Safeguards Instruments Sample Clauses
Safeguards Instruments. 1. The Project Implementing Entity shall ensure that the Project is carried out in accordance with the provisions of the Safeguards Instruments, and, except as the Association shall otherwise agree in writing, the Project Implementing Entity shall not assign, amend, abrogate, or waive, or permit to be assigned, amended, abrogated, or waived, said instruments.
2. In the event of a conflict between the provisions of any of said instruments and those of this Agreement, the latter shall govern.
3. No Subproject with significant environmental or social impacts shall be eligible for financing under the Project.
4. The Project Implementing Entity shall ensure that each contract for a Subproject includes the obligation of the respective contractor to implement and monitor and evaluate the applicable Safeguards Instruments.
5. The Project Implementing Entity shall, for the purposes of Parts 1(b), 2, 3, and 4 of the Project, and prior to the award of (a) contract(s) for the implementation thereof, proceed to have Additional Environmental and Social Management Plans and Additional Resettlement Action Plans as may be required under the Environmental and Social Management Framework and the Resettlement Policy Framework, respectively:
(a) prepared in form and substance satisfactory to the Association;
(b) except as otherwise agreed with the Association, submitted to the Association for review and approval; and
(c) thereafter, adopted and publicly disclosed.
6. The Project Implementing Entity shall:
(a) take all necessary actions to minimize to the extent possible any Involuntary Resettlement; and
(b) prior to taking possession of land, commencing Involuntary Resettlement, or awarding a contract for the implementation of works which would result in Involuntary Resettlement, ensure that all Affected Persons have been compensated and provided with applicable resettlement and rehabilitation benefits in accordance with the provisions of the applicable Safeguards Instruments.
7. The Project Implementing Entity shall finance exclusively out of its own or other resources, and not out of the proceeds of the Financing, and provide, promptly as needed, the resources needed for the following: (a) all land acquisition required for purposes of the Project; and (b) resettlement and rehabilitation payments and other assistance to Affected Persons in accordance with the provisions of the applicable Safeguards Instruments.
8. The Project Implementing Entity shall uniformly apply the prov...
