of the Project, in particular: (i) financial management, control and reporting requirements, including the preparation of financial monitoring reports adequate to support reports- based disbursement; (ii) criteria for determining whether any specific natural occurrence qualify as a natural disaster and is eligible for post- disaster reconstruction financing under the Project; mechanisms for flow of funds to Project Provinces for Eligible Post-Disaster Reconstruction;

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Samples: Project Agreement

Institutional Arrangements. National Program Steering Committee 1. The Recipient shall Recipient, through MRHE, shall, no later than ninety (90) days after the Effective Date, or such other date as agreed by the Association, establish and thereafter maintain its Central Committee for Flood and Storm Control, throughout the period of Project implementation, a national program steering committee (“National Program Steering Committee”), chaired by the minister of MRHE or by his/her representative and assisted by the general secretaries of MRHE, MEDD and MDR, with such powers, functions and terms of reference so as reference, composition (including, inter alia, the participation of the Prime Minister’s office, the Recipient’s ministries in charge of finance, planning, health, education, and representatives of the relevant provincial governments), powers and responsibilities acceptable to enable it to: (a) provide strategic, policy the Association and technical guidance defined in the implementation of PIM, to provide overall strategic guidance, approve the Annual Work and Budget Programs, and facilitate collaboration among the different Recipient’s ministries and agencies involved in the Project; (b) ensure the consistency of the Project with the National Strategy for Natural Disaster Prevention, Response and Mitigation to 2020; and (c) coordinate with other government agencies in planning preventive and mitigation measures, mobilizing resources to prepare investment proposals for purposes of risk mitigation, and disseminating information and experience in regard to natural disaster risk management. 2. The Recipient, through MRHE, shall vest responsibility for overall Project coordination in the Cellule d’Exécution des Projets-Eau (CEP-O or “Project Coordination Unit”) under MRHE, including reporting, financial management, procurement of activities assigned to the national level, ensuring compliance with the environmental and social aspects of the Project and coordinate the implementation of all activities under the Project. To this end, the Recipient shall shall: (a) maintain, throughout the period of Project implementation, a Project Coordinating Unit within MOFthe CEP-O, with functions, responsibilities and sufficient resources acceptable to be responsible for managing the overall implementation of the ProjectAssociation, including financial management, monitoring and reporting; said PCU to be provided with adequate resources, under the direction of experienced managers and staffed with competent personnel in sufficient adequate numbers, including at least a project engineerwith qualifications, a safeguard specialistexperience, a procurement officer, a finance integrity and disbursement specialist, and support staff as necessary, all with qualifications and experience and under terms of reference satisfactory to the AssociationAssociation and as set forth in the PIM; and (b) strengthen CEP-O, as deemed necessary, with technical, fiduciary and/or environmental and social experts, including an additional expert with focus on sanitation, with qualifications, experience, integrity and terms of reference satisfactory to the Association and as set forth in the PIM. 3. The Recipient shall, no later than ninety (a90) days after the Effective Date, or such other date as agreed by the Association, establish and thereafter maintain throughout Project implementation a National Coordination Team to assist CEP-O at the national level, and lead the implementation of Project activities under Part 1, 2 and 3 of the Project, with functions, responsibilities and sufficient resources acceptable to the Association, with terms of reference satisfactory to the Association and as set forth in the PIM. 4. The Recipient shall ensure that the Project is implemented in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding. Except as the Association shall otherwise agree, the Recipient shall not assign, amend, abrogate or waive the Memorandum of Understanding, or any of their provisions. In case of any conflict between the terms of the Memorandum of Understanding and those of this Agreement, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall prevail. 5. The Recipient shall cause each Participating Province to, no later than ninety (90) days after the Effective Date, or such other date as agreed by the Association, establish and thereafter maintain throughout Project implementation: (a) a provincial steering committee (“Provincial Steering Committee”) for each Participating Province, chaired by the governor or his/her representative, with terms of reference, composition (including, inter alia, the participation of the Régie Provinciale du Service Public de l’Eau, ONHR and the deconcentrated administration of provincial ministries in charge of water supply, sanitation, planning, health, education and rural development), powers and responsibilities acceptable to the Association and defined in the PIM, to provide overall strategic guidance, approve the annual work and budget programs, and facilitate collaboration among the different ministries at the provincial level; and (b) a Provincial Coordination Team for each Participating Province responsible for day-to-day support to establish andthe PPIU in the overall planning, thereafter throughout the period implementation and monitoring of implementation provincial level activities under Part 1, 2 and 3 of the Project, with functions, responsibilities and sufficient resources acceptable to the Association, with terms of reference satisfactory to the Association and as set forth in the PIM. 6. No later than sixty (60) days after the Effective Date, or such other date as agreed by the Association, the Recipient shall cause each Participating Province to establish and thereafter maintain throughout Project implementation a Provincial Project Management Unit to be responsible provincial project implementation unit (PPIU) for managing each Participating Province, under the implementation governor’s office, with functions, responsibilities (including for provincial coordination and reporting, financial management, environmental and social framework management, and procurement of provincial level activities across all Parts of the Project at Project) and sufficient resources acceptable to the level of the respective Project Province; said PPMU to be under the direction of the Provincial People’s Committee or the District People’s CommitteeAssociation, provided with adequate resources and staffed with competent personnel in sufficient adequate numbers, including a directorwith qualifications, an accountantexperience, a procurement officer integrity and a technical specialist, in all cases with qualifications and experience and under terms of reference satisfactory to the Association. (b) The Recipient shall cause each Project Province to draw upon the Provincial Committee for Flood Association and Storm Control to constitute a Provincial Project Steering Committee; said Committee supported by the PPMU shall be responsible for providing policy and technical guidance as set forth in the implementation of the Project Province’s respective activities under the Project, ensuring the availability of provincial counterpart funding, ensuring the coordination of all responsible line agencies at the provincial level in the implementation of the Project Province’s activities under the Project, and overseeing resettlement and compensation activitiesPIM. (a) The Recipient shall maintain, at all times during the duration of Project implementation, the MOF Operations Manual in form and substance acceptable to the Association, setting forth procedures and guidelines for the implementation of the Project, in particular: (i) financial management, control and reporting requirements, including the preparation of financial monitoring reports adequate to support reports- based disbursement; (ii) criteria for determining whether any specific natural occurrence qualify as a natural disaster and is eligible for post- disaster reconstruction financing under the Project; mechanisms for flow of funds to Project Provinces for Eligible Post-Disaster Reconstruction;

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Samples: Financing Agreement

Institutional Arrangements. The Recipient shall: 1. The Recipient shall maintain its Central Committee designate the NBS with the responsibility for Flood and Storm Control, throughout the period of overall Project implementation, with such powers, functions and terms of reference so as to enable it to: (a) provide strategic, policy and technical guidance in ensure that NBS is maintained at all times during the implementation of the Project; (b) ensure the consistency of the Project with mandate, staffing and resources satisfactory to the National Strategy Association for Natural Disaster Preventionthe purpose of ensuring the prompt and efficient overall coordination, Response monitoring, reporting, evaluation and Mitigation to 2020; and (c) coordinate with other government agencies in planning preventive and mitigation measures, mobilizing resources to prepare investment proposals for purposes communication of risk mitigation, and disseminating information and experience in regard to natural disaster risk management.Project activities; 2. The Recipient shall maintainno later than December 31, throughout the period of Project implementation2011, a Project Coordinating Unit within MOF, to be responsible for managing the overall implementation of the Project, including financial management, monitoring establish and reporting; said PCU to be provided with adequate resources, under the direction of experienced managers and staffed with competent personnel in sufficient numbers, including at least a project engineer, a safeguard specialist, a procurement officer, a finance and disbursement specialist, and support staff as necessary, all with qualifications and experience and under terms of reference satisfactory to the Association. (a) The Recipient shall cause each Project Province to establish and, thereafter maintain throughout the period of implementation of the Project, four (4) sector statistics working groups (“SSWGs”), [one for each of the following sectors: (i) macro economic statistics; (ii) socio-demographic statistics; and (iii) enterprise and business statistics and (iv) crime and justice statistics], comprised of representatives of the statistics units of selected MDAs and their sectoral counterparts in NBS, each such group with mandate, staffing and resources satisfactory to the Association for the purpose of ensuring for the sector concerned, the prompt and efficient development of a work plan, training plan, procurement plan and sectoral output for the Project for the coming year, and to execute such plans in coordination with the TSMP coordination team (TCT); 3. maintain within NBS throughout the period of Project implementation, a Provincial Project Management Unit TCT with adequate resources and staffing, including a TCT coordinator, a liaison officer, an experienced statistics management expert, a financial management specialist, an information technology (“IT”) specialist and a procurement specialist, all with terms of reference, qualifications and experience acceptable to the Association, to be responsible for managing the implementation day to day management of the Project at including reporting and auditing, procurement and compliance with the level financial management policies and procedures; 4. maintain throughout the period of Project implementation, a joint government/DPs steering committee for the Project with representatives from DPs, and key ministries and agencies of the respective Project Province; said PPMU Recipient, to be responsible for: (i) reviewing work plans and budgets of NBS and OCGS and the various MDAs and LGAs; (ii) discussing sector priorities; (iii) reviewing reports and assessments of performance; and (iv) reviewing quarterly financial reports and annual audit reports; 5. no later than December 31, 2011, appoint an independent auditor under the direction terms of the Provincial People’s Committee or the District People’s Committee, provided with adequate resources reference and staffed with competent personnel in sufficient numbers, including a director, an accountant, a procurement officer and a technical specialist, in all cases with qualifications and experience and under terms of reference satisfactory to the Association in accordance with Section III of this Schedule for purposes of carrying out the audits required pursuant to Section II.C of this Schedule; and 6. establish and thereafter maintain throughout the period of Project implementation until the establishment of the Executive Board of Directors, an interim national statistics steering committee (“INSSC”) comprising representatives from the MDAs and LGAs and with mandate and resources acceptable to the Association. (b) The Recipient shall cause each Project Province , to draw upon the Provincial Committee for Flood and Storm Control to constitute a Provincial Project Steering Committee; said Committee supported by the PPMU shall be responsible for providing policy and technical guidance in the implementation of the Project Province’s respective activities under the Project, ensuring the availability of provincial counterpart funding, ensuring the coordination of all responsible line agencies at the provincial level in the implementation of the Project Province’s activities under the Project, and overseeing resettlement and compensation activities. (a) The Recipient shall maintain, at all times during the duration of direction on matters relating to Project implementation, the MOF Operations Manual endorsing work programs, procurement plans, budgets and promoting interagency coordination, collaboration, cooperation and supporting and facilitating external evaluation in form and substance acceptable relation to the Association, setting forth procedures and guidelines for the implementation of the Project, in particular: (i) financial management, control and reporting requirements, including the preparation of financial monitoring reports adequate to support reports- based disbursement; (ii) criteria for determining whether any specific natural occurrence qualify as a natural disaster and is eligible for post- disaster reconstruction financing under the Project; mechanisms for flow of funds to Project Provinces for Eligible Post-Disaster Reconstruction;.

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Samples: Financing Agreement

Institutional Arrangements. 1. The Recipient Borrower shall maintain its Central Committee ensure overall Project coordination through the DGFIOP. Day-to-day coordination of all Project activities shall be carried out by DGFIOP staff or UGO, as applicable. 2. The Borrower shall vest MARH with the overall responsibility for Flood and Storm Control, throughout the period of Project implementation. At the central level, MARH shall execute Parts 1, 2, 3 and 5 of the Project and MARH and MEDD shall execute Part 4 of the Project. At the regional level, CRDAs shall be responsible for the identification, implementation and coordination of activities under Parts 1 and 2 of the Project across MARH’s regional technical units, and shall be involved in the implementation of relevant activities under Part 3 of the Project in coordination with such powersthe central departments of MARH. All Project activities shall be selected and carried out in accordance with the criteria and provisions set forth in the Procedures Manual. 3. Without limitation upon the provisions of the preceding paragraphs 1 and 2, functions and terms of reference so DGFIOP or UGO, as to enable it toapplicable, shall have additional responsibility for: (a) provide strategic, policy monitoring of financial and technical guidance in the implementation physical progress of the Project; (b) ensure the consistency progress evaluation of the Project with achievement of the National Strategy for Natural Disaster PreventionProgram; (c) coordination of procurement, Response disbursement and Mitigation to 2020audit activities, including the formulation of financial reports; and (cd) coordinate with other government agencies preparation of the mid- term review and progress reports referred to in, respectively, Section I.B and Section II.A of this Schedule. To this end and in planning preventive and mitigation measures, mobilizing resources order to prepare investment proposals for purposes of risk mitigation, and disseminating information and experience in regard to natural disaster risk management. 2. The Recipient shall maintain, throughout the period of Project implementation, a Project Coordinating Unit within MOF, to be responsible for managing the overall implementation ensure proper management of the Project, including financial managementthe Borrower shall ensure that DGFIOP or UGO, monitoring and reporting; said PCU to be provided with as applicable: (a) maintains professional staffing in adequate resourcesnumber, under the direction of experienced managers and staffed with competent personnel in sufficient numbers, including at least a project engineer, a safeguard specialist, a procurement officer, a finance and disbursement specialist, and support staff as necessary, all with whose qualifications and experience shall be acceptable to the Bank; and under terms (b) conducts operations in accordance with the Borrower’s legislation, including the Environmental Legislation, and the provisions of reference the Procedures Manual at all times satisfactory to the AssociationBank. 4. Not later than six (a6) The Recipient months after the Effective Date, the Borrower shall cause each Project Province ensure that an operational monitoring and evaluation system for the Project, including baseline data as defined in the Procedures Manual, all satisfactory to establish andthe Bank, thereafter throughout is in place, and DGFIOP officials have been trained in its use. 5. Not later than one year after the period Effective Date, the Borrower shall publish in the National Gazette: (i) the decree, satisfactory to the Bank, establishing UGO in compliance with the provisions of implementation the Procedures Manual; and (ii) the decree, satisfactory to the Bank, nominating the coordinator of the Project, maintain a Provincial Project Management Unit to be with the rank of Director, and the two individuals responsible for managing the implementation of the Project at the level of the respective Project Province; said PPMU to be under the direction of the Provincial People’s Committee or the District People’s Committeeprocurement activities and financial management activities, provided with adequate resources and staffed with competent personnel in sufficient numbersrespectively, including a director, an accountant, a procurement officer and a technical specialist, in all cases with qualifications and experience and under terms of reference satisfactory to the Association. (b) The Recipient shall cause each Project Province to draw upon the Provincial Committee for Flood and Storm Control to constitute a Provincial Project Steering Committee; said Committee supported by the PPMU shall be responsible for providing policy and technical guidance in the implementation of the Project Province’s respective activities under the Project, ensuring all consistent with the availability of provincial counterpart funding, ensuring the coordination of all responsible line agencies at the provincial level in the implementation provisions of the Project Province’s activities under the Project, and overseeing resettlement and compensation activitiesProcedures Manual. (a) The Recipient shall maintain, at all times during 6. Not later than one year after the duration of Project implementationEffective Date, the MOF Operations Manual in form and substance acceptable to the Association, setting forth procedures and guidelines Borrower shall establish a unit at MARH responsible for the implementation of the Project, in particular: (i) financial management, control and reporting requirements, including the preparation of financial monitoring reports adequate to support reports- based disbursement; (ii) criteria for determining whether any specific natural occurrence qualify as a natural disaster and is eligible for post- disaster reconstruction financing under the Project; mechanisms for flow of funds to Project Provinces for Eligible Post-Disaster Reconstruction;managing SINEAU.

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Samples: Loan Agreement

Institutional Arrangements. 1. The Recipient shall maintain its Central Committee for Flood and Storm Control, throughout the period of Project implementation, with such powers, functions and terms of reference so as to enable it to: Borrower shall: (a) provide strategic, policy operate and technical guidance maintain in MSN throughout Project implementation a coordination unit (PCU) with the functions and responsibilities set forth in the implementation Operational Manual, including the role of the Project; various departments and /or units of MSN in Project execution and coordination; (b) ensure that the consistency of the Project with the National Strategy for Natural Disaster Prevention, Response and Mitigation to 2020; and (c) coordinate with other government agencies in planning preventive and mitigation measures, mobilizing resources to prepare investment proposals for purposes of risk mitigation, and disseminating information and experience in regard to natural disaster risk management. 2. The Recipient shall maintain, throughout the period of Project implementation, a Project Coordinating Unit within MOF, to be responsible for managing the overall implementation of the Project, including financial management, monitoring and reporting; said PCU to be provided with adequate resources, under the direction of experienced managers and staffed with competent personnel in sufficient numbers, including at least a project engineer, a safeguard specialist, a procurement officer, a finance and disbursement specialist, and support staff as necessary, all with qualifications and experience and under terms of reference satisfactory to the Association. (a) The Recipient shall cause each Project Province to establish and, thereafter throughout the period of implementation of the Project, maintain a Provincial Project Management Unit to be responsible for managing the implementation of the Project at the level of the respective Project Province; said PPMU to be under the direction of the Provincial People’s Committee or the District People’s Committee, provided with adequate resources and staffed with competent personnel in sufficient numbers, including a director, an accountant, a procurement officer and a technical specialist, in all cases with qualifications and experience and under terms of reference satisfactory to the Association. (b) The Recipient shall cause each Project Province to draw upon the Provincial Committee for Flood and Storm Control to constitute a Provincial Project Steering Committee; said Committee supported by the PPMU shall be responsible for providing policy and technical guidance in the implementation of the Project Province’s respective activities under the Project, ensuring the availability of provincial counterpart funding, ensuring the coordination of all responsible line agencies at the provincial level in the implementation of the Project Province’s activities under the Project, and overseeing resettlement and compensation activities. (a) The Recipient shall maintainis, at all times during the duration of Project implementation, the MOF Operations Manual headed by a Project coordinator, and assisted by professional (including, inter alia, a technical specialist, a safeguards specialist, a procurement specialist, a financial management specialist, and an epidemiologist specialist) and administrative staff, all in form numbers and substance with terms of reference, and qualifications and experience, acceptable to the AssociationBank; and (c) without limitation to the provisions of paragraph (b) above, setting forth procedures and guidelines for no later than three months after the implementation Effective Date, hire the technical, safeguards and epidemiologist specialists mentioned in said paragraph. 2. For purposes of carrying out the quarterly independent technical audits referred to in Part 3 of the Project, the Borrower shall, no later than three months after the Effective Date, hire, and thereafter maintain during the execution of the Outputs, an independent technical auditor (ITA), under terms of contracting satisfactory to the Bank, which shall include, inter alia, ITA’s obligation to, not later than thirty calendar days after the end of each calendar quarter during Project implementation (starting with the calendar quarter in particularwhich the Effective Date falls), issue an opinion, acceptable to the Bank, on the number of Outputs delivered during the pertinent calendar quarter for purposes of recognizing the reported Outputs as Eligible Expenditures, except that the opinion to be issued on the fourth calendar quarter shall also address the reasonableness of the Unit Costs for the Outputs delivered during the pertinent calendar year). 3. The Borrower shall not later than March 30, 2010, create, and thereafter maintain throughout the Project implementation period, specific budget line entries in its annual budget in order to keep track of expenditures incurred during Project implementation. 4. The Borrower shall: (ia) financial managementnot later than twelve months after the Effective Date and yearly thereafter, control review with the Bank, the Unit Costs; and reporting requirements(b) immediately thereafter adjust said Unit Costs if required by the results of said reviews, including all in a manner satisfactory to the preparation Bank. 5. Without limitation to the provisions of financial monitoring reports adequate Section I.A.4 of this Schedule, the Bank may propose to support reports- based disbursement; the Borrower (iior vice versa) criteria for determining whether additional reviews of the Unit Costs earlier or later than as set forth in said section, and if required by the results of any specific natural occurrence qualify as of said reviews, the Borrower shall adjust the Unit Costs, all in a natural disaster and is eligible for post- disaster reconstruction financing under manner satisfactory to the Project; mechanisms for flow of funds to Project Provinces for Eligible Post-Disaster Reconstruction;Bank.

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Samples: Loan Agreement

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