projects and fulfilling the requirements of the ESSs. Specifically with regards to stakeholder engagement, the Bank has the following responsibilities: a. Task teams review the environmental and social assessments of projects to verify that they identify groups and individuals “affected by the project that may be disadvantaged or vulnerable.”15 e) grievance mechanisms; f) organizational capacity and commitment. Requirements relevant to contextualizing the “Analysis” section of this report include: a. Stakeholder identification and analysis requirements i. Borrowers must identify project stakeholders.21 b. Task teams review Borrowers’ Stakeholder Engagement Plans (SEPs) to verify that they identify the “disadvantaged or vulnerable individuals or groups,” include differentiated means for these individuals or groups to effectively participate in the projects, and that the Borrowers have engaged and consulated with these “disadvantaged or vulnerable” stakeholders.16 ii. Depending on the social risks and impacts of a project, Borrowers “may need to retain independent third party specialists to assist in the stakeholder identification and analysis to support... the design of an inclusive engagement process.”22 b. Stakeholder Engagement Plan requirements i. Borrowers will develop and implement a Stakeholder Engagement Plan (SEP), which “will describe the timing and methods of engagement with stakeholders through the life cycle of the project as agreed between Bank and Borrower.”23 c. The Bank can require Borrowers to use independent third party specialists to assist in identifying “disadvantaged or vulnerable” individuals or groups and assessing the risks and impacts on them.17 d. The Bank may participate in “the consultation activities of the Borrower, including with disadvantaged or vulnerable individuals or groups” to undertake “its due diligence of the project with respect to” these individuals or groups.18 ii. Borrowers must develop and implement the elements of a SEP for every project, and these elements should be included in the Environmental and Social Commitment Plan (ESCP) if a standalone document is not necessary. The SEP should be “proportionate to the nature and scale of possible risks and impacts of the project.”24 3. Environmental Standard 10 (ESS10): Stakeholder Engagement and Information Disclosure While the ESP describes requirements of the Bank pertaining to implementing effective stakeholder engagement in all IPF projects, ESS10 sets forth requirements for Borrowers, with which the Bank is responsible to assist in carrying out.19 ESS10 must be read in conjunction with ESS1 and, in cases of projects involving Indigenous Peoples, Borrowers must also apply the consultations and disclosure requirements described in ESS7 (Both ESS1 and ESS7 are further detailed below).20 iii. Borrowers will disclose an updated SEP “if significant changes are made to the SEP.”25 iv. SEPs will describe “the measures that will be used to remove obstacles to participation, and how the views of differently affected groups will be captured,” and, when relevant “include differentiated measures to allow the effective participation of those identified as disadvantaged or vulnerable.”26 Under ESS10, the Bank is responsible for helping Borrowers carry out requirements that fall under the following categories: a) Stakeholder identification and analysis; b) Stakeholder Engagement Plans; c) information disclosure; d) meaningful consultation; 15 16 17 18 19 20 “The Directive,” 3. “The Directive,” 3. “The Directive,” 3. “The Directive,” 3. “Environmental and Social Framework,” 97, par. 1. “Environmental and Social Framework,” 97, par. 3. BANK INFORMATION CENTER | MAR 2021 c. Information disclosure requirements i. Borrowers must disclose certain 21 22 23 24 25 26 “Environmental and Social Framework,” 98, par. 10. “Environmental and Social Framework,” 98, par. 12. “Environmental and Social Framework,” 99, par. 14. “Environmental and Social Framework,” 98-99, par. 13-14 “Environmental and Social Framework,” 98, par. 13. “Environmental and Social Framework,” 99, par. 16. 23