Stakeholders Engagement Plan for Additional Financing (AF)
This Stakeholder Engagement Plan (SEP) is designed to establish an effective platform for productive interaction with potential stakeholders affected by the implementation and outcomes of the South Sudan Productive Safety Net for Socioeconomic Opportunities Project – SNSOP (P177663). It identifies the major stakeholders affected by the project either directly or indirectly (including vulnerable groups) as well as those with other interests that could influence decisions about the project. It outlines previous stakeholder engagement efforts carried out on the South Sudan Safety Net Project (SSSNP) currently under implementation and articulates a range of strategies for timely, relevant, and accessible stakeholder engagement throughout the project life cycle for the new proposed SNSOP. The SEP is also prepared in compliance with the World Bank Environmental and Social Standard ESS 10 on stakeholder engagement and information disclosure.
The SNSOP is designed to respond to the increasing need to scale up social safety nets for poor and vulnerable populations, particularly because of the COVID-19 pandemic. SNSOP is a follow on to SSSNP and will have coverage in 15 counties in the parent project including Maban and Pariang and the 3 proposed new counties for additional financing. The project will also continue to strengthen the Social Protection (SP) system through the Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM), Management Information Systems (MIS) and Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) system, developed under SSSNP. The project environmental and social risk will be assessed, and mitigation measures will be proposed in the Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF) and Environmental and Social Commitment Plan (ESCP) that will be prepared for the project.
Project Development Objectives.
The development objectives of the project are to provide cash transfers and access to income generating opportunities and strengthen the National Safety Net Delivery System. The results of the project will be measured by the following indicators: