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It serves as an \"Umbrella Document\" that integrates the findings of all impact studies carried out during the design phase, the plans and other provisions for complying with the requirements of the Standards that were triggered as well as country- and site-specific information relevant for the project’s risk management strategy.  The ESMP will become an integral part of the project proposal.\nThe ESMP has the following content:\nProjects description including logframe and project activities, location and geographic extent of the project;\nBrief reference to the legal framework in the host country relevant for environmental and social management and how the projects ensures compliance;\nComplete list of identified negative effects that specific project activities may cause and their significance;\nPlanned measures to avoid adverse environmental and/or social impacts, to minimise them to acceptable levels or to compensate for them; including responsibilities (staffing) and schedule for implementing the mitigation measures, their technical feasibility, cultural appropriateness, expected effectiveness in providing mitigation to all affected groups;\nReference to plans required by the Standards (e.g. Indigenous Peoples Plan, Action Plan Access Restrictions etc.) and whether mitigation measures have been included or not in the ESMP;\nCost estimates for the proposed mitigation measures and for ensuring compliance, to be included in the budget of the project proposal;\nDescription of the executing entities’ capacity to implement the ESMP; where needed, provide for capacity building measures (to be included in the ESMP budget).\nFor each mitigation measure the operational details need to be summarised in form of a table (see Template 1). A good synchronization with the project’s overall implementation plan and its monitoring and reporting cycle is critical.\nThere are instances where a mitigation measure is already conceptualized as an activity in the project’s main implementation plan. It is still advisable to also include this activity in the ESMP along with all other mitigation measures in order to provide an overall picture of the project’s mitigation strategy and to be able to check the list of mitigation measures against the identified impacts. As such it serves to analyse whether measures are actually sufficient, feasible and sustainable for mitigating the impacts. In order to avoid repetition with the project’s result framework and implementation plan, only the codes of the activity should be entered in this case (see footnote in Template 1).\nESMP Monitoring and Supervision\nThe ESMP needs to be monitored to track the progress in implementing the agreed mitigation measures. This should be done annually and based on Template 2 provided in the Annex.  The first two columns are copied from the ESMP.  For each measure it should be signaled whether implementation is on schedule (or ahead of schedule or completed), slightly delayed or delayed - using the suggested color coding. Where delays are encountered the reasons need to be explained and solutions suggested.\nAside from progress the effectiveness of the mitigation measures will also need to be monitored. Template 2 provides a simple format. Where measures are complex, a monitoring plan should be developed including key indicators, baseline and targets (see template 3). The executing agency should use observations and stakeholder consultations (in particular with affected groups) in order to judge the measures’ effectiveness. The agency is also encouraged to seek synergies with the project’s monitoring plan which might include indicators that can be used for judging the effectiveness of mitigation measures (e.g., livelihood indicators of affected groups). The findings are entered in the column","cbCaih4FZ9YejMpY","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaih4FZ9YejMpY","docx",846331,7,"English","# Components of the ESMP\n## ESMP content requirements\n## ESMP monitoring and supervision\n## Annual progress and effectiveness tracking\n## Annex templates and tables","[{\"question\":\"What is the purpose of an Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP)?\",\"answer\":\"An ESMP documents the project’s risk management strategy. 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