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ACr 116 ---E a I ,A l, Eltt tri tt II DE MULTINATIONAL PROTOCOL OF AGBEEMENT BETWPEN rHE REPuzuffi,r"*n LEoNE TTIE AFRICAN DEYPLQPMFNT BANK ANp THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FUND (ON BEHALF OF THE TRANSITION SUPPORT FACILITY) (CRISIS RESPoNSET TECIINICAL AESISTANCE To SUPPORT COUNTRIES (GI.ITNEA, SIERRA LEONE ATID LIBERIA) MOST AFFECTEP WITH EBOLA EPIDEMIC) ,h .RLIA}JI ENT LIBE ,o$'ER ttltL ffit: ',---t't-t-''' PRorocol oi tcnilrvrrNt BETWEbN TI{E REPUBLTC Oh STNNN.I LEONE altb THE AFRICAN DEVDTOPMENT BANK aND THE AFRrcAn orviltoptrlENT FUND (ON BEHALF OF THE TRANSTfiON SUPPORT FACILITY) (CRISIS RESPONSE: TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO SUPPORT COUNTRIES (GUINTA,.SIERRA LEONE AND LTBERTA) Mosr AFFECtED WITH EBoLA EPIDEMIC) pno,lrcfio No: GRANTNo !
This PROTOCOL OF ACREEilbNI (hereinafter called this "Agreement") is entered irrto thls day of between the REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE (hereinafter called the "Rec$ient") on the one hand and the AFRICAN DEVELOPMEM BI,UT ANd thc AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FUND (collecdvely hereinafter referred to as the "Bank) on behalf of the tRANSITIoN SUPPORT FACILIry (hereinafter referred to as the "TSF") on the other hand, 1.
WHEREAS the Recipient has requested the Transition Support Facility, previously called the Fragile States Facility (FSF) to contribute to the financing of the Crisis Response: Technical Assistance to Support Countries (Guinea, Sierra Leone & Libeda) Most Affected with Ebola Epidemic (hereinafter called the "Project" or fitr A -(AH -2- "Programme") as set out in Apex f, py providing a Grant to it in the amount specified hereunder; 2.
WHEREAS fte hoject is a multinational project involving the provision of assistance to three coUn6ies (the Republic of Guinea, the Republic of Liberia and the Recipienl); 3, WHEREAS the Grant ryill bo prqvided from TSF's Targeted Support Window; 4.

WHEREAS the Recipient qqalifles for financing &om the TSF's Targeted Support Window; 5.

WHEREAS the Recipiont hes fe+lared its commitment to the execution of the Projecq 6.
WHEREAS the Ministry of flealth of the Recipient shall be the Executing Agency for the Projoct; 7.

WHEREAS the Bsnk [as agr-eod op the basis, inter alia, of the foregoing to extend q Grant to ffto Rogipiee!

upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth; NOW THEREFORE, the parties herofo [ereby agree as follows: h r),1, fd .J.

ARTICLEI GENERALCONDITIO s- oNs Section 1.01.

General Conditions.
General Conditions.

the partles to this Agreement accept all the provision s of the General Conditiotts applicable to Protocols of Agreement for Gran* of tlte Afrtcai Danlopment Fund, as may be amended fiom time to tirne (heteirraftet called the "General Conditions"), with the same force and effect as if they werc fully set forth herein.

Section 1.02.

Definitions.


Whenevet used ltr this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires, the sevetal tehrs deftned in the General Conditions shall have the respective mlanlngs therein set forth.

ARTicLbil THh GhANT Section 2.01.

Amount.


The Bark agfees to grant to the Recipient, from the resources of the TSF, an amoutt itr various convertible currencies not exceeding the equivalent of One Milllotr Five Hun&ed Thousand Units of Account (UA 1,500,000) (the Unlt of Accottht being defined in Article 1, paragraph I of the Agreement Establishing the Fund) (hereinafter refered to as the "Otant"), A ffi -4- Section 2.02, Purpgse.
The purpoeo of the Grant is to finance the entire lbreign currency costs qnd tho entire local currency costs of the Project as described in Arurex I of tfris Ageement.

Section 2.03.

Allocation.

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Cfant $all be allocated to various categories of expeqditures of the ProJoct ir1 coqformity with Annex II of this Agreement ARTICI-,EIII CONDITIONS E INTO FORCE AND TO FIRST DISBURSEMENT Section 3.01. on t orce.

This Agreement shall enter into force upon its signatuE by ihe Recipient and the Bank.
Section 3.02. t. The obligation of the Bank to make tho fir$ disbqrsement of the Grant shall be conditional upon the enqy into forco of this Agreement in F t accordance with Section 3.01 abovo and pvidence by the Recipient, to the satisfaction of the Bank, that the following condition has been tulfilled: (i) The opening of q Speoiaf d,ccoqnJ in foreign currency (United States Dollan or Europoan Euro), in a bank acceptable lo the Bryk for the deposit ofthe proceeds ofthe Grant.

,h ,'ll# -5- Section 3.03.


Other Conditions.

The Reciplettt shall, no later than one (1) month after the entry lnto fofce, provide evidence, to the satisfaction of the Bank, of the slgning with the Aftican Union Support to Ebola Outbreak Operetloh (ASEOWA) of an agreement acceptable to the Bank, that sets out joitrtly agreed piocedures and arrangements for the identiflcatiott, vetthg and deployment of medical care personnel and which sei'ies ds a coordinating ftamework for the Project.
ARTICLE IV DISBURSEMENTS ANTi APPLICATION OF AMOUNTS DISBUhSED Section 4.01 .

Disbursement.
(i) The amount ofthe Grant shaii be aisbursed by the Bank, subject to the provisions of this Ageement and the General Conditions, for the purposes set fonh irr this Agreement for expenditure made in respect of the cost of servlces required for the Proj ect to be financed under this Agreetnent; and (iD ln accordance with Section 4,06 of the General Conditions of tbe Bank, the Recipient shall provide the Bank with evidence of the authority of the person ot persons authorized to sign requests for disbursement and authenticated speclmen signatutes of any such persons.
A /fi- -6- Section 4.02.

Closine DatE.

Tire deadline for the request by the Recipient of the final disbwsement Shall be 3l December 2015 or such later date as shall be agreed upon $stwesrl fhe Recipient and the Bank.

Section 4.03.

Application of PisbHrgpmpqts, Amounts disbursed on account of this Agreement shall bo applied by lhe Recipient solely for the purposes for which they were disbqrsed.

ABrrcLpy FINAI\CIAL MANAGEMENT AIYD AUDIT Section 5.01. tinancial Managemonl.
The Chief Finance Officer of Executing Agency shall be resporlsible fpr tlre financial management of the Project's resources.

The Fxecuting Agency shall prepare financial s[atements ol the hoject upon completion of implementation, Section 5.02.

Audit.

The Audit Seric,p of the $ecipient shall conduct an audit of the frnancial statemenls in agcordance with Intemational Standards on Auditing (ISA).
The pxecuting Agency shall submit the report of the audit to the Bank lot later than 6 months after completion of the Project, r 4e -1-.

.l ARIICLIVI MONITORING Section 6.01.

Monitorins.

The Banlc shall undertake semi-annual supervision missions as part of the common implementation framework.

The Recipient shall subtnit specific monthly progress reports.
The reports shall revlew ptogfess made in light of the Results-Based Logical Framework arri inciude a clear presentation of activities undertaken during the petibU *idet review.

As part of the monitoring process, the Bank shali aiso prepare the Implementation Progress and Results Report (IPRR) td be submitted after each supervision mission.

The repotts ghall also analyze the extent to which the activities undertaken have contibuted to the realization of the anticipated outputs and outcomag.
mircltu ut MISCE PROVISIoNS Section 7.01.

Authorized Reftesentativqs.

The Minister of Finance and Economic Development or any other person as the Minister may designate in writing shall be the authotized representative of the Recipient.

Section 7.02.

Date ofthe The date of this Agreement shall be the date provided in the opening sentence ofthe preamble hereof.

l .l4s -8- Section 7.03.

Addresses.
The following addresses are specified lbr purposes of Section 9.01 of the General Conditions: For the Recipientl For the Bank: And the Fund Maif Ad{yers: Miniptry of Fin4pce and Economic Pevslopmeil Treasuryfluilding George Sfeet Freetown SIERRA I.EONE Tel: (232\2222 5612 F ax: (232) 22 22 83 55 MailAddrpes Aftican Devefopment Bank African Dovelopment Fund Immeublo du Cpntre de commerce Internatiopal d'Abidjarr CCIA Averlue Jcan-Pqul II 0l BP 1387 l Abidan 0l COTFD'IVOIRE Tel: (225)2p.2$.44.44 P ax t (22il 20.21.3 t.00 / 22s 20.3 3.8s.0s ,A r&b -9- IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Reciiient and the Bark, each aoting through its authorized represehtative, have signed this Agreement in two originals in English.
FOR THE REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE J/'t-^t^ MIA KHADIJ ASSIR AMBASSADOh OF REPUBLIC OF,SIERNA LEONE TO THE REPUBLIC OF SENEGAL FOR THE AFRICAN DTVELOPMENT BANK AND FOR THE AFRICAN OTYTIbPPTNNT FUNI) (oN BEHALF OF THE TRANSIfiONSUhaORT FACTLTTY) DONALDKAEERTJKA PRESIDENT - l0- ANNEXI PROJECT DESCRIPTION This Grant from the Transitiop S,lpppn facilify (Pillar ItI) resources aims at strengthening the institutiongl capacities of the Republic of Sierra Leone and providing the much neoded exlemal medical human resources, capacity building and ipcentivize the local health workers to fight the spread of the virus an{ build resilient systems to better respond to future disease outbreaks, The proposed operation identifies throe components that are mutually reinforcing: (i) mobilization' and compensation of the extemal medical care personnef; (ii) aqd incsntivizing scheme and training for local health workers in the three sountries qnd; (iii) Private sector participation and project monitoring at the country and regional level to ensue that there are no g&ps in the support, and that resources provided in each country meet the urgent Epecific needs.
The proj ect components for which ths Grag is given are as follows: om nent I Mobilization and coprperpation of the extemal medical care personnel .

Conduct medical skills gap a+qlysis based on the shortages identified in the Ebola establishment sites .

ldentification of extemal heafth workers through the already ongoing AU appeal to Meqber Btetes .

Mobilization and compeno4tion of extef-nal hpalth workers .

Conduct of a pre-deploymen!


prograpmp for the volunteer extemal health workers py tho Africap Uplon (AU) as per their existing operation, r Deployment (ointly by Mddepins Sans Frontidres (MSF) and Ministry of Health) where lhey a1o neoded ,b $to - ll .

of medical personnel ' Coordination and collaboration wiih the i,U volurrteer programme .

Monthly reports by Ministry of Health on payments made.

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Monthly reports on the externdl health workers deployment progra"mme r For community health workets (health extension workers) .

Sign an Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) among the 3 affected countries and MOH of Ethiopia to support design and deployment of health extenslon ibtken .

Mobilize experts from various orgdnizitions .

Development of criteria for selectlflg community health workers .
Establish collaboration among the Minisries of Finance, Ministries of Environment and Midstries of Health of the 3 countries .

Develop curriculum for ftairrlng .

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Define the package of services to be provided .

Mobilize resources for trainlng (stlirenJ, teaching aids, etc.)

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Secure budget fiom Ministiles of Finahce to hire the graduates as full time health workers .
Establish conducive environmeht for functioning of community health workers (health facillty, ed0ipment and supplies, transport, accommodation) .

Train supervisors to provide suppoft and ensure quality of service Component 2: workers in the three countries .

Conduct the local health workerc skills requirements to fight the and incentivlzing scheme for local health epidemic .
Using an objective process of identification and selection of workers in each country by the Ministry of Health to join the incentivizing scheme .
Identification and deployrneht of health and community workers for training f -,4h -12- a Develop a fair incentivizing framework for the selected local health workers Deployment of health workers op the incentivized scheme (ointly by MST and Ministries of flealtfr) to where they are most needed Monthly progress reports by Yiqistries of Health on the training programme of health and cqmrqunity workers.
Monthly progress repof{ o4 $e ipcentivizing scheme and deployment progr,unme Component 3: Private sector participatiqn and project monitoring at the regional (Mano ftiver Uniqn (tvlBIJ) qnd Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and country level .
Work with active private sogtor in the aflected region and I a a sitesi areas Hold consuftative meetings with private sector to identifu areas of collaborations to fight Ebola in fre[r rgspective sites of operations In conjunction with goverqmenfg, reltvant bodies, coordinate the private sector effors in thef fight agah Ebola.
Coordinate regional repoding on tfe extemal health workers compensation and deployment programme Coordinate regional reporting on the local health works incentivizing scheme and 4eploympnt programme In liaison with aflected coqnties and AU support public awareness and preventive moaguroo across West Africa and specifically in the affected region, Hold regular meetings sqd country and rcgional level on the 'challenges and success of the progfaryne Collaborate and coordinate witt olher institutions that are working on sunilar prog.rarnme to e4hance complementarity .r ).f;t\ -ir.
ANNEX TT ALLOCATION OF' THT GRANT Arurex II indicates the category ofexpendltLte to be firranced out ofttre resources of the Grant and the allticatioh tif the tesources to each category financed therein.

UNIT oi, ACCoUNT (UA) Category of Expenditure Forelgn Cott Local Cost Totrl Cost A Services 750,000 750,000 1,500,000 Total 750,000 750,000 1,500,000 ^T.RLiAMEhIT LIBfr..i fcrr., ED.

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