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o oL/' IrY I OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS GRANT NUMBERS E929SL and D0920-SL Amended and Restated Financing Agreement ' (Socirl Safety Net Project) betweeD R.EPUBLIC OF SIERR,{ LEONE and INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION .

Dated September 1E, 2015 -::€-:-_ .

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*_i.i r r r r r r r r r r r r t GRANT NL'IUBERS H925-SL 8trd D0920-SL AMENDED AND RESTATED FINANCING AGREEMENT AGREEMENT dated Septernber 18,2015, entcred into between REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE ('Recipient") and INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION ('Association').
WHEREAS (A) under an agreement dated April 14, 2014, between the Recipient and the Association ('Original Financing Agreemenf'), the Association agreed to provide the Recipient with a gnnt C'Orisinal Grant") in an amount equivalent to four million six hundred thousand Special Drawing Rights (SDR 4,600,000) to assist in fi::anciag the project descriM in Schedule I to the Origirnl Firuncing Agrcernent ('Original Project"); (B) the Recipie-nt has requested the Association to provide additionql fmancing in support ofadditional activities related to the Original Project as described in Schedule I to this Ageement ("Project"), by nraking available to the Recipient an additional grant ('Additional Grant") in an amount in various currencies equivalent to sevea million two hundred thousandSpecial Drawing Righs (SDR 7200,000); and (C) the Recipient and the Association, acting as administrator of grant funds provided by the Government ofthe United Kingdom ofGreat Britain and Northern Ireland, for Iatemational Development, und€r-the Ebola Recovery reprcs€nted by rhe D€paEment and Reconstruction Trust Fun4 have entered into an agrcement of even date herewith ('ERRTF Graat Agreeruent") for the purpose ofmaking available to the Recipient a grant not exceeding three million one hundred seven thousand Unit€d States Dolla$ (US$3,l07'000)C.ERRTFGrant'')toassistinfinancingtheProject.
WHEREAS the Association has agreed, on thc basis, inter olia, of the foregging .to extend such additiondl assisince to theRecipient upon thetEris aridionditiooa set fdrth ' ' 'in this Agreernenq NOW THEREFORE the Recipient and the Association hereby agree to amend and restate the Original Financing Agreement, with effect as of the Effectiye Dale of this Agreement, to r€ad as follows: ARTICLE I _ GENERAL CONDITIONS; DEFINTTIONS 1.01.
The Gencral Conditioos (as defined in the Appendix to this Agreement) constitute an integral part ofthis Agreement.

1.02.

Unless the context requtes otherwisc, the capitalized terms used in this Agreement have the meanings ascribed to them in the General Conditions or irr the Appendix to this Agreement.

\ 2 ARTICLE II - FINANCNiG 2.01.

2.02.

2.03.
The Association agrees to extsnd to the Recipient, on the terms and conditions set forth or rcferred to in this Agreement, a grant in an amount equivalent to eleven million eight hundred thousand Special Drawing zughts (SDR 11,800,000) ("Financing") which consists of: (a) the Original Grant in an amount in various currencies equivalent to four million six hundred thousand Special Drawing Rights (SDR 4,600,000); and (b) the Additional Grant in an amount in various cunencies equivalent to seven million two hundred thousand Special Drawing fughts (SDR 7,200,000), to assist in financing the project described in Schedule I ro this Agreement ("Project').
The Recipient rnay withdraw the proceeds of the Financhg in accordance with Section IV of Schedule 2 to this Agreement.

The Maximum Corunitme[t Charge Rate payable by the Recipient on the Unwitlrdrawn Financing lalance shall be one-half of one perc co:t (l lZ of lyo\ W '.

annunt.

- 2.04.

The Payment Datcs are: (i) March 15 and September 15 in each year for the Original Grant; and (ii) Malch I 5 and Scpternber I 5 in each year for the Additional Grant- - 2 .05 .

The Payment Currency is Dollar.


ARTICLE III _ PROJECT 3.01 .

3.02.

The Recipient declares its commitment to the objective ofthe Project.

To this end, in accordance with the pmvisions of the Recipient shall carry out the Proj€ct 'Ahiile IV of the Ger#al Corlditiors.
r Without limitation upon the provisions of Section 3.01 of this Agreement, and excEpt as the Recipienl and the Association shall otherwise agree, the Recipient shall c;sure tbat lhe ftoject is carried oul in accordance with the provisions of Schedule 2 to this Agreement.
ARTICLE ry _ EFFECTT!,ENESS; TERJVIINATION 4.01 The Additional Condition of Effectiveness consists ofthc following, namely, that the ERRTF Grant Agre€ment has been executed and delivered and all conditions precedeart to its effectiveness or to the right of the Rccipient to make withdrawals under it (other thar the effectiveness ofthis Agreement) have been fulfilled 4.02 The Effectiveness Deadline is the date one hundred twenty (120) days after the date of this Agreement.
\ 3 4.03 For purposes of Section 8.05@) of &e General Conditions, the date on which the obligations of the Recipient under this Agreement (other than those providing for payment obligations) shall terminate is twenty (20) years after the date of this Agreement.

ARTICLE V _ REPR-ESENTATTVE; ADDRESSES 5.01.

The Recipient's Representative is its minister responsible for finance.

5.02.
5.02.

The Recipient's Address is: Ministry of Finance and Economic Development Trcasury Building George Saeet Freetown, Sierra Leone Facsimile: 232 22 229 060; 228 472 5.03.

The Association's Address is: _krternational Development Association l8l8 H Str€ WashingtorL D.C. 20433 Uniled States of America €t, N.W.

Cable: Telex: Facsimile: INDEVAS Washington, D.C. 248423 (MCt) l-202477 4391 tt 4- AGREED at washington D.C., United States of America, as of the day and year first above written.
REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE By I Authorized Rcpresentative *"."'

Aor.t<a, i l..r*.Tr-5frr.r^z ,rrrr- Ar,./=,u,-/y, INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION'- By Authorized Representative Name: v, )< ril,e:,AA;,^o r0o" I,./ Nr rfl,V- -x -- -6 ) tL,\ke- d.LEvJ, I a 5 SCIIEDULE 1 Project Description The objective of the Project is io establish the key building blocks for a basic national safay net system and to provide income support to extrernely poor households in Sierra Lcone.
The Project consisr ofthe following parts Part 1: Development of Systems for Implementation of Socisl Safety Net ItrterYeutioIs Establishing and operationalizing, and thereafter expanding ard stcngthenhg, key building btocks ofa basic national safety net syster4 the said key brllding blocks to include: (a) tmls for a three stage common targethg system consisting of: (i) geographical areas below the district level; (ii) cormunity-based identifpation of potentially ellgible housiholds; and (iii)-verilication of households eli$bility tkough proxy means.testing; (b) a registry df Beneficiaries; (c) an integrated management information systern :.including, amon!
others, supply and installation of appmpriate infosnation and mrnrnu catiorx technology, hardware, soffware, intemet coffiectivity, loc€l area networks and mobile technology support; (d) a payment systcm; and (c) appropriate grievance redress mechanisms and anti- corruption measures.

Part 2: Cnsh Transfers to Ertren€ly Poor Households Piloting and thereafta scaling up the implementation ofa Cash Transfer Program .- designedro provide incorhe suppon to Bereflrciariss.
Part 3: Project Mrnagemedt andtepacity Building (a) Strengthening the capacity of NaCSA for day to day coordinatioq implementation ard rnanagement (including, arnong others, fiduciary aspects, carrying out of audits, designiry and implernenting an information cducation and comrnunications strategy and reponing) of Proj€ct activiti.s and results, all ttllough the provision of technical advisory services, Training, Opcrating Costs, non-consulting services and acquisition ofgoods for the purpose.
(b) Strenglhening the technical and managernent capacilies of sector ministries, institutions, agencies and Local Councils at central aad local levels for coordination of national safety net interve[tions, all throug]r provision of technical advisory services, Training, Operating Costs, non- consulting services and acquisition of goods for the purpose.
a -6- (c) Strengthening monitoring and evaluation mechanisms in the sector, in particular: (i) rcgular monitoring activities (including field visits); (ii) external assessme-nts (including proc€ss evaluations and targeting assessments); and (iii) carrying out ofan impact evaluation.

t- r- r r r r r i SCHEDULE 2 Project Erecution Section I.
Institutional and Implementrtio[ Arrrngements A. l. InstitutionalArrang€ments National Social Protectio[ Inter-Ageucy Forum The Recipient shall designate, at all times duriag the implcrnentation ofthe Project, Inter-Ageacy Forurq with a composition, mandatg the National Social Prot€ction terms of reference and resources satisfactory to the Association, to be resporxible for, inter alia, ovetall coordiration ofthe implementation ofProject aetivities aad proyision of strategic and poliry guidance on matters relating to the Sroject.
2.

NaCSA Board ' (a) Without limitation upoo the provisions of paragraph I immediately above, the Recipient shall designate, at all times during the implernentation of the Project, the NaCSA Board, to be resporsible for, inter alia, overseging day to dgy coordination, implementati<irl reporting and communication of Project activities and results.
To this end the Recipient shall take all actions including the provision of funding, personnel (ail with qualifications, experience and terms of reference satisfactory to ths resources satisfactory to the Associatior!

to enable Association) and oth€r said NaCSA Board to perform said functions.

(b) Without limitation upon the provisions of sub-paragraph (a) of this paragraph,: the NaCSA Board *rall'be tesporisible fot, lnter alia;.
(i) approving armual work plans and budgets; (ii) Se Project's fiduciary aspects (financial management and procurEment); (iii) approving periodic prcgress arld financial reports for onward trarsmission to the Association; (iv) supervising Project activities; and (v) Iiaising with other stakeholders on issues related to Project implementation.
B. Ioplem€ntstionArrsngements Project Op€rational Manual (Op€rational Manual; Cash Transf€r Program Handbook) (a) The Recipient shall prepare, in accordance with terrs of rcference acceptable to the Association, a Project operational manual, consisting of: (i) a manual providing details of ,nrangements and procedures for the implementation of the Project, inciuding: (A) capacity building activities for sustained achievement of the Project's objective; (B) procurernent, I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 I !
ti -8- financial rnanagement (including audit) and disbursernent arrangements; (C) institutional administration, coordilation and day+oday execution of Project activities; (D) monitoring, evaluation" r€porting, infonnation, education and commrmication arangements of Project activitics; and (E) such other administrative, financial, technical and organizational arrargemeots and procedures as shall be required for the Project; and (ii) a Cash Transfer Program handbook, setting fonh the detailed policies and pmcedures for said program.
(b) (c) (d) The Recipient shall afford the Association a reasonable opportunity to exchange views with the Recipient on said Project operatiornl manual, and thereafter, shall adopt such Project operational manual, as shall have been approved by the Association ("Project Operational Manual').
The Recipient shall ensure thar thc Project is carried out in a&ordance with the Project Operational Manual; provided, however, that in case of any conflict between the provisions ofthe Pmject Operational Manual, on the one h43d, and those of this Agreernent, on the othsr, the pmvisions of this Agreement sball prcvail.

The Recipient shall not amend or waivd any provisions of the Project Operational Manual without the prior writtcn agreement of the Association.

2.
2.

Annual Work Plan and Budget (a) : The t€cipient shall prepare and fumish to the Association not later than November 30 of each Fiscal Year during the implementation of the -Projgct, a work San and budga containing a!

activities pr6po5€d to be included inlhe Project during the following Fisi:al.

Yiar, and a proposed financing plan for expenditures rcqirired for such actMties, setting forth the proposed sourccs of financing.
o) (c) Each such propos€d work plan and budg€t shall spccifr any Trainiag activitiG tbat may be required under the Project, including: (i) the typc of Training; (ii) the purpose of the Training (iii) the p€rsonnel to be trained; (iv) the iDstitution or individual who will conduct the Training; (v) thc location and duration ofthe Training; and (vi) the cost of$g Jraining.
The Recipient shall afford the Association a reasonable opportunity to exchange views with the Recipient on each such proposed work plan and budga and thaeafter ensure lhar the Project is funplerrnted with due diligence during said following Fiscal Year in accordarrce with such work plan and budget as shall have bcen approved by the Association (*Armual Work Plan and Budget").
ta -9- (d) (e) The Recipient shall not make or allow to be made any change to the approved Annual Work Plan ald Budget without the Association's prior approval in writing.

The Association shall, on.the basis ofthe Annual Wort Plan and Budget, daermine the list of expenditures to be financed out of the combined proceeds ofthe Financing and the ERRTF Grant (.

'Aflual Expenditur€s") and the percentage ofthe Annual Expenditures which may be financed out of the proceeds of the Firuncing.

C. [.
C. [.

Cash Transfer Program Procedures ald Eligibility Crireria No proposed Beneficiary under the Cash Transfer Program shall bqeligible to receive a Cash Trarsfer under said Cash Transfer Prograrn, unless the Recipient shail have determin€4 on the basis ofan appraisal conducted in accordalce with guidelines acceptable to the Association and elaborated.in the Project Operatioral Manual ('POM), that the Bgneficiary satisfies the follorying?eqtiEments,.
and such funher requirernelts as are elaborated in said.POM: (a) the Bene{iciary: (i) has !6n pre-selected on the basis ofa targeting system corxisting of, inter alia: (A) a geographical targeting mechanism which has identificd the Districts eligible to participate in the Cash Transfer Program; (B) a community targeting mecbanism which has identified extremely poor or vulnerable households h said Distric.ts (loteotial Beneficiar/); and (C) a prory means test which has vErified said poteatial Beneficiary's eligibility; and (ii) is enr,olled in a registry of Beneficiariesi (b) ,- the Benefrciary shalf have, as paft of thc enrolmat i( said rcgistry of Benehciaries, receivcd training on the Transfer Prolram's operations atrd rcquirernents, ncluding, inter alia.
applicable Boefrciary conditionalities, if any; and -Cash (c) the Recipient sball have confrmed Beneficiary's corpliance with said conditionalities, if any.

2.
2.

Terms and Conditions ofCash Transfer Program (a) The Recipient shall, prior to the commercement of the Cash Transfer Progranr in any given District, retain in accordance with the pmvisions of Scction trI of this Schedulc, one or more Paymeat Agencies, with terms of reference, qualificatiors and expcrience satisfactory to the Association, to assist the Recipient in administering payments under the Cash TransfEr Program in said District.
l- t- I 1 I l. I I I I I I r I ia -10- (b) The Recipicnt shall monitor and e luate, under terms of reference satisfactory to the Association, the implsmentation of the Cash Transler Progranq so as to elrsuIe that paymcnts made under thc Cash Transfer Program are made cxclusively to Beaeficiaries for productive purposes consistent with the objectives ofthc Project.
D. Anti-Corruption The Recipient shall ensure rhat the Project is carried out in accordance with the provisions of the Anti-Corruption Guidelines.

Section II.

Proiect Monitoritrs.

ReDortins rnd Eyrluation A.

1. '

a 3.- Project Reports r The Recipient shall monitor and evaluate the progess of the koj€ct and prepare Projcct Repotu in:accordance with the provisions of Section 4.08 bfthe General Conditions and on the basis of indicators acc€ptable to the Association.
Each Proj€ct Repon shall cover thc pcriod of one (l) calefdar quarter, and shall be firrnishcd to the Association not later than forty-five (45) days afttr the ead of the pEriod covercd by such report- - The Recipient shall, not later than one (1) month prior to the mid-tcrm review rcferrcd to in paragraph 3 of this Scction II.A furnish to the Association for conrments, a report, in such de6il as the Association shall reasonably request, on the progress ofthe Proj€ct, and giving details of the various matters to be discussed The, Recipienl sha!,,not laler tln eiehteen (t.8) gor{t5 after the Elleclive Date, .
- undetake, in conjunctirh .

witl aU agEnci* inwlved- in the Pmject, a .

- comprrhensive mid{arm review of the Pmject during which it shall- cxchangd views with the Association and tnplernenting agcnci€s gen€rally on all matters rclating to the progess of the Prcjecl, the perfomrance by the Recipi€nt of its obligatiors under this Agreement and the pdforrnance by said implernenting agencies, having rcgard to the pcrforrnance indicators referred to in paragraph I of this Section II.A.
4 shall acl promptly and diligently in Following the mid-term review, thc R€cipi€nl order to take any corrective action dcerned necGsary to rernedy any shortcoming noted in the implementation of the Project, or to implement such other measures as may be requted in furtherance ofthe objectives ofthe Project.

I I r r r r ta -lt- B.


Financial Management, tr'itraucial Reports and Audits The Recipient shall maintain or cause to be nr,aintained a financial ranagernent systsm in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.09 of the General Conditions.

The Recipient shall prepare and furnish to the Association not later than forty-five (45) days after the ead of each calerdar quaner, int€dm unaudited financial reports for the Project covaing the quarter, in form and substance satisfactory to the Association.
The Recipient shall have its Financial Statements audited ia accordance with the provisions of Scction 4.09 (b) of the General Conditions.

Each audit of the Firuncial Staternents shall cover the period of oae (l) Fiscal Year ofthc Recipient.

The audited Firnncial Statements for each such period shall be funished to the Association not later than six (6) months afler thc end of such p€riod.
The Recipient shall maintain, al all times dudng the implementatidn ofthe Project: (a) atonsultant forNaCSA's internal audii servicc; and (b) two assistant internal audito'n, ill with qualifications, experience and terms of rcferelce satisfactory to lhe Association.
To facilitate th€ carryitrg oul of extEmal audits-utrder Part 8.3 of this Section II, the Recipient shall rlaintairl at all times during the implernentatioo of the Project, ar external auditor with qualifications, experience and terrs of reference satisfactory to the Association.

2.

3 4 5 SectionlII.

Procurement A- General t. 2.

3 Goods rnd Non-cousulting Services.


All goods and oon-consulting scrvices required for the Prcject and to be financed out of the proceeds ofthe Fimncing to in shall be procured in accordance with the requirernents set forth or ref€rr€d Section I ofthe Procurement Guidclines, aad with the provisiotrs ofthis Section.

CoBsultlEts' Services.


All consultanls' servic€s required for the Projcct and to be financed out of the proceeds ofthc Financing shall be procured in accordance with the requirernents set forth or refenrd to in Scctions I and IV of the Coosulta Guidelines, and with the provisions ofthis Section.

Definitions.
Definitions.

The capitalized terms used below in this Section to describe particular procurement melhods or methods of review by the Association of particular contracts, refer to the corresponding method described in Sections I1 and III ofthe Procurernelt Guidelines, or Sections II, II, IV and V ofthe Consultant Guidelines, as lhe case may be.

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Particular Methods of Procurement of Goods and Non-consulting Services 2.
3 Internetionrl Competitive Bidding, Exccpt as otherwise provided in paragaph 2 below, goods and non-corxulting services shall be procured under confacts awarded on the basis of Int€rnational Cornpetitive Bidding.

Other Methods of Procurement of Coods rnd Non'consulting Services.
The following methods, other than lntemational Competitive Bidding, rnay be used for in procurernent of goods and non-corsulting services for those c4ntracts sp€cified the Procuremsnt Plan: (a) Natiornl Competitive Biddin& subject to lhe additional provisions in paragraph 3 immediately below; (b) Shopping; (c) Direcl Contracting; and (d) Procurement under Framework Agreeme-nts in accordance with procedures which have been fourd acceptable to thc Association.
Additional Nationel Competitive Bidding (*NCB") Procedgres.

The procedurcs to be followod for NCB shall bc those sd forth in the Recipient's Public Procurement Act ("the Act"), provide4 howwer, that said Plocedures Ehall be subject io the provisions of Section I arid paragrapbs L3 and 3.4,-rcs3ectively, of thc Procurement Guidelines, and subject to the following atlditional prqcedures (i.e.
exceptions to rhe Act): (a) Bidding documents acceptable to the Association shall be used; (b) (c) Etigibility lo participate in a procurement process and to be awarded an Associalion-financed contract shall be as defined under Section I of the Procurement Guidelines.

Accordingly, no bidder or poteotial bidder shall be declarcd ineligiblc for contracG financed by the Association for reasons other thar those provided in Section I of the Procrucrnent Guidelines.
Foreign bidders shatl bc allowd ro pdicipatei!
llCB proccdures, antl foreign biddeis shall not be obligated to partner with local biddErs in order to participate in a procurement ploc6s; Bidding shall not be restricted to pre-registered firms, and foreign bidders shall oot be rcquirod to b€ regist€red with local authorities as a prerequisite for submitting bids; (d) No margirs of prefercnce of any sort (e.9., on the basis of bidder nationality, origin of goods, services or labor, and/or preferential programs) shall be applied in the bid evaluation; (e) Joint venture or consortium panners shall be jointly and severally liable for their obligations- Bidden shall be givsn at least fiftecn (15) days from the date ofpublication ofthe invitation to bid or thc date ofavailabiliry of t I 1 I I I I it -13- (0 (e) (h) (i) 0) (k) the bidding documents, whichever is later, to prepare and submit bids.
Bids shall be submitted ir a single envelope; An extension of bid validity, ifjustified by exceptional circunstances, may be requested in writing from all bidders before the original bid validity expiration date, provided that zuch extension shall cover only the minimum period required to complete the evaluation and award a contract, but not to exceed thirty (30) days.
No further extensions shall be requested without the prior writtsn concurrence of the Association; All bids (or the sole bid ifonly one bid is received) shall not be rejected, the procurement process shall not be cancelled, and new bids shall not be solicited without the Association's prior rrrittcn concur€nce;r Qualification criteria sball be applied on a pass or fail basis; Biddsrs shall be given at l€asl ngtificatio[of .awara to submit performance securities; - twenty-eighl (2E) days from the receipt of In accordance with the Procurement Guidelines, each bidding document and contract shall include provisions stating' the Association's policy to sanction firms or individuals fowrd to have engaged in fi'aud and corruption as set forth in the Procurement Guideline.s; and ln accordance with the Procurement Guidelines, each bidding document and contract shall include provisions stating the Assoclation's policy with respect to inqrcction and audit of accounts, records and other docunents rclating to the-subdission of bids and contract p€rformince- - C. Psrticultr Methods of ProcureEent of Comultants' Services 2 Qurlity- rtrd Cost-brsed Selection Except as otherwise providcd in 2 below, consultants' services shall be procured under contracts awarded on the basis of Quality and Cost-bascd Sel€ction.
Other Methods of Proclrrement of Coosultantr' Services.
The following mahods, other ttran Quality and Cost-based Selectioq may be used for procurement ofconsultans' scrvices for those conu-acts which arc specified in the ProcuremeDt Plan: (a) Quality-based Selection; (b) Selection under a Fixed Budga; (c) Least Cost Selection; (d) Selection based on Consultants' Qualifications; (e) Single-source Selection of mnsulting firms; (0 Procedures set forth in paragraphs 5.2 and 5.3 ofthe Consultant Guideliles for the Selection of Individual Consultants; and (g) Single-source procedures for the Selection of IndiYidu.l Corsultants.
tt l 1- -14- D. Review by the Association of Procuremetrt Decisions The Procurernent Plan shall sa forth those contracts which shall be subjec{ to the Association's Prior Rwiew.

AII other conaacts shall be subject to Post Review by the Association.

E. Specilic Procurement CoYenlnt The Recipient shall maintafuL at all times during the implernentation ofthe Project, an up&ted procurernent filing and record keeping system, in form and substance acceptable to the Association.

Section fV.
Withdrawal ofthe Proceeds ofthe Financinq A. l. Generrl The Recipient may wifirdraw the proceeds of the Financing in accordance with the provisions of Article II ofthe General Conditions, this Section, and srrch additiondl instructionyas the As-sociation shall speci$ by notice to the Recipient (including the "World Bar* bisbt.sernent Guid"lino for Projects", -datod May 2006, as revised from time to time by the Association and as made applicable to this Agreement pursuant to such instructions), to finance Eligible Expenditu€s as set fo(h in the table in paragraph 2 below.
2.

The following table specifies the categories of Eligble Expenditures that may be financed out of the proceeds ofthe Financing ("Category), the allocations ofthe amounts of lhe Financing to each Category, and the percentage of expenditures to be financed for Eligible Expenditures in each Category: .
tt - l5- Category (l) Goods, non-consulting seryices, consultants' services, Training and Opcrating Costs under Parts I and 3 ofthe Project (Pro Memoria) (2) Cash Trausfer Program mder Part 2 ofthe Project (Pro Memoia) (3) Coods, non-consulting services, corxultants' services, Traio-ing ind - Operating Costs for the Districts under Parts I and 3 of the Prcject I (4) Cash Tmnsfer Program for - the Distdcts under Pafl 2 of lhe Projec] Amount of the Amendeil and Rest8ted Originat Grstrt Alloclted (expressed in SDR) Amoutrt of the Additioul GnDt A-llocrted (expressed ln SDR) Percentage of Erpenditures to be Fi.ngnced (inclusive of Taxes) 76t,776 150,862 0 0 100% 1000/0 1,438,224 2,000,000 2,249,t38 5,200,000 Such percentage ofthe Armual Expenditures as the Association rDa'y determine for each 'Fiscal Year and communicat6 to the RecipiEnt Such percentage ofthe ADnual Exp€oditures as the Association may .
det€rmine for each Fiscal Yerar and communicate to the Recipient TOTAL A]\'OUNT 4,600,000 7,200,000 B.
Withdrawal Conditions; Withdnwal Period Notwithstanding the provisions of Pan A ofthis Section, no withdrawal shall be made: (a) for payments made prior to Aprit 14, 2014, except thal withdrawals up to an aggregate amount not to excced SDR 350,000 may be made for paymerts made prior to April 14, 2014 but on or after July l, 2013, for Eligible Expenditures under Category (l); or I I I I I I I I r r r r r r r r Lr I li at -16- o) (c) under Categories ( I ) and (2) for payments made on or after the date ofthis Agreement; or in any Fiscal Year commenciag in Fiscal Year 2015, until: (i) the Recipient has fumished to the Associatio& in form and sukance satisfactory to the Association, a proposed Annual Work Plan and Budga along with details of the proposed fuuual Expenditures, including the percentage of said Annual Expenditues which may be financcd out of the proceeds of the Financing; and (ii) both Armual Work Plan and Budget and Annual Expenditures have been approved by the Association.
2.

The Closing Date is June 30, 2019. t- I I I I I t I I I I l- l I I I \ Definitions -17 - APPENDlx l. 2.

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5.

6. j 9 10. ,"ArmuaI Expenditures" means the list of expenditur€s combined proceeds ofthe Firulcing and the ERRTF Grant r€ferred I.8.2.

(e) of Schedule 2 to this Agrcement.

to be firunced out of the to in Section "Annual Work Plan and Budget" means the Annual Work Plan and Budget referred to in Section I.8.2 of Schedule 2 to this Agreement.
"Anti-Corruption Guidelines" means the "Guidelines on Preventing and Combatiag Fraud and Comrption in Projects Financed by IBRD Loam and IDA Credits and Grants", dated October I 5, 2006, and rwised in January 201 1.

"Beneticiary" means a household which is eligibte to receive a CLfr fransfer under the Cash Transfer Program and is duly registered for the purpose; and "Beneficiaries" mean, collectively, two or more such households.
- "Cash Transfcd' means the cash payment to be rnade to a Beneficiary ,rral tfre Cash Trarsfer Prograrn, and "Cash Transfers' 6ean, collectively, two or more - such cash payments.

'Cash T;nsf6 Program" means the program referrcd to in Sectioo I.C ofschedule 2 to this Agreement.

"Category'l mears a category set fonh in the table in Section IY of Schedule 2 to this Agreem-ent.

"Consultant Guidelines'' meaas the 'Cuidelines:.


Seletiqq ald Employmehr of Consulhnts under IBRD Loans and DA €redits and Grants by Wodd Bank Borrowers", dated January 2011 and revised in July 2014.
"District" includes one of the following admidstrative units in the Recipient's tsrritory panicipating in the Project: Bo, Bombali, Kailahun, Keoerna, Kono, Moyamba Port Loko, Westem Rual, or Tonkolili, or such otber admtristrative unit as may be elaborated il thc Project Opcrational Manual fiom time to time; and "Districts" mean, collectively, two or more said administrative units.
'ERRTF Grant Agreement" means the agreerrent entered into between the Recipiert and the Association, acting as administrator of grant fimds provided by the Governrnent of thc Unitcd Kingdom ofGreat Britain and Northem lreland, represented by the Department for lmemational DeveloPment, under the Ebola Recovery and Reconstruction Trust Fund (fF No.
072305), of the same date as this Agreement, providing for a grant to the Recipient to assisl the Recipient in the carDring out of activities related to the Project.

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-18- "ERRTF Granf'means the grant provided under the ERRTF Grant Agreement.

"Fiscal Year" means the hscal ycar ofthe Recipienl commencing on January I and ending on Decernbcr 3l ofthe same year.
"General Conditions" means the "lnt€mational Developmerrt Association General Conditions for Credits and Grants", dated July 3 I , 2010.

"l,ocal Council" means a council established and op€rating pursuant to Section 2 of the Local Govemment Act and any successor thereto, and "[,ocal Councils" means, collectively, two or more said courrcils.

"[,ocal Government Act" means the Act Number I of 2004 of the laws of the R€cipient, as amended from time lo time.
"NaCSA" means the Recipient's National Cornrnission for Solial Action established and operating puniuant to Section 3 of thc Natignal Commission for Social Action Act Number 13 of 2001, of the laws of thb Recipient, and any successor thercto- *NaCSA Board" means NaCSA's Board of Dircclors established and operatiog pursuant to Section 4 ofthe National Commission for Social Action Act Number l3 of200l, ofthe laws ofthe Recipient, and any succcsor thereto- "National Social Protection Inter-Age-ncy Forum" means the Recipient's forum referred to in Section I.A.
t of Schedule 2 to this Agreement.

"Operating Costs" means the incremenlal experses incuried on account of Project implementation, based sn the Affrual Work-Plan and Budga _approvcd by th9 'Associatiori putrueit to.

tha proviaioDs of Section.l.E.2 of Schedirle 2 io this.
-i Agrdefterit, iifid consisting of expenditures for o6ce supflies, vELicle operation and maintenancq rnaintenance of equipmert, corrununication and fuEurance costs, office administEtion costs, utilities, reatal, consunrables, accofiunodation, lravel and per diem, and salaries of Project staff, but excluding the salaries of the Recipient's civil service, meeting and other sitting allowances and honoraria to said Projecl staff.
*Orignal Financiag Agreement" mears the financing agreement for a Social Safdy Net Project between the Recipient and lh€ Association dated April 14, 2014 (Grant No.

H925-SL), as amended to the date of this Ageement.

"Original Grant" means the grant provided under the Original Financing Agreement.

"Original Project" means the Project described in Schedule I to the Original Financing Agrecrnent.
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"Procuremert Guidelincs" meals the "Guidelines: Procurement of Goods, Works and Non-consulting Services under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits and Grants by World Bank Borrowers", dated January 201 I and revised in July 2014.
"Procurement Plan" means the Recipient's procurem€nt plan for the Project, dated July l,2015 and referred to in paragraph l.l8 ofthe Procurement Guideliaes and paragaph 1.25 ofthe Consultant Guidelines, as the same shall be updated from time to time in accordance with the provisions of said paragraphs- "Project Qp€rational Manual" or "POM" means the Recipient's mirual reterrea to in Section I.B.l of Schedule 2 to this Ageement, as the game nr,ay be amended fromlime to time with the prior wiitten agreement of the Associatiori.
"Public ProcurernEnt Act" means Act Number 14.of 2004 of the laws of the Recipient.
'Training" mea:rs the costs associat€d with training, workshops and study tous provided under the Project, based on the Arurual Work Plan and Budget approved by the Association pursuant to Section 1.B.2 of Schedule 2 to this Agre€mEnt, consisting of reasonable expeaditures (other than expenditures for mnsultanls' services) for: (i) travel, roonq board and per diem expandinrres incurred by trainers and trainees in connection with their tmining and by non-consultant training facilitators; (ii) coune ftes; (iii) taining facility rentals; and (iv) tr*airlitrg matdal '.
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