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CREDIT NUMBER 6I O7-SL Financing Agreement (Additional Financing for the Revitalizing Education Development in Sierra lrone Project) between REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE and lrn-tr i\ Z n1-z ./.c'" , INTEP.NATIONAT DEYELOPMENT ASSOCIATION Dated -Jut-1 77 .zorz € CR.EDIT NUMBER 6IO7.SL FINAI\CING AGREEMENT U t--l 7-T AGREEMENT dated 2017, entered into between the REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE ("Recipienf) and the INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION ("Association") for the purpose of providing additional financing foractivities related to the Original Project (as defined in the Appendix to this Agreement).
The Recipient and the Association hereby agree as follows: -J ARTICLE I - GENERAL CONDITIONS; DEFINITIONS 1.01.

The General Conditions (as defined in the Appendix to this Agreement) constitute an integral part of this Agreement.

1.02.

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

ARTICLE II _ FINANCING 2.0t.


The Association agees to extend to the Recipient, on the terms and conditions set forth or referred to in this Agreement, a credit in an amount equivalent to seven million thee hundred thousand Special Drawing Rights (SDR 7,300,000) (variously, "Credit" and "Financing"), to assist in financing the project desoibed in Schedule I to this Agreement ("Project").
2.02 The Recipient may withdraw the proceeds of the Financing in accordance with Section lV of Schedule 2 to this Ageement.

The Maximum Commitment Charge Rate payable by the Recipient on the U+wirhdra*n Fiaancing Balancesha[!

]eone=half of one percent \L/2 of l%) pr annum.

2.04.

The Service Charge payable by the Recipient on the Withdrawn Credit Balance shall be equal to three-fourths ofone percent (3/4 of l%) per annum.

2.05.

The Payment Dates are Februaryl5 and August 15 in each year.

2.06.
2.06.

The principal amount of the Credit shall be repaid in accordance with the repayment schedule set forth in Schedule 3 to this Agreement.

2.07.

The Payment Curency is Dollar.

)N \F/ -2- ARTICLE III _ PROJECT 3.01.

3.02.

The Recipient declares its commitment to the objectives ofthe Project.

To this end, the Recipient shalt carry out the Project through MEST in accordance with the provisions of Article IV ofthe General Conditions.
Without limitation upon the provisions of Section 3.01 of this Agreement, and except as the Recipient and the Association shall otherwise agree, the Recipient shall ensure that the Project is carried out in accordance with the provisions of Schedule 2 to this Agreement.

ARTICLE IV _ EFFECTIYENESS; TERMINATION 4.01.

The Additional Condition of Effectiveness is that the Project Implementation Manual has been updated in accordance with Section LB.l ofschedule 2 to this Agreement.

4.02 4.03.
4.02 4.03.

The Effectiveness Deadline is the date ninety (90) days after the date of this Agreement.

For purposes of Section 8.05(b) of the General Condilions, the date on which the obligations ofthe 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 - REPRESENTATIVE; ADDRESSES The Recipient's Representative is its minister responsible for finance.

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5.02.
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The Recipient's Address is: - Ivfinisryof Finance and EcoaoinicDeveropment Treasury Building George Street Freetown, Sierra Leone Facsimile: 23222229060 5.03.

The Association's Address is: Intemational Development Association 1818 H Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20433 United States of America {c -3- Telex: Facsimile: 248423 (MCr) 1-202477 -639t AGREED at ReeTD t^\ Nl , -SI€;ftR+ L6-*g as of the day and year first above written.

REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE By: ihr--''-U?


Authorized Representative Name: rtoltoDr, L. lq{64- rirt., lUrllgIf,f, INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION By: Authorized Representative ?

s?,+L UqnfW M4lvrt6qL Name: Title: -4- SCHEDULE I Project Description The objective of the Project is to improve the leaming environment in targeted schools and establish systems for monitoring ofeducalion interventions ard outcomes.
The Project consists ofthe following parts: Pa rt l. (a) ImDroying the Learning Environment and Opporlunities in Tarseted Areas (i) Provision ofadditional rounds of Performarce-Based School Grants to Eligible Schools supported by the Original Project against the achievement ofperformance indicators; (ii) Provision of technical advisory services and training for the validation and monitoring ofthe achievement against said performance indicators; and (iii) Expansion of Performance-Based School Grants to Eligible Schools not supported by the Original Project.
(b) Operationalizing and str€ngthening the capacity of the Teaching Service Commission for delivery of its statutory mandate, all through the provision of technical advisory services, training, operating costs and acquisition ofgoods for the purpose.

Part 2.

Strenqthen Education Servic€ Deliverv Establishing robust school data collection and analysis systems, in particular, carrying oul ofan annual school census.

Part 3.
Part 3.

Proiect Manaseme nt and Suoervision Strengthening the capacity ofMEST for day to day implementation, coordination -?xd managemcrt of fmjtct activitics (including management, environmental and social safeguards, supervision and reporting aspects) and results, all through the provision of technical advisory services, training, operating costs and acquisition ofgoods for the purpose.

"r@rrementr financiat- - {F -5- SCHEDULE 2 Project Execution SectionI.
Institutionalandlmplem€ntationArransements A- I.

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"N, InstitutionalArrangements MEST The Recipient shall designate, at all times during the implementation ofthe Project, MEST to be responsible for prompt and eflicient oversight of implementation of activities under the Project, and shall take all actions including the provision of funding personnel and other resources necessary to enable MEST to perform said functions.
ImplementationArrangements Updated Project Implementation Manual (a) The Recipient shall prepare, in accordance with terms of reference acceptable to the Association and fumish to the Association for review an updated implementation manual to reflect Project activities and arangements, which shall include necessary revisions to provisions in the original implementation manual on the following matters, as and when applicable: (i) description ofnecessary activities, processes and functions; (ii) arrangements on financial management; (iii) procurement management procedures; (iv) institutional administration coordination and day to day execution of Pmject activities; (v) monitoring and evaluation; (vi) reporting; (vii) information, education and communication of Project activities; (viii) guidelines for identifoing potential social and envircnrnental impacts of P.roject actiyities and appropriate mitigalion- management, and monitoring measures in respect of said impacts ("Environmental Guidelines") developed in accordance with the ESMF; and (ix) such other tecbnical and organizational arrangements and procedures as shall be required for the Project.
(b) (c) The Recipient shall afford the Association a reasonable opportunity to exchange views with the Recipient on said updated implemenlation manual, and thereafter, shall adopt such updated implementation manual, as shall have been approved by the Association ("Project Implementation Manual").
The Recipient shall ensure thal the Project is canied out in accordance with the Project lmplementation Manual; provided, however, thal in case of any conflict between the provisions of the Project lmplementation \Ny -6 Manual and the provisions of this Agreement, the provisions of this Agreement shall prevail.

(d) Except as the Association shall otherwise agree, the Recipient shall not amend, abrogate or waive any provision of the Project Implementation Manual.

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Annual Work Plan and Budset (a) (b) (c) The Recipient shall prepare and fumish to the Association not later than November 30 of each Fiscal Year during the implementation of the Project, a work plan and budget containing all activities proposed to b€ included in the Pmject during the following Fiscal Year, and a proposed required for such activities, setting forth financing plan for exp€nditures the proposed amounts and sources of financing.
Each such proposed work plan and budget shall specify any Training activities that may be required under the Project, including: (i) the type of Training; (ii) the purpose ofthe training; (iii) the peBonnel to be trained; (iv) the institution or individual who will conduct the Training; (v) the location and duration of the training; and (vi) the cost ofthe Training.
The Recipient shall afford the Association a reasonable oppomrnity to exchange views with the Recipient on each such proposed work plan and budget and thereafter ensure that the Project is implemented with due diligence during said following Fiscal Year in accordance with such work plan and budget as shall have been approved by the Association ("Annual Work Plan and Budga").

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The Recipient shall not make or allow to be made any material change to the app_rored Annu4 Work Plan and Budgel \'vithout prior approval in writing by the Association.

C. Anti-Corruption The Recipient shall ensure thal the Project is carried out in accordance with the provisions of the Anti{omrption Guidelines.

D. Safeguards The Recipient shall ensure that the hoject is carried out in accordance with the Environmenta.l and Social Management Framework ("ESMF') and the Environmental Guidelines.
Except as the Association shall otherwise agree in writing, the Recipient shall not assign, amend, abrogate, waive, or permit to be assigned, amended, abrogated, or l. 2. ,l'l- L-/ -7 - waive4 the ESMF or the Environmental Guidelines, or any provision of either thereofl Without limitation upon its other reporting obligations under this agreement and under Section 4.08 of the General Conditions, the Recipient shall include in the Project Reports referred to in Section ll.A ofthis Schedule, ade{uate information on the status of implementation of the ESMF and Environmental Guidelines, giving details of: (a) measures taken in furtherance of the ESMF or the Environmental Guidelines; (b) conditions, if any, which interfere or threaten to interfere with the smooth implementation of the ESMF or the Environmental Guidelines; and (c) remedial measures taken or required to be taken to address such conditions and to ensure the continued efficient and effective implementation ofthe ESMF and the Environmental Guidelines.
ln the event ofa conflict between the provisions ofthe ESMF or the Environmental Guidelines, on the one hand, and this Agreement on the other, the provisions of this Agreement shall prevail.
Performance-Based School Grants under Part I (a)(i) ofthe Project In order to ensure the proper implementation of Pan l(a)(i) of the Project, the Recipient shall make Performance-Based School Grants to Eligible Schools in accordance with criteria and procedures acceptable to the Association, as elaborated in the School Grant Manual, which shall incl]ude, inter alia, the following: (a) the Recipient, through MEST, has determined on the basis ofan appraisal carried out in accordalce with guidelines acceptable to the Bank, and elaborated in the School Grant Manual, that the proposed Eligible School is a legal entity and a provider of education services/outputs located in a participating Local Council with the organization, managemenl, technical capacity and otlrer rcsources necessary to providrs:aid edusation serYices/outputs; (b) the Recipient shall make each Performance-Based School Grant to an Eligible School on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Association, as specified in the School Grant Manual, which shall include the following: (i) (ii) the Performance-Based School Grant is made against achievement on performance indicators; the amount of Performance-Based School Grant is based on the unit prices to be paid for achievements on applicable performance indicators; .l E. N, -8 (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) the Performance-Based School Grant shall be made on non- reimbursable grant basis; the Eligible School shall be required to: (A) develop School Improvement Plans endorsed by the School Management Committee; (B) utilize proceeds ofthe Performance-Based School Grants to deliver education servicevoutputs in line with the proposed actions in the School Improvement Plans, and any other provisions on use of funds in the School Grant Manual; (C) display up to date information on Performance-Based School Grants receipts and utilization in a prominent location on school premises; (D) maintain environmental and social staadards and practices satisfactory to the Association to deliver education servicevoutputs financed from
 the proceeds of the Performance- Based School Grants, including in accordance with the Environmental Guidelines; (E) maintain policies, procedures, and documentation adequate to enable il to monitor and evaluate, in accordance with indicators acceptable to the Association, the achievement against performance indicators, and progress of the delivery of education services/ouputs financed from proceeds of the Performance-based School Crants; and (F) (i) maintain adequate financial records, in accordance with the School Grant Manual; and (ii) at the request ofthe Association or the Recipient, have such records audited by independent auditors acceptable to the Association, in accordance with consistently applied auditing to the Association, and promptly fumish the standards acc€ptable records as so audited to the Recipient and the Association; the Eligible School shall be required to implement Performance- based School Grants in accordance with the provisions of the School Gratt Malual; and the Recipient shall have the right to: (A) inspect by iself, orjointly u,ith the Association, if the Association shall so request, the reported achievemenl on performance indicators, the delivery of education servicevoutputs financed from proceeds of the Performance-based School Grants, the operations ofthe Eligible School, and any relevant records and documents; (B) obtain all information as it, or the Association, shall reasonably request regarding the administration, operation, and financial condition of the Eligible School; and (C) suspend or terminate the right ofthe Eligible School to use the proceeds of the Performance-Based School Grants, or obtain a refund ofall or any part ofthe amount ofthe Performance-Based School Grants then withdrawn, as the case may be, upon failurc by the Eligible School to demonstrate /yr- t-/ 9 achievement against performance indicators, deliver education services/outputs financed from the proceeds ofthe Performance- Based School Granls in line with
 the School lmprovemenl Plans and provisions on use of funds in the School Grant Manual, or perform any ofits obligations in accordance with the School Grant Manual.
(c) The Recipient shall exercise its rights in accordance with the above terms and conditions in such manner as to protect its interests and those of the Association (including, the right to suspend or terminate the right ofthe Eligible School to use the proceeds of the Performance-Based School Grants, or obtain a refund of all or any part of the amount of the Performance-Based School Grants then withdrawn, upon the Eligible School's failure to perform any of its obligations in accordance with the above terms and conditions) and to accomplish the purposes of the Performance-Based School Grants, and, except as the Association shall otherwise agree, the Recipient shall not assign, amend, abrogate, or waive, or permit to be assigned, amended, abrogated, or waived, the aforementioned, or any provision thereof.
F. Verification of the Utilization of Performance-Based Grants The Recipient shall engage, before the end of each calendar year, in accordance with the provisions of Section III of this Schedule, consultants to conduct third party validation (sample-based) of the implementation of Performance-Based School Grants by Eligible Schools under Part l(a)(i) ofthe Project.
To this end, the Recipient shall, in accordance with terms of reference satisfactory to the Association, cause said consultants to carry out, thrcughout Project implementation, a sample-based annual independent validation exercise to assess utilization of the proceeds of the Performance-Based School Grants and validate compliance with provisions ofthe School Grant Manual by Eligible Schools, and fd piovide tltg Association with annualltForts of such indeftendenllalidaf-on exercises, all in accordance with the provisions ofthe School Grant Manual.
Section lI.

Proiect Monitorins, ReDortins and Evaluation A.

1.

Project Reports; Completion Report; Mid-Term Review The Recipient shall monitor and evalMte the progress of the Project and prepare Project Reports in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.08 of the General Conditions and on the basis ofindicators acceptable to the Association and set out in the PIM.
Each Project Report shall cover the period of one calendar semester, and shall be fumished to the Association not later than one month after the end of the period covered by such report.

N - l0- The Recipient shall prepare the Completion Report in accordance with the provisions ofSection 4.08(c) ofthe Standard Conditions.

The Completion Report shall be fumished to the Association not later than six months after the Closing Date.
In order to assist the Recipient in preparing the Completion Report, the Recipient shall employ consultants in accordance with the provisions ofSection III ofthis Schedule.
The Recipient shall, not later than one month prior to the mid-term review referred to in paragraph 4 of this Section II.A, fumish to the Association for comments, a report, in such detail as the Associalion shall reasonably request, on the progress of the Project, and giving details of the various matters to be discussed at such review.
The Recipient shall, not later than fourteen (14) months afier the Effective Date, undertake, in conjunction with all agencies involved in the Project, a comprehensive mid-term review of the Project during which it shall exchange views with the Association and implementing agencies generally on all matters relating to the progress of the Project, the performance by the Recipient of its obligations under this Agreement and the performance by said implementing agencies, having regard to the performance indicators referred to in paragraph I of this Section II.A.
Following the mid-term review, the Recipient shall act promptly and diligently in order to take any corrective action deemed necessary to remedy any shortcoming noted in the implementation of the Project, or to implement such other measures as may be required in furtherance ofthe objectives ofthe Project.

Financial Management; Financial Reports; Audits The Recipient shall ensure that a financial management syslem is maintained in anrn'rla-ra *,irh rha ^'^-i.i^^.
Ca.,;^^-4 no ^f rh^ c^--'"1 ^f The Recipient shall ensure that interim unaudited financial reports for the Project are prepared and fumished to the Association not later than forty-five (45) days after the end of each calendar quarter, covering the quarter, in form and substance satisfactory to the Association.

The Recipient shall have its Financial Statements for the Project audited in accordance with the provisions ofSection 4.09(b) ofthe Standard Conditions.
Each such audit of the Financial Statements shall cover the period ofone Fiscal Year of the Recipient.

The audited Financial Statements for each such period shall be fumished to the Association not later than six months after the end ofsuch period.

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J. K - ll - SectionIII.

Procurement A.

General l. Procurement and Consultant Guidelines.
All goods, works, non-consulting- services and consultants' services required for the Project and to be financed out ofthe proceeds ofthe Credit shall be procured in accordance with the requirements set forth or referred to in: 2 B. l. 2 (a) Section I ofthe Procurement Guidelines in the case ofgoods, work and non-consulting services and Sections I and IV of the Consultant Guidelines in the case ofconsultants' services; and (b) the provisions of this Section llt, as the same shall be elaborated in the procurement plan prepared and updated from time to time by the Recipient for the Project in accordance with paragraph l.l8 ofthe Procurement Guidelines and paragraph 1.25 of the Consultant Guidelines ("Procurement Plan").
Definitions, The capitalized terms used below in this Section to describe particular procur€ment methods or methods of review by the Association of particular conhacts, refer to the corresponding method described in Sections lI and lll ofthe Procurement Guidelines, or Sections [[, III, IV and V ofthe Consultant Guidelines, as the case may be.

Particular Methods of Procurement of Goods, Works and Non-Consulting Services International Competitive Bidding.
Except as otherwise provided in paragraph 2 below, goods, work and non-consulting services shall be procured under conaacts awarded on the basis oflntemational Competitiye Bidding.

Other Methods of Procurement of Goods, Works and Non-Consulting Services.
The following methods, other than International Competitive Bidding, may be used for procurement of goods, work and non-consulting services for in lhe Procurement Plan: (a) National Competitive those contracts sp€cified Bidding, subject to the additional provisions in paragraph 3 belor; (b) Shopping; (c) procur€ment under Framework Agreements in accordance with procedures which have been found acceptable to the Association; (d) Direct Conhacting; (e) Force Account; (0 Procurement from United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPs); (g) Well-established Private Sector Procurement Methods or Commercial Practices which have been found acceptable to the Association; (h) Community Participation procedures which have been found acceptable to the Association; (i) Shopping; and O Direct Contracting.
\ -12- Additional National Competitive Bidding (NCB) Procedures.

The procedures to be followed forNCB shall be the open competitive bidding procedues set forth in the Recipient's Public hocurement Act ('the Act'), provided, however, that said procedures shall be subject to the provisions of Section I, paragraphs 3.3 and 3.4, respectively, of the Procurement Guidelines, and subject to the following additional procedures (i.e.
exceptions to the Act): (a) bidding documents acceptable to the Association shall be used; (b) eligibility to participate in a procurement process and to be awarded a Association-financed contract shall be as defined under Section I ofthe Procurement Guidelines.

Accordingly, no bidder or potential bidder shall be declared ineligible for contracts financed by the Association for reasons other than those provided in Section I of the Procurement Guidelines.
Foreign bidders shall be allowed to participate in NCB procedures, and foreign bidders shall not be obligated to paftner with local bidders in order to participate in a procurement process; (c) bidding shall not be restricted to pre-registered firms, and foreign bidders shall not be required to be registered with local authorities as a prerequisite for submitting bids; (d) no margins of preference of any sort (e.g., on the basis of bidder nationality, origin of goods, services or labor, and/or preferential programs) shall be applied in the bid evaluation; (e) (0 (g) joint venture or consortium partners shall be jointly and severally liable for their obligations.
Bidders shall be given at least thirty (30) days from the date ofpublication ofthe invitation to bid or the date ofavailability of the bidding documents, whichever is later, to prepare and submit bids.
Bids shall be submitted in a single envelope; an extension ofbid validity, ifjustified by exceptional circumstances, may be requested in writing from all bidden before the original bid validity expiration date, provided that such extension shall coyer 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 wilhoul the prior wfitten concurrence ofthe Association; all bids (or the sole bid ifonly one bid is received) shall not be rejecte4 the procurement process shall not be cancelled, and new bids shall not be solicited without the Association's prior written concurrence; (h) qualification criteria shall be applied on a pass or fail basis; )t" - t3 - (i) (i) (k) bidden shall be given at least twenty-eight (28) days from the receipt of notification of award to submit performance securities; in accordance with the Procurement Guidelines, each bidding document and contract shall include provisions stating the Association's policy to sanction firms or individuals found to have engaged in fiaud and corruption as set forth in the Procurement Guidelines; and in accordance with the Procurement Guidelines, each bidding document and contract shall include provisions stating the Association's policy with respect to inspection and audit of accounts, records and other documents relating to the submission of bids and contract performance.
Particular Methods of Procurement of Consultants' Services Quality- and Cost-based Selection.

Except as otherwise provided in paragraph 2 below, consultants' services shall be procured under contracts awarded on the basis of Quality- and Cost-based Selection.

Other Methods of Procurement of Consultants' Services.
The following methods, other than Quality- and Cost-based Selection, may be used for procuremenl ofconsultants' services for those assignments which are specified in the Procuement Plan: (a) Quality-based Selection; (b) Selection under a Fixed Budget; (c) Least Cost Selection; (d) Selection based on Consultans' Qualifications; (e) Single-source Selection of consulting firms; (f) Well- established Private Sector Procurement Methods or Commercial Practices which have been found acceptable to the Association; (g) Selection ofconsultants under Indefinite Delivery Contract or Price Agreemenu (h) Selection of Individual Consultants; and (i) Single-source procedures for the Selection of lndividual Consultants.
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D. Review by the Association of Piocurement Decisions The Procur€ment PIan shall set forth those contracts which shall be subject to the Association's Prior Review.

All other contracts shall be subject to Post Review by the Association.

Section IV.
Withdrawal of the Proceeds of the Financins A Gen€ral l. The Recipient may withdraw the proceeds ofthe Financing in accordance with the provisions of: (a) Article II of the General Conditions; (b) this Section; and (c) such additional instructions as the Association may specift by notice to the Recipient (including the "World Bank Disbursement Guidelines for lnvestment Project Finaacing" dated February 2017, as revised from time to time by the NP -14- Association aad as made applicable to this Agreement pursuant to such instructions), to finance Eligible Expenditures as set fofth in the table in paragraph 2 below.
2 The following table specifies the categories of Eligible Expenditures that may be financed out ofthe proceeds ofthe Financing ("Category"), the allocations oflhe amounts ofthe Financing to each Category, and the percentage ofexpenditures to be financed for Eligible Expenditures in each Category: Percentage of Expenditures to be Financed (inclusive of Taxes) l00o/o Disbuned after the GPE Closing Date 100% Disbursed until the GPE Closing Date t 00% Disbursed after the GPE Closing Date Category Amount of Financing Allocated (expressed in SDR) ( I ) Performance-Based 4,600,000 School Grants under Part l(a{i) and Part l(aXiii) of Ihe P.ojert (2) Performance-Based 300,000 School Grants under Part l(a)(iii) of the Project (3) Goods, work, non- consulting services, consultants' services, Training and Operating Costs under Parts l(a)(ii), l(b),2and3ofthe Project 2,400,000 TOTAL AMOUNT 7,300,000 B.
Withdrawal Conditions; Withdrawal Period l_ 2.

Notwithstanding the provisions of Pafi A of this S€ction no withdrawal shall be made for payments made prior to the date of this Agreement, except that withdrawals up to an aggregate amount not to exceed SDR 300,000 equivalent may be made for payments made prior to this date but on or after June 20,2017, for Eligible Expenditures under Category (2).

The Closing Date is December 31,2019.


4h - 15 - SCHEDULE 3 Repayment Schedule Date Pa)'ment Due Principal Amount of the Credit repayable (expressed as a percentage)* On each February 15 and August 15, commencing August 15, 2023 to and including February 15, 2055 I .56250/o + The percentages represent the percentage of the principal amount of the Credit to be repaid, except as the Association may otherwise specif pursuant to Section 3.03(b) ofthe General Conditions.
N(., - 16 - APPENDIX Definitions l, 2 J 4 ) 6 7 8 9 "Annual Work Plan and Budget" means the work plan and budget prepared annually by the Recipient in accordance with the provisions of Section 1.8.2 of Schedule 2 to this Agreement.
"Anti-Comrption Guidelines" means the "Guidelines on Preventing and Combating Fraud and Comrption in Projects Financed by IBRD Loans and IDA Credits and Grants", dated October 15, 2006 and revised in Jaruary 201 l. "Category" means a category set forth in the table in Section IV ofSchedule 2 to this Agreement.

"Consultant Guidelines" means the "Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits and Grants by World Bank Borrowen" dated January 201 I (revised 2014).
"Directorate of Policy and Planning" means the directorate responsible for policy and planning within MEST.
"Eligible School" means a school to which or for whose benefit a Performance- Based School Grant is made or proposed to be made for delivery of education services/outcomes, and "Eligible Schools" mean, collectively, two or more such schools- "Environmental Guidelines" means guidelines for identiping potential environmental impacts of Project activities and appropriate mitigation, management, and monitoring measures in respect of said impacts, developed in accordance with the ESMF and included in the Project Implementation Manual, as lfe samE ma y be am-nffiffrom time to time with the written agreement of the Association.
"Environmental and Social Management Framework" or "ESMF" means the Recipient's updated environmental and social framework dated May 12,2017, and disclosed by the Recipient on May 12, 2017, as the same may be amended from time to time with the *ritten agreement of the Association.

"Fiscal Year" means the fiscal year ofthe Recipient commencing on January I and ending on December 3l ofthe same year.

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"General Conditions" means the "lnternational Development Association General Conditions for Credits and Grants", dated July 31, 2010.

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"GPE Closing Date" means the "Closing Date" stipulated in the Original Financing Agreement, as amended from time to time.
"Local Council" or "LC" means a local council established and operating pursuant to the Local Government Act and any successor thereto, and "Local Councils" means, collectively, all such Local Councils.

"Local Govemment Act" means the Local Govemment Act Number I of2004 of the laws of the Recipient, as amended from time to time.

"MEST" means the Recipient's Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, or any successor thereto.
"MoFED" means the Recipient's Ministry of Finaace and Economic Development, or any successor thereto.
"Operating Costs" means the incremental expenses incurred on account of Project implementation, based on the Annual Work Plan and Budget approved by the Association pursuant to the provisions of Section I.8.2 of Schedule 2 to this Agreement, and consisting of expenditures for office supplies, vehicle operation and maintenance, maintenance ofequipment, communication and insurance costs, oflice administration costs, utilities, rental, consumables, accommodation, local and intemational travel aad per diem, and salaries of Project staff, but excluding the salaries ofthe Recipient's civil service, meeting and other sitting allowances and honoraria to said staff.
"Original Financing Agreement" means the Global Partnership for Education Fund Grant Agreement for a Revitalizing Education Development Project between the Recipient and the Association, daled August 1,2014, as amended to the date of this Ageement (GPEF Grant No.

TFO16568).

'gri8ind Prcj6t'Lmeafis the kojea ffiedin Sefeddr+-to +he Origin+ Financing Agreement.

"Performance-Based School Grant" means a grant made or proposed to be made by MEST to an Eligible School under PaIt l(axi) ofthe Project.
"Procurement Guidelines" means the "Cuidelines: Procurement ofGoods, Works and Non-Consulting Services under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits and Grants by World Bank Borrowers" dated January 201 I (revised 2014).

"Procurement Plan" means the Recipient's procurement plan for the Project, dated May 23,2017 andreferred to in paragraph l.l8 ofthe Procurement Guidelines and paragraph 1.25 of the Consultant Guidelines, as the sam€ shall be updated from time to time in accordance with the provisions ofsaid paragraphs.
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"Project Implementation Manual" means the manual referred to in Section I.B.l ofSchedule 2 to this Agreement.

"Program" means the program of actions, objectiyes and policies set forth or refened to inthe document ofthe Recipient entitled "Education Sector Plan 2014- 2018 - Leaming to Succeed" dated September 2013.

"Public Procurement Acf'or "the Act" means the Public Procuremenl Act No.

I of20l6 ofthe laws ofthe Recipient, as amended lrom time to time.
"School Grant Manual" means the Recipient's manual to guide administration of Performance- Based School Grants.
'Teaching Service Commission" means the Recipient's commission established and operating puBuant to the Sierra Leone Teaching Service Commission Act Number I of20l l. "Training" means the costs associated with training, workshops and local and intemational study tours provided under the hoject, based on the Annual Work Plan and Budget, consisting of reasonable expenditures (other than expenditures for consultants' services) for: (a) local and international travel, room, board and per diem expenditures incurred by trainers and trainees in connection with their training and by non-consultant training facililators; (b) couse fees; (c) training facility rentals; and (d) training material preparation, acquisition, reproduction and distribution expenses.
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