Table 2: Project Information Disclosure Language and Accessibility Country SEP Is ESS7 being applied, according to the ESCP? Has a SEP been disclosed in the country's official language? Does SEP indicate the need for messaging to occur in indigenous or local languages?* Does SEP list specific accessibility needs for information disclosure? (e.g. sign language, Braille, large prints) Burkina Faso No No No No Liberia No Yes No No The Gambia No No No No Uganda Yes Yes No No Bangladesh Yes No No No Nepal Yes No No No Sri Lanka No No Yes Yes Cambodia Yes No No No Philippines Yes No No No El Salvador Yes Yes No Yes Guatemala Yes Yes Yes Yes Total Yes 7 4 2 3 Total No 4 7 9 8 *Most SEPs in the sample include a quote from World Health Organization guidelines that serves as the basis for Projects’ stakeholder engagement. The quote asserts that “consistent messaging in local languages...is essential…” If this was the only reference to using “local languages,” and the SEP does not provide additional information about using local languages in information disclosure or consultations, the SEP received a “No” in this column. See “Additional language and formats for project information disclosure” in Annex 4 for more information. C. CONSULTATIONS AND FEEDBACK MECHANISMS 1. Special accomodations for meaningful consultations Relevant ESF requirements for special accomodations for meaningful consultations The Bank requires Borrowers to engage stakeholders through consultation and monitors consultations that Borrowers conduct.31 According to the ESF, Borrowers are required to develop the elements of a Stakeholder Engagement Plan which must “describe the measures that will be used to remove obstacles to participation, and how the views of differently affected groups will be captured.”32 It must also include, when relevant, “differentiated measures to allow the effective 31 See 1e under ESP in Annex 1; “Environmental and Social Framework,” 10, par. 53. 32 See 3biv under ESS10 in Annex 1; “Environmental and Social Framework,” 99, par. 16. BANK INFORMATION CENTER | MAR 2021 participation of those identified as disadvantaged or vulnerable.”33 As part of stakeholder engagement, Borrowers must “undertake a process of meaningful consultation” in a “culturally appropriate format, in relevant local language(s) and is understandable to stakeholders.”34 Meaningful consultation must also support “active and inclusive engagement with project-affected parties.”35 When relevant, Borrowers will, according to ESS7, conduct an engagement process with affected Indigenous Peoples/SubSaharan African Historically Underserved Traditional Local Communities, and meaningful consultations will involve their “representative bodies and organizations (e.g., councils of elders or village councils, or chieftains) and, where appropriate, other community members.”36 They must also 33 Ibid. See also 4aiv under ESS1 in Annex 1 “Environmental and Social Framework,” 20, par. 29. 34 See 3diii under ESS10 in Annex 1; “Environmental and Social Framework,” 100, par. 22(d). 35 Ibid 36 See 5d under ESS7 in Annex 1; “Environmental and Social Framework,” 79, par. 23(a). 10