THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY - Massader

THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY

Project Title:

ROOFTOP SOLAR PV PROJECT on SCHOOLS

Document Title:

ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

AND PLAN

MASSADER - ESMS/EMP - Final

April 2020

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THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY

INDEX SHEET FOR REVISIONS

Document Title: Document Number:

ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND PLAN

REVISION HISTORY

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00 Issued for Implementation 14/03/2019 KN, RT KN Massader



Final Issued for Implementation April 2020 KN, RT HS Massader

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ACRONYMS & ABBREVIATION

ALARP: As Low As Reasonably Practicable

BP: Bank Procedure

CBOs: Community Based Organizations

CFR: Code of Federal Regulation.

DisCos: Distribution Companies

EIB: European Investment Bank

EM: Environmental Matrix

EPC: Engineering Procurement Construction

EQA: Environmental Quality Authority

ER: Emergency Response

ERC: Emergency Response Coordinator

ES / E&S: Environmental and Social

ESMF: Environmental and Social Management Framework

ESMP: Environmental and Social Management Plan

ESMS: Environmental and Social management System

GBV: Gender Based Violence

Global Horizontal Irradiation (GHI)

Hebron Electric Power Company (HEPCO)

HR: Human Resources

HS: Health and Safety

HSE: Health Safety Environment

HSE&S: Health Safety Environment and Social

HSSE: Health Safety Social and Environment

IBRD: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

IFC: International Finance Corporation

ILO: International Labor Organization

ISO: International Standards Organization

JDECO: Jerusalem District Electricity Distribution Company

JSA: Job Safety Analysis

MoEHE: Ministry of Education & Higher Education

MSDS: Material Safety Data Sheet

MWp: Mega Watt peak

NCR: Non-Compliance Report

NEDCO: Northern Electricity Distribution Company

NGOs: Non-Governmental Organizations

OHS: Occupational Health and Safety

OSHA: Occupational Safety & Health Administration.

OHSAS: Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series

O&M: Operation and Maintenance

OP: Operational Procedure

PIF: The Palestine Investment Fund

PPE: Personal Protective Equipment

PS: Performance Standard

PTW: Permit to Work

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PTWS: Permit to Work System

PV: Photo Voltaic

QA: Quality Assurance

QC: Quality Control

SDs: Support Documents

SOW: Scope of Work

S.W.L: Safe Working Load

TEDCO: Tubas Electricity Distribution Company

TLs: Team Leaders

VECs: Valuable Environmental Components

WB: World Bank

W.L.L: Working Load Limit

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TABLE OF CONTENT

1. Introduction & Overview ...................................................................................................................... 9

1.1 Massader Overview ............................................................................................................................ 9

1.2 Project Description .............................................................................................................................. 9

1.2.1 Project Overview .......................................................................................................................... 9

1.2.2 Project Aims and Objectives ...................................................................................................... 10

1.2.3 Sites’ Selection, Locations and Students Information ............................................................... 11

1.2.4 Project Components and Implementation Schedule ................................................................. 11

1.2.5 Project Procurement .................................................................................................................. 12

1.3 Environmental and Social (ESMS) Overview & Objectives ............................................................... 12

1.4 ESMS Requirements .......................................................................................................................... 13

1.4.1 Legal ........................................................................................................................................... 13

1.4.2 Lenders Requirements ............................................................................................................... 13

1.4.3 International Treaties and Conventions .................................................................................... 15

1.5 ESMS Framework .............................................................................................................................. 15

1.5.1 Functioning of ESMS .................................................................................................................. 15

1.5.2 ESMS Framework ....................................................................................................................... 15

1.6 Management of ESMS ....................................................................................................................... 19

1.6.1 Organogram ............................................................................................................................... 19

1.6.2 Roles and Responsibilities: ......................................................................................................... 20

2. Component 1: project policies ............................................................................................................ 23

2.1 Environment, Health and Safety Policy ............................................................................................. 23

2.2 Labor and Working Conditions Policy ............................................................................................... 26

2.3 Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Policy ................................................................................................ 30

3. Component 2: Country & Project Screening ....................................................................................... 34

3.1 Country Screening ...................................................................................................................... 34

3.1.1 Objectives and Rationale ........................................................................................................... 34

3.1.2 Background ................................................................................................................................ 34

3.1.3 Environment ............................................................................................................................... 36

3.1.4 Labor and Working Conditions: ................................................................................................. 36

3.2 Project Screening .............................................................................................................................. 37

3.2.1 Objectives and Rationale ........................................................................................................... 37

3.2.2 E&S Risks and Impact Identification at Rooftop PV Sites ........................................................... 37

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4. Component 3: ESMS plans and procedures for project execution and delivery ................................ 53

4.1 Objectives and Rationale .................................................................................................................. 53

4.2 Site-specific ESMP implementation and review process .................................................................. 53

4.3 Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP) .................................................................. 54

4.4 Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Procedures .......................................................................... 74

4.4.1 OHS Procedures ......................................................................................................................... 74

4.4.2 Job Safety Analysis Procedure ................................................................................................... 74

4.4.3 Electrical Works Safety Procedure: ............................................................................................ 77

4.4.4 Work at Height and Fall Protection Procedure: ......................................................................... 80

4.4.5 Lifting Operations Safety Procedure .......................................................................................... 83

4.4.6 Fire Prevention & Emergency Preparedness Procedure ............................................................ 90

4.4.7 Incident and Accident Management Procedure ........................................................................ 93

4.4.8 Hot Works .................................................................................................................................. 97

4.5 Stakeholder Engagement Framework............................................................................................... 99

4.5.1 Project Overview ........................................................................................................................ 99

4.5.2 Scope ........................................................................................................................................ 100

4.5.3 Objectives ................................................................................................................................. 101

4.5.4 Stakeholder Identification and Mapping ................................................................................. 101

4.5.5 Stakeholders Engagement Action Plan .................................................................................... 106

4.5.6 Community Grievance Mechanism .......................................................................................... 112

4.6 Labor and Working conditions Requirements ................................................................................ 120

4.6.1 Scope ........................................................................................................................................ 120

4.6.2 Objectives ................................................................................................................................. 120

4.6.3 Code of Conduct ....................................................................................................................... 120

4.6.4 Labor and Working Conditions Requirements ......................................................................... 120

4.6.5 Labor Grievance Mechanism ................................................................................................... 130

5. COMPONENT 4: MONITORING AND REPORTING ................................................................................ 134

5.1 Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 134

5.2 Monitoring ................................................................................................................................. 134

5.3 Reporting .................................................................................................................................. 137

6. Auditing ............................................................................................................................................. 138

6.1 Objectives ................................................................................................................................. 138

6.2 Auditing Activities ..................................................................................................................... 138

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7. ESMS TRAINING REQUIREMENTS ......................................................................................................... 139

7.1 General ...................................................................................................................................... 139

7.2 Implementation of the Training ................................................................................................ 139

8. Annexes ............................................................................................................................................. 141

Annex 1: Laws and Regulations............................................................................................................. 141

Annex 2: Workers Code of Conduct ...................................................................................................... 143

Annex 3: TEMPLATE School site-specific risks and impacts identification process .............................. 147

Annex 4: Site Summary Documentation Checklist ............................................................................... 151

Annex 5: Template of Emergency Response Action Plan ..................................................................... 153

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TABLE OF FIGURES

Figure 1: SPV Ownership Structure ............................................................................................................. 10

Figure 2: ESMS Approach ............................................................................................................................ 16

Figure 3: ESMS Components and Links ....................................................................................................... 17

Figure 4: ESMS Organization Roles and Responsibilities ............................................................................ 20

Figure 5: Administrative Divisions at West Bank ........................................................................................ 35

Figure 6: Distribution of Targeted Schools in the Project ........................................................................... 38

Figure 7: Typical View of Schools Roof & Schematic Design of the Solar PV System ................................. 38

Figure 8: Protected Areas at West bank ..................................................................................................... 41

Figure 9: Work Relationship between Project Involved Parties ............................................................... 121

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1: Number of Targeted Schools at each Governarate....................................................................... 11

Table 2: Number of targeted schools and students based on gender........................................................ 11

Table 3: Implementation phases and number of schools per phase. ......................................................... 12

Table 4: General Roles at ESMS .................................................................................................................. 18

Table 5: Impacts Identification and Assessment during Construction and Operation ............................... 50

Table 6: Job Safety Analysis Form ............................................................................................................... 77

Table 7: Monitoring and Performance Indicators ....................................................................................... 96

Table 8: Stakeholders Identification and Mapping ................................................................................... 102

Table 9: Proposed stakeholders’ engagement action plan ....................................................................... 108

Table 10: Community Grievance Procedure ............................................................................................. 113

Table 11: Workers and Labor Conditions Requirements, Roles and Responsibilities .............................. 122

Table 12: Labor Grievance Process ........................................................................................................... 131

Table 13: Responsibilities in ESMS monitoring for project executers ...................................................... 135

Table 14: ESMS reports needed to be produced by the contractor ......................................................... 137

Table 15: Company Required Reports and Frequency ............................................................................. 137

Table 16: Trigger Events for Audit ............................................................................................................ 138

Table 17: Required Training at the Project ............................................................................................... 140

1. INTRODUCTION & OVERVIEW

1.1 Massader Overview Massader for Natural Resources & Infrastructure Development is a private company and a fully-owned

subsidiary of the Palestine Investment Fund (PIF). Massader invests in large-scale strategic projects aimed

at developing Palestine’s natural resources and infrastructure such as Gaza Marine natural gas field, West

Bank oil field, Jenin power plant and the Noor Palestine Solar Program. In doing so, Massader endeavors

to contribute to Palestine’s energy security and independence, facilitate investments large scale projects,

create sustainable employment opportunities, and catalyze economic growth, all with the aim of creating

a firm foundation to unlock the potential of the Palestinian economy.

1.2 Project Description

1.2.1 Project Overview The Palestine Investment Fund (PIF) signed an agreement with the Ministry of Education & Higher

Education (MoEHE) of Palestine to develop solar PV systems over the rooftops of 475 public schools that

owned by the ministry in West Bank, Palestine. This project will be with capacity of 32 Mega Watt peak

(MWp) where 57 Giga Watt hour (GWh) of electricity will be annually produced, and for a period of 25

years at least. Majority of the electricity generated from those PV systems (82%) will be sold by Massader

to cover its investment, while the other part (18% of the generated electricity) will be used to cover the

electricity consumption of those schools based on a Net Metering scheme, with any extra electricity

converted into petty cash to support the daily operations of those schools.

For that, and prior to signing the agreement, the Palestinian Authority issued a resolution and related by-

laws, which allowed Massader to develop the PV systems over the rooftops of public schools in Palestine

and sell electricity under long-term Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) to multiple distribution

companies (“DisCos”) in the West Bank. These include the following DisCos:

- Jerusalem District Electricity Distribution Company (JDEDCO): The largest DisCo in Palestine

and serve the largest number of public schools in its jurisdiction. It covers Ramallah,

Bethlehem, Jericho and Jerusalem areas - Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCO): This comes second after JDECO in terms

of number of schools served and covers Nablus and Jenin - Hebron Electric Power Company (HEPCO): This covers Hebron area and has a good number

of public schools in its jurisdiction area - Tubas Electricity Distribution Company (TEDCO): This covers Tubas

The PPA agreements will be signed by Massader with each major DisCo through a Special Purpose

Vehicle (SPV). Three SPVs will be created in partnership with three DisCos: JDECO, HEPCO and NEDCO.

The below figure illustrates the SPVs ownership structure:

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Figure 1: SPV Ownership Structure

The Palestinian Electricity and Natural Resources Authority (PENRA) will legally support the agreements

between Massader and each DisCo in addition to those between MoEHE and each DisCo. At a national

level, the schools project will drive the Palestinian power sector one step closer to independence and

commitment to renewable energy.

MoEHE will be providing the rooftops of the public schools in Palestine to develop the solar PV systems.

The project will create significant savings in the cost of electrical bills for public schools. A net metering

agreement will be implemented between MoEHE and each DisCo to regulate power production and

consumption.

The project is expected to address a key challenge that has been suppressing economic development in

the Palestinian Territories, namely the lack of domestic energy sources. As well as introducing a

renewable source and reducing supply outages, schools will benefit from an additional saving in electricity

costs. The project is projected to generate up to an estimated 250 jobs in the West Bank where the

unemployment rate is amongst the highest in the region. The use of existing rooftops also avoids any

reduction in scarce and expensive land available for other land uses, such as agriculture.

Massader aims to implement this project into phases as described at this chapter below and over a period

of 4 years.

1.2.2 Project Aims and Objectives - Cover public schools’ consumption of electricity.

- Demonstrate the benefits of renewable energy solutions in public schools.

- Create awareness and culture change among the teachers and staff on integrating sustainable energy in

the teaching environment.

- Create the foundation for large scale implementation of renewable energy in Palestine

Massader

SPV 1 SPV 2 SPV 3

JDECO HEPCO NEDCO

75% 85% 100%

25% 15% 0%


1.2.3 Sites’ Selection, Locations and Students Information The project targets around 475 technically suitable public schools in the West Bank region in coordination with MoEHE. 421 schools were surveyed and approved until now. The following table illustrates the geographical distribution of all these schools:

Table 1: Number of Targeted Schools at each Governarate

City/District Ramallah

Hebron (including North

& South Hebron)

Jenin &

Tubas Nablus

Bethlehem & Al Ram

Qalqilyah, Qabatya &

Tulkarm

Number of Approved Schools

122 93 33 64 76 33

Survey files were provided for the 185 sample. KMZ file/s were also provided for a 185 schools sample to show in detail the surrounding area of each school.

The following table illustrates the number of boys, girls and mixed schools with the corresponding estimated number of students. Table 2 is based on the 421 approved & surveyed schools until now and not the 475 planned number of schools. This table assumes that the average number of students per school is 250.

Table 2: Number of targeted schools and students based on gender

1.2.4 Project Components and Implementation Schedule The project will be constructed in similar installations, each installation is located at the roof of each 2-3

story school buildings. The below are components of each installation:

- Solar PV Panels: These panels will be installed in a number that has a capacity of 70 Kilo

Watt (kW)

- Fixed Mounting System

- Invertors

- Cables

- Connection gears with nearby low voltage network.

The implementation will be into 11 phases over 4 years’ period, Table below shows these

phases with number of schools per phase and the construction schedule.

Girls Boys Mixed

No. of Schools

187 163 71

No. of Students and Percentage of Total

55,625 (52.9%) 49,625 (47.1%) -

Total Students: 105,250


Table 3: Implementation phases and number of schools per phase.

Phase # Number of

Schools

Total installed capacity per group

(kWp)

Procurement Starting Date*

Issuing NTP Expected COD

1 30 2455 Dec-18 Feb-19 Sep-19

2 40 2,646 Jun-19 Aug-19 Mar-20

3 40 2,206 Aug-19 Oct-19 May-20

4 40 2,839 Oct-19 Dec-19 Jul-20

5 40 2,912 Dec-19 Feb-20 Sep-20

6 40 1,662 Feb-20 Apr-20 Nov-20

7 40 1,983 Apr-20 Jun-20 Jan-21

8 40 1,941 Jun-20 Aug-20 Mar-21

9 40 1,349 Aug-20 Oct-20 May-21

10 40 1,608 Oct-20 Dec-20 Jul-21

11 41 2,163 Dec-20 Feb-21 Sep-21

431 23,762

The construction of each installation will take 5 months in average, where phase 1 construction

that considered as a pilot project and include 30 schools has been started, and the remaining

phases will start during the next 3 years as per table above.

1.2.5 Project Procurement The construction of the project will be via Engineering Procurement Construction (EPC) contractors. Operation and Maintenance (O&M) will be performed by involved DisCos, each at his mandate area, and they will act as O& M contractors.

Massader has hired EPC contractors to build the first 30 rooftop systems after completion of tender process. Contractors are required to comply with applicable construction and labor laws in addition to national & international standards of environmental protection, health and safety, including those contained in any relevant conventions and international agreements on environmental protection and those applicable in Palestine.

EPC expected to import project material in containers to Ashdood sea port and then will be transported to West Bank, where then to be distributed to each installation site.

EPC expected to assign 6 workers at each installation site during construction.

1.3 Environmental and Social (ESMS) Overview & Objectives

Massader has developed this ESMS in order to be implemented during the execution of the Schools

Rooftop SPV project. This ESMS aims to:

- To manage the environmental and social (E&S) risks and opportunities across all activities of Massader

in the project


- To construction and operate the project in alignment with Good International Industry Practice (GIIP)

on E&S management in the renewable energy sector.

- To outline the requirements for and manage a robust monitoring and reporting system that will

identify and minimize risks with the aim to continuously improve E&S management.

1.4 ESMS Requirements

This section defines the environmental and social requirements that Massader will abide to during the

implementation of the project.

1.4.1 Legal The Palestinian National Authority has developed several laws and regulations concerning environmental

and social aspects that any development within the Palestinian Territory must comply with. Annex 1

describes all relevant local laws and regulation of the project.

1.4.2 Lenders Requirements

1.4.2.1 The World Bank's Environmental and Social Framework (ESF)

The World Bank Environmental and Social Framework sets out the World Bank’s commitment to

sustainable development, through a Bank Policy and a set of Environmental and Social Standards that are

designed to support Borrowers’ projects. Below are the relevant Environmental and Social Standards (ESS)

that applies for the project:

1- Assessment and Management of Environmental and Social Risks and Impacts (ESS1)

ESS1 sets out the Borrower’s responsibilities for assessing, managing and monitoring

environmental and social risks and impacts associated with each stage of a project supported by

the Bank through Investment Project Financing, in order to achieve environmental and social

outcomes consistent with the Environmental and Social Standards (ESSs).

2- Labor and Working Conditions (ESS2)

ESS2 recognizes the importance of employment creation and income generation in the pursuit of

poverty reduction and inclusive economic growth. It requires borrowers to treat workers in the

project fairly and providing safe and healthy working conditions.

3- Resource Efficiency and Pollution Prevention and Management (ESS3)

ESS3 recognizes that economic activity and urbanization often generate pollution to air, water,

and land, and consume finite resources. It encourages borrowers to consider more efficient and

effective resource use, pollution prevention and GHG emission avoidance, and mitigation

technologies and practices.


4- Community Health and Safety (ESS4)

ESS4 recognizes that project activities, equipment, and infrastructure can increase community

exposure to risks and impacts. It requires from the borrowers to mitigate these risks and impacts

to avoid and /or decrease these risks into acceptable level.

1.4.2.2 European Investment Bank Environmental and Social Standards:

European Investment Bank (EIB) is one of the potential lenders for the project, therefore, the project is

committed to comply with the. The following are relevant standards to the project:

- Assessment and Management of Environmental and Social Impacts and Risks (Standard No.1):

This Standard is to outline the promoter’s responsibilities in the process of assessing, managing and

monitoring environmental and social impacts and risks associated with the projects.

- Pollution Prevention and Abatement (Standard No.2):

This standard aims to avoid any deterioration in the quality of human health or the environment, and

any loss of biodiversity, by avoiding, reducing and, if possible, compensating/remedying significant

adverse effects of projects supported by the EIB.

- Labor Standards (Standard No. 8)

This standard aims at ensuring that the promoter respects the Core Labor standards of the

International Labor Organization (ILO), as well as at promoting the relevant rights under the UN

Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights for the project to be financed.

- Occupational and Public Health, Safety and Security (Standard No.9)

This standard to protect and secure public and occupational health, safety and security and promote

dignity of workers and citizens affected by EIB financed projects.

1.4.2.3 International Finance Corporation (IFC) Performance Standards (PSs) on

Environmental and Social Sustainability:

IFC’s Sustainability Framework articulates the Corporation’s strategic commitment to sustainable

development, and is an integral part of IFC’s approach to risk management. Below are relevant standards

for the project:

- Assessment and Management of Environmental and Social Risks and Impacts (PS1)

This standard underscores the importance of managing environmental and social performance

throughout the life of a project through developing effective Environmental and Social Management

System (ESMS) that appropriate to the nature and scale of the project to promote sound and

sustainable environmental and social performance.


- Labor and Working Conditions (PS2)

This standard recognizes that the pursuit of economic growth through employment creation and

income generation should be accompanied by protection of the fundamental rights of workers by

treating the workers fairly and providing them with safe and healthy working conditions

- Resource Efficiency and Pollution Prevention (PS3)

PS3 recognizes that economic activity and urbanization often generate pollution to air, water, and

land, and consume finite resources. It requires to consider more efficient and effective resource use,

pollution prevention and GHG emission avoidance, and mitigation technologies and practices.

- Community Health, Safety, and Security (PS4)

PS4 recognizes that project activities, equipment, and infrastructure can increase community

exposure to risks and impacts. It requires from the borrowers to mitigate these risks and impacts to

avoid and /or decrease these risks into acceptable level.

1.4.3 International Treaties and Conventions Palestinian Authority has also joined and ratified several environmental treaties and conventions. These

international treaties, the Project is committed with those below and related to the SOW:

➢ Basel Convention on the Control of Trans-boundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their

Disposal, 22 March 1989.- Ratified in 2 April 2015

➢ Convention on Biological Diversity, 5 June 1992 – Ratified in 2 April 2015

➢ United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, 9 May 1992. – Ratified in 18

December 2015

➢ Paris Agreement under UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, 12 December 2015 –

Ratified in 22 April 2016.

1.5 ESMS Framework

1.5.1 Functioning of ESMS ESMS is specific for the Rooftop Solar PV Project that will be implemented at around 500 schools at the

West Bank – Palestine. This system is developed in response to the relevant local regulations and to the

requirements of the potential international lenders, namely; IBRD, IFC and EIB, in order to ensure that the

environmental and social performance of the project is up to these requirements.

This ESMS is defined for this project including all its activities during construction and commissioning. In

addition, the implementation of this ESMS will apply to all work locations and surroundings despite of the

source of finance and the timing of implementation. So, policies, plans and procedures included at this

ESMS are applicable and will be enforced by Massader at all work locations, and all personnel involved at

this project are obliged to adopt this ESMS and implement it.

1.5.2 ESMS Framework - Overview of ESMS Operational Approach:


• At Massader level the main E&S roles are the initial country / project screening (during early

development) and the management of the project through regular monitoring, reporting, and

auditing.

• Massader will provide clear requirements to all contractors and operators, and Massader will

monitor their performance, and report on this to the relevant shareholders as needed, such as

local institutions, lenders and public. Figure 2 shows the operational approach of the ESMS.

Figure 2: ESMS Approach

- Integrity of the ESMS Components:

ESMS is as any other management system comprised of different components that are together

formulate the tools by which Massader will implement this Project in environmentally and socially

sound manner. This ESMS contains the following components:

• Component 1: Project’s Overview, Policies, ESMS Requirements and ESMS Framework

• Component 2: Country / Project Screening

• Component 3: ESMS plans and procedures for project execution and delivery

• Component 4: Monitoring and Reporting

• Component 5: Auditing

These components are linked to each other in a dynamic hierarchy structure where each component

is developed based on another as they have been listed above but each component can trigger

changes in other components, however such changes do not affect the ESMS function to maintain

proper environmental and social performance of the project and seeking continual improvement.

Figure 3 below shows that links between the ESMS components that designed to ensure system

integrity.

Contractors

Operators

Massader

level. Relevant

Shareholders.

E&S requirements to

contractors and operators.

Reporting by

Massader on E&S

performance.

Reporting on E&S

performance by contractors and

operators.


Figure 3: ESMS Components and Links

Component 2 Country screening.

Advanced development of project

(final due diligence). Construction Operation Early development of project.

Project Location(s)

(Type, Ownership)

Development

activities to target

potential new

Beneficiaries

Development

activities to target

specific project.

Component 1 High-level corporate E&S

policies.

Component 2 Project screening.

Component 3 ESMS procedures for project

execution and delivery.

Component 4 Monitoring and

reporting.

Component 5 Auditing.

-Detail of E&S assessment increases Screening E& S Approval

Before project start: Mainly Massader level ESMS

activity. Massader level ESMS monitoring.

After project start: Mainly project level ESMS activity and reporting.

+ -


- ESMS Implementation – Roles:

Implementation of the ESMS different levels and types of roles performed by different participants at

Project execution. Implementation will be through personnel define at the organization presented at

section 1.5 where specific responsibilities and roles are defined.

Table 4 defines the general roles of ESMS implementation in the project on corporate level of each

execution involved party.

Table 4: General Roles at ESMS

Phase E&S Role of Massader E&S Role of Contractor / Operator

Overall - Massader has ultimate responsibility for E&S management and performance across all Project activities.

- The role of contractor and operator of the Project is to manage the E&S risks through implementing ESMS in line with Massader and lenders requirements

Early development phase. - Massader carries out E&S screening of the project opportunities to identify and prioritize the risks.

- In some cases, technical consultants would be required for some assignments as needed

- None.

Advanced development phase (final due diligence).

- Massader responsible for management of the E&S assessments and preparation of management plans

- Massader would manage the reporting process, including reporting to lenders

- In most cases technical consultants would be used for the majority of ongoing E&S planning work; carrying out gap analysis, assessments and developing management plans.

- None

Construction - Massader would provide E&S requirements to contractors as part of contract requirements.

- Massader would manage the reporting process from contractors, collate the reported project information and provide reports to shareholders.

- Contractor would be responsible to provide competent organization developed to ensure they meet ESMS requirements.

- Contractor would be responsible for carrying out their activities in line with


- Massader would audit projects as needed.

Project’s E&S requirements and management plans, including labor, H&S, etc.

- Contractor would be responsible to monitor his E&S performance in accordance with the ESMS requirements

- Contractor would report on E&S performance on a monthly basis to Massader (plus additional reports on events if applicable).

Operation - Massader would provide E&S requirements to operator as part of contract requirements.

- Massader would manage the reporting process from operators, collate the reported project information and provide reports to shareholders including lenders; (reports would be less detailed than during construction).

- Massader would audit projects as needed.

- Operator would be responsible to provide competent organization developed to ensure they meet ESMS requirements

- Operator would be

responsible for carrying out

their activities in line with

Project’s E&S requirements

and management plans,

including labor, H&S, etc.

- Operator would be responsible to monitor his E&S performance in accordance with the ESMS requirements

- Operators would report on E&S performance on a monthly basis to Massader (plus additional reports on events if applicable).

1.6 Management of ESMS

1.6.1 Organogram Management of the ESMS will be through an organization of personnel who are responsible for

the implementation and monitoring of the E&S performance of the project as part of its

management. Due to the large number of schools targeted at this project, Massader will manage

the implementation of the ESMS through clustering the work locations at schools into three

clusters, North, Middle and South, and its proposed that Masader will have for the whole project

2FTEs (Manager & HSE Adviser), in addition, for each cluster 3 FTEs (Cluster Sites Manager, Cluster

Sites HSE Supervisor and Cluster Sites Engineer). For each cluster, this proposed organization will


be responsible for managing the implementation of the ESMS. Figure 4 below presents the

Massader organization that will manage the ESMS including contractor/operator at each work site.

Figure 4: ESMS Organization Roles and Responsibilities

1.6.2 Roles and Responsibilities:

- Project Manager:

• Ultimate responsible person for project’s environmental and social performance in

front of Massader management and other external stakeholders ie; authorities,

lenders, media and public

• Responsible for ensuring that the ESMS Policies are reviewed and updated as needed

or required by the relevant stakeholders.

Project Manager

Cluster Sites Manager

Cluster Sites Engineer

Cluster Sites HSE Supervisor

Project Manager

Site Manager

HSE Officer Project Engineer

HSE Advisor

Fire Warden First Aider

Massader

Contractor / Operator

Direct Command

Functional Command

Stakeholders:

Authorities

Lenders

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• Notify in writing of any major incident within 3 days to Massader management, relevant

authorities and lenders. The notification shall include details of response/control

measures applied and amendments to any ESMS procedures as a result

• Allocate adequate resources for ESMS implementation including competent staff.

- HSE Advisor:

• Maintain integrity and functionality of the ESMS by review and comment contractors’

HSE progress reports and Massader HSE supervisor audit reports

• Review and advice for all developed plans and procedures of ESMS to ensure

compliance with local regulation and lenders requirements.

• Provide technical support for Sites Manager and HSE Supervisor during the execution

of the ESMS.

• Support Project Manager in preparation of HSE reports to lenders and authorities if

required

• Periodic review of community and labor grievance mechanism implementation.

• Lead Investigations at major HSE accidents at the project

- Cluster Sites Manager:

• Ensure proper implementation of the ESMS at his installation sites through the

feedback from cluster HSE supervisor

• Ensure that any HSE required permits from relevant authorities are obtained by

contractor prior to start construction

• Provide support HSE Supervisor in implementation of the ESMS by contractors

• Report to project manager any major HSE accident at site within 24 hours

• Participate in investigation for major HSE accidents.

- Cluster Sites HSE Supervisor:

• Conduct regular weekly sites HSE inspection and monthly HSE audits

• Report inspection and audit findings to cluster site manager and HSE advisor

• Review HSE documents provided by contractors

• Instruct and direct HSE Supervisor of contractor / operator for implementing control

measures prior to job start and ensure maintenance of these measures.

• Management of all types of grievances received within the cluster

- Cluster Sites Engineer:

• Report to Cluster Sites Manager and inform Cluster Sites HSE Supervisor with con-

compliance observations at site

• Instruct implementation of mitigation and control measures at site

- Contractor Project Manager:

• Overall responsible for the implementation of the ESMS at the contractor level


• Allocate adequate resources in contractor organization for ESMS implementation

including competent staff

• Report major accidents to Massader cluster sites manager within 24 hours

• Issue HSE reports to Massader cluster sites manager

- Contractor Site Manager:

• Responsible for obtaining any relevant permits required by contractor prior to start

construction work and updated as necessary

• Report major accidents at site to Contractor project manager within 24 hours

• Support compliance with ESMS requirements by maintaining communication with

workers at site based on feedback for HSE officer

• Liaison with relevant authorities and communities around the work site

• Receive any grievance regarding the work implementation and initiate the grievance

mechanism response

• Issue HSE documents for Contractor project manager that prepared by HSE officer

- Contractor HSE Officer:

• Conduct daily site HSE inspection

• Conduct HSE induction for new employees

• Conduct tool box take prior to job execution

• Participate at risk assessment for construction works

• Record and document daily HSE performance at site

• Report non-compliance to Site Manager

• Report accidents to Contractor site manager immediately

• Participate at incident investigation when requested

- First Aider:

• Provide first aid treatment at site

• Ensure that first aid kit available always at site

• Report to Contractor HSE officer with first aid cases for records

- Fire Warden:

• Provide firefighting at site when needed

• Initiate site evacuation at emergency situations

• Communicate with local fire departments for assistance when needed.


2. COMPONENT 1: PROJECT POLICIES

Massader has developed the below policies that shows its voluntary commitment to implement the

project in accordance with local relevant regulation and other ESMS requirements. The policies presented

below in both English and Arabic and will be posted at each installation site.

2.1 Environment, Health and Safety Policy

Massader management is voluntarily committed to provide a safe and healthful place of work throughout

all of the Schools Solar Energy Project at West Bank - Palestine, and surrounding environment and

communities to make every effort towards eliminating or minimizing any environmentally and socially

adverse effects of Massader’s operations at this project.

To meet this commitment, it is Massader’s policy to promote Good International Industry Practice (GIIP)

in health, safety, and environment prevention and protection as well as full respect for communities’

interests and rights starting with the project’s personnel community through establishing, implementing

and maintaining ESMS that complies with local regulations, international best practices and lenders

requirements. ESMS will include such elements as targets and standards for Health, Safety, Environment

and Social (HSE&S) performance, HSE&S education programs, and assessments and accountability for

achievement of those targets and standards.

This policy consists of the following principles:

✓ Massader management will strictly enforce its corporate safety policy of ‘’NO Lost Time

Accidents” and everybody in the project shall make those targets their own responsibility.

✓ The health and safety of the project personnel, and preservation, and protection of the

environment, and respect of surrounding communities are Massaders’ and project’s priorities.

✓ All project employees, including those of contractors, sub-contractors, day laborers and suppliers

will act in accordance with the project ESMS.

✓ Massader is dedicated to eliminating, or otherwise mitigating, any negative impacts of its projects

on stakeholder communities.

✓ Massader is committed to respecting the rights of local communities relevant to the project and

other relevant stakeholders and will integrate stakeholder views into decision-making, as

appropriate.

✓ Massader is committed to establishing a community grievance mechanism to receive and

facilitate the prompt resolution of concerns and grievances related to the project.

✓ Massader management will ensure that all project’s personnel are adequately trained in HSE&S.

✓ Full cooperation and liaison must be offered to statutory authorities and local communities.

✓ Massader management commits itself to pursue continual improvement of HSE&S performance

of the project.

✓ Everybody in the project must plan and perform work in accordance with the HSE&S management

system.


This policy will provide assurance that the applicable HSE&S legislation, approved codes of practice and

the agreed requirements will be complied with.

AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY NAME

TITLE (I.E. CEO, PROJECT MANAGER)


ة العامة والسلام والصحة ةالبيئ سياسة

رس في الضفة تلتزم إدارة مصادر طوعاً في تقديم مكان عمل آمن وصحي في جميع مواقع مشروع إنشاء الطاقة الشمسية للمدا

فلسطين، والبيئة والمجتمعات المحيطة في تلك المواقع، وستبذل إدارة مصادر كل الجهود الممكنة لإزالة وتخفيف أية –الغربية

تأثيرات بيئية واجتماعية سلبية نتيجة لنشاطات شركة مصادر في المشروع.

مارسات الدولية للصحة والسلامة والبيئة في المشاريع، ولتنفيذ هذا الالتزام فإن سياسة مصادر هي تشجيع وتطبيق أفضل الم

بالإضافة إلى الاحترام الكامل لاهتمامات وحقوق المجتمعات المحلية ابتداءً بتلك المحيطة بالمشروع، وذلك عبر إعداد وتنفيذ

ات الجهات الممولة. وإدامة نظام إدارة بيئي واجتماعي يتوافق مع القوانين المحلية وأفضل الممارسات الدولية ومتطلب

نظام الإدارة هذا سوف يتضمن أهدافاً ومعايير أداء بيئية واجتماعية، وبرنامج توعية حول البيئة والصحة والسلامة بالإضافة

إلى التقييم والمحاسبة لتحقيق هذه الأهداف والمعايير.

وعليه تتبنى هذه السياسة المبادئ التالية:

وبصرامة بتنفيذ سياسة السلامة الخاصة بعدم حدوث حوادث تتسبب بتوقف أحد العاملين عن ستقوم إدارة مصادر .1

العمل وعلى جميع العاملين تطبيق هذه السياسة لأنها مسؤولية الجميع في المشروع.

إن سلامة وصحة العاملين بالمشروع وحماية البيئة والمحافظة عليها واحترام المجتمعات المحيطة بالمشروع من .2

.مصادرأولويات المشروع وإدارة

جميع العاملين بالمشروع بما فيهم المقاولين والمقاولين الفرعيين وعمال المقطعية )المياومة( والمزودين سوف يعملوا .3

وفقاً لنظام الإدارة البيئية والاجتماعية للمشروع.

قد تقع من المشروع على المجتمعات إدارة مصادر ملتزمة بمنع أو وضع الإجراءات الوقائية لأية تأثيرات سلبية .4

المحلية أو أية جهة ذات علاقة بالمشروع.

إدارة مصادر ملتزمة باحترام حقوق المجتمعات المحلية المتعلقة بالمشروع، وتلك الحقوق للجهات ذات العلاقة وسيتم .5

الأخذ بآرائهم في صنع القرارات المتعلقة بالمشروع وبالشكل المناسب.

لتزمة بإعداد آلية تظلم للمجتمع المحلي لاستقبال والتعامل وإيجاد الحلول السريعة لأية مخاوف أو إدارة مصادر م .6

شكاوى تتعلق بالمشروع.

ستحرص إدارة مصادر على أن يكون جميع العاملين بالمشروع هم على دراية ومؤهلين في مواضيع البيئة والصحة .7

والسلامة الخاصة بالمشروع.

على التنسيق والتعاون الكامل مع كافة الجهات الرسمية والمجتمعات المحلية أثناء تنفيذ ستحرص إدارة مصادر .8

المشروع.

تلتزم إدارة مصادر بالمتابعة والسعي للتحسين المستمر في أداء المشروع حول البيئة والصحة والسلامة العامة. .9

ام إدارة البيئة والصحة والسلامة ومعايير الأداء على جميع العاملين بالمشروع تخطيط وتنفيذ العمل وفقاً لمتطلبات نظ .10

والمتطلبات اللازمة للمشروع و التأكد بأنه قد تم الالتزام بها.

اسم الشخص المخول بالتوقيع

المسمى الوظيفي )المدير العام، مدير الموارد البشرية، مدير المشروع(

شركة مصادر


2.2 Labor and Working Conditions Policy

Purpose

The purpose of this policy is to identify the guiding principles of Massader with respect to Labor and

Working Conditions specifically to Schools Solar PV project, hereinafter referred to as the ‘Project’.

Scope

This policy applies to all project workers which will include: Direct Workers, Contracted Workers, Day

Laborers and Primary Supply Workers relevant to the project.

Definitions

Direct Workers: People directly employed or engaged by Massader. Including part-time, temporary,

seasonal and migrant workers.

Contracted Workers: People employed or engaged through third parties to perform work related to core

functions of the project, regardless of location.

Primary Supply Workers: people employed or engaged by Massader’s primary suppliers.

Day Laborers: People employed or engaged through third parties on daily basis to perform short – time

work related to core functions of the project, regardless of location.

Policy

1. Massader is committed to complying with the Palestinian Labor Law No. (7) / year 2000 or any local

law that supersedes it in addition to relevant applicable local laws, regulations and instructions

including industry standards; international standards issued by the World Bank Group, IFC, IBRD

and EIB.

2. Massader will promote the fair treatment, non-discrimination, and equal opportunity of project

workers and day laborers. This will be reflected in Massader’s selection criteria of any third-party

entity that will be formally contracted to participate in project implementation.

3. Workers and day laborers will be provided with information and documentation that is clear and

understandable regarding their terms and conditions of employment such as: labor rights on

working hours, compensation, working conditions, and other relevant labor entitlements if

applicable.

4. Massader is committed to ensuring and enforcing effective systems and controls to ensure a safe

and healthy working environment to all project workers. Appropriate Occupational, Health and

Safety (OHS) policies will be checked for compliance on a daily basis during project implementation.

Selected third parties working on the project will be screened for OHS policies and procedures.

Massader will consider any valid legislation, in this case the Occupational Health Cabinet Resolution

No. (15) / year 2003 or any other legislation that supersedes it.


5. Massader shall ensure protection of project workers, including vulnerable workers such as women,

persons with disabilities, migrant workers, contracted workers, and primary supply workers if any,

as appropriate.

6. Massader is committed to prevent the use of all forms of forced labor and child labor. Massader will

ensure that forced labor or child labor are not employed by contractors, sub-contractors, suppliers,

agents, or intermediaries relevant to this project. Minimum age for employment in the project is 18

and this will be verified before hiring with official documentation. Massader is committed to select

contractors that comply with national and international law.

7. All project workers will have access to the grievance mechanism at the time of recruitment and

measures put in place to protect them, including confidentiality and the possibility to submit

anonymous grievances as described in the Grievance Procedure or through worker organizations

and other mechanisms. Workers will not be retaliated against for raising grievances.

8. Massader is committed to strictly follow-up and ensure that any day laborer hired at the project is:

(i) minimum of age of 18 years, (ii) physically fit the job he l she was hired for, (iii) well informed

about the job required, related risks and required control measures, (iv) provided with adequate

PPEs, (v) paid daily and fairly in accordance to minimum wages by law and the price of the market,

(vi) Any work beyond 8 hours a day is considered as overtime and paid according to the labor law

(vii) included at the daily records for workers with full ID information, (viii) recruiter has no right to

sustain his / her ID until the end of the job

9. Massader’s Human Resources personnel shall adopt human resources policies and procedures

relevant to the size and nature of this project and will be responsible to train workers and

contractors on present policy, monitor all project workers and set out its approach to managing

workers consistent with the requirements of relevant national laws and Good International Industry

Practice.


TITLE (I.E. CEO, HR DIRECTOR, PROJECT MANAGER)


سياسة العمالة وظروف العمل

السياسةالغرض من

بالعمال وظروف العمل لبرنامج الغرض الرئيسي من هذه السياسة الداخلية هو تحديد المبادئ التوجيهية لمصادر فيما يتعلق

أسطح المدارس للطاقة الشمسية على وجه التحديد، والمشار إليها فيما يلي باسم "المشروع".

نطاق تطبيق السياسة

مباشرون والذين تم التعاقد معهم الوهم: العمال المباشرون، العمال غير ،المشروع ين فيتنطبق هذه السياسة على جميع العامل

وسطاء، عمال المياومة بالاضافة الى العمال الذي تم توظيفهم من قبل موردين/مزودين رئيسيين لدى من خلال مقاولين أو

مصادر.

لتعاريفا

كل مباشر من قبل مصادر بما فيهم العمال بدوام جزئي، عمال مؤقتينالعمال المباشرون: وهم العمال الذين تم توظيفهم بش

، عمال يتم توظيفهم خلال مواسم محددة أو العمال الأجانب.مياومة((

من غيرهم أو المقاولين مباشرون: وهم العمال الذين تم توظيفهم أو التعاقد معهم من خلال طرف ثالث مثلالالعمال غير

الوسطاء للعمل في المشروع أو لتنفيذ العمل المتصل مباشرة بالمهام الأساسة للمشروع بغض النظر عن الموقع.

العمال الذي تم توظيفهم من قبل الموردين: وهم العمال الذي تم توظيفهم من قبل الموردين الأساسيين لمصادر.

ن خلال طرف ثالث وبشكل يومي لأداء أعمال قصيرة الأمد متعلقة عمال المياومة: وهم العمال الذي تم توظيفهم أو التعاقد م

بالمشروع أو لتنفيذ العمل المتصل مباشرة بالمهام الأساسة للمشروع بغض النظر عن الموقع.

السياسات

ى القوانين ، أو أي قانون محلي يحل محله بالإضافة إل2000(/ سنة 7. تلتزم مصادر بالامتثال لقانون العمل الفلسطيني رقم )1

والأنظمة والتعليمات المحلية السارية ذات الصلة، بما في ذلك معايير الصناعة؛ المعايير الدولية الصادرة عن البنك الدولي،

مؤسسة التمويل الدولية، البنك الدولي للإنشاء والتعمير وبنك الاستثمار الأوروبي.

ييز في مجال التوظيف والحرص على تكافؤ الفرص بين عمال المشروع . ستقوم مصادر على تعزيز المعاملة العادلة وعدم التم2

.وعمال المياومة. سوف ينعكس ذلك على معاييراختيار أي طرف ثالث يتم التعاقد معه رسمياً للمشاركة في تنفيذ المشروع

ة بخصوص شروط التوظيف . سيتم تزويد العمال بالاضافة الى عمال المياومة على المعلومات والوثائق الواضحة والمفهوم3

وجوانب العمل مثل: حقوق الموظف، ساعات العمل، الأجر، ظروف العمل وغيرها من استحقاقات العمل ذات الصلة وعند

اللزوم.

. تلتزم مصادر بتوفير وتطبيق أنظمة وضوابط فعالة لضمان بيئة عمل آمنة وصحية لجميع العاملين في المشروع. سيتم 4

ياسات المتعلقة بالصحة والسلامة من خلال لتدقيق على أنشطة المشروع بشكل يومي. سيتم فحص أطراف ضمان الالتزام بالس

ثالثة مختارة تعمل في المشروع للتعرف على سياسات الصحة والسلامة المهنية والإجراءات. سوف تنظر مصادر في أي

أو أي تشريع آخر يحل 2003( / لسنة 15ية رقم )تشريع ساري المفعول، في هذه الحالة قرار مجلس الوزراء للصحة المهن

محله.

. تلتزم مصادر بمسؤولية حماية العمال والعمال من ذو المجموعات الضعيفة مثل: النساء، العمال ذوي الاحتياجات الخاصة، 5

. العمال الأجانب والعمال غير المباشرون والعمال الذي تم توظيفهم من قبل الموردين عندما يقتضي الأمر


. تلتزم مصادر بمنع أي نوع من أنوع العمل القسري أو عمل الأطفال، اذ ستحرص مصادر على أن لا يتم تعيين أو توظيف 6

أي من العمالة الأطفال أو العمالة القسرية لدى أي من المقاولين، أو المقاولين الفرعيين، الموردين، الوكلاء أو الوسطاء المعنيين

سنة وسيتم التأكد من ذلك قبل التعاقد من خلال التحقق من الوثائق 18دنى لسن العمل في المشروع هو بهذا المشروع. الحد الأ

الرسمية. تلتزم مصادر باختيار مقاولين ملتزمين مع القانون الوطني والدولي.

لعمال بما في ذلك السرية . سيتم توفير آلية تظلم فعالة واعلام جميع العمال بها عند التوظيف، و ستتضمن اجراءات لحماية ا7

وإمكانية تقديم شكاوي مجهولة الهوية كما هو موضح في إجراءات التظلم أو من خلال منظمات العمال وغيرها من الآليات. لن

يتم الرد ضد العمال في حال تقديمهم لشكوى.

لمشروع الى الشروط التالية: . تلتزم مصادر بالمتابعة الصارمة والتأكد من خضوع أي عامل مياومة يتم توظيفه في ا8

( 3( أن يحظى بلياقة جسدية مناسبة لأداء الوظيفة التي تم تعيينه بها، )2عامًا، ) 18( أن يكون الحد الأدنى من العمر هو 1)

( أن يتم تزويده معدات الوقاية4مطلع بشكل مفصل على الوظيفة المطلوبة والمخاطر ذات الصلة وتدابير الرقابة المطلوبة، )

( مدفوع الأجر يوميًا وبشكل عادل وفقًا للحد الأدنى للأجور بموجب قانون العمل ومعدلات الأجور 5الشخصية الكافية، )

( أن يتم 7ساعات يوميًا عملًا إضافيًا ويتم تعوضه به وفقًا لقانون العمل ) 8( يعتبر أي عمل يتجاوز 6المناسبة في السوق، )

( لا يحق لصاحب العمل بالاحتفاظ بهوية العامل حتى نهاية 8ال مع معلومات هوية كاملة، )ادراجه في السجلات اليومية للعم

الوظيفة اطلاقاً.

. يتبنى فريق الموارد البشرية في مصادر سياسات وإجراءات الموارد البشرية ذات الصلة بحجم وطبيعة هذا المشروع 9

اسات الحالية ومراقبة جميع عمال المشروع وتحديد النهج المناسب وسيكونون مسؤولين عن تدريب العمال والمقاولين على السي

في إدارة العمال بما يتوافق مع متطلبات القوانين الوطنية ذات الصلة والممارسات في القطاع الصناعي الدولي.


المشروع(المسمى الوظيفي )المدير العام، مدير الموارد البشرية، مدير


2.3 Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Policy

Purpose

The purpose of this policy is to identify the guiding principles of Massader with respect to Gender Based

Violence specifically to Schools Solar PV project, hereinafter referred to as the ‘Project’.

Scope

This policy applies to all project workers present within each school site, whether directly hired by

Massader or by EPC Contractors and Sub-Contractors and/or primary suppliers.

Definition

An inclusive definition of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) “is an umbrella term for any harmful act that is

perpetrated against a person’s will and that is based on socially ascribed (that is, gender) differences

between male and female individuals. GBV includes acts that inflict physical, mental, or sexual harm or

suffering; threats of such acts; and coercion and other deprivations of liberty, whether occurring in public

or in private life” (IASC 2015).

According to the World Bank, GBV is the most prevalent form of gender inequality. While women, girls,

men and boys can be victims of GBV, the main focus of this section is on the risk of violence against women

and girls that is seen to be relevant to the project.

Policy

1. Massader is committed to ensuring all contractors and sub-contractors working on this project are fully compliant with Massader’s Code of Conduct and have written procedures for preventing, reporting, and responding to GBV, including prohibitions against Sexual Exploitation and Abuse and the prohibition of sexual activities with children, defined as anyone younger than 18. Such procedures shall also include measures that support taking proper disciplinary action and facilitating grievance redress.

2. Massader is committed to ensuring all project workers hired by the contractor or sub-contractors shall obtain a clearance for criminal records including cases related to socially unacceptable behavior.

3. Each School shall designate facilities (washrooms, kitchenettes, and resting area) to be used by the Contractor’s workers/staff during the course of the project, whether during the construction phase (installation), or operation and maintenance phase. The Contractor shall be responsible to inform workers on-site of the facilities designated for their use to ensure that no disruption of school activities occurs, especially in all-female schools. Workers are not permitted to use alternative facilities.

4. The Contractor shall be required to deliver gender awareness training to all workers. This training

will cover:

o A discussion on the responsibilities of workers to do no harm while in the schools.


o An awareness of what constitutes sexual exploitation, harassment and abuse

o An awareness of the Code of Conduct and disciplinary actions that will be taken should

workers fail to comply

o A discussion on what constitutes acceptable and positive interaction with adolescents in

the schools.

5. To address potential incidents at each school site, the Contractor shall assign an on-site EHS coordinator to act as a communication focal point with the school focal point (liaison counterpart assigned by the school), to engage with beneficiaries early on during the project and to explain the process of reporting any GBV behavior or act on behalf on project workers. It shall be emphasized that any reported GBV cases or incidents shall be treated and addressed with extreme confidentiality. To foster a continuous and effective communication channel with school entity, the reporting mechanism shall be done via a special hotline or text messaging platform to address cases in a timely manner. The on-site EHS coordinator will work with the school focal point to ensure all students and staff are aware of the reporting mechanism and the expected behaviors of workers.

6. As per the Community Grievance Mechanism, grievances relating to GBV will be managed by Massader’s HSE Supervisor who will migrate across all school sites within the cluster to follow-up on all related EHS issues; and the contractors’ HSE Officer will maintain a register at each rooftop installation site. Massader will ensure provision of appropriate and adequate training for the EHS focal point so they are able to respond to GBV allegations effectively and ethically.

7. Massader shall be committed to ensure that each contractor conducts simple awareness campaigns within each school site in collaboration with the assigned school focal point prior to the start of the project works in each school. The contractor is responsible to provide the school focal point with the materials (posters, short information sheet to explain expectations of workers to students) in order to increase awareness among students on what is not acceptable behavior and how to report it. Students shall be informed that the school focal point is available if they wish to report any incident, file a grievance or inquire about any information relating to the project.

8. GBV incidents shall be reported in accordance with the grievance mechanism which is provided in the information sheet provided to the school focal point. The school focal point shall assess the situation and report to persons or through communication channel identified in the information sheet. Massader shall collect complaints and grievances accordingly from the contractor via the on-site EHS coordinator and shall verify theset through Massader’s EHS focal point or via the hotline identified in the information sheet, and monitor feedback to ensure that the incident has been addressed accordingly to protect the community and any vulnerable groups.


TITLE (I.E. CEO, HR DIRECTOR, PROJECT MANAGER)


على النوع الاجتماعي عنف المبني ال سياسة

لغرض من السياسةا

على النوع الاجتماعي بالعنف المبني يتعلقالغرض الرئيسي من هذه السياسة الداخلية هو تحديد المبادئ التوجيهية لمصادر فيما

لبرنامج أسطح المدارس للطاقة الشمسية على وجه التحديد، والمشار إليها فيما يلي باسم "المشروع".

نطاق تطبيق السياسة

المشروع سواء الذين تم التعاقد معهم من خلال مقاولين أو المقاوليين الفرعيين أو تنطبق هذه السياسة على جميع العاملين في

من قبل الموردين/المزودين الرئيسيين.

التعريف

هو مصطلح شامل لأي فعل ضار يرُتكب ضد إرادة أي شخص ويستند على النوع الاجتماعيمبني التعريف الشامل للعنف ال

على النوع الاجتماعي والإناث. العنف المبنيياً )أي النوع الاجتماعي( بين الأفراد من الذكورإلى الاختلافات المنسوبة اجتماع

يشمل الأفعال التي تلحق الأذى الجسدي أو النفسي أو الجنسي أو المعاناة، التهديد على هذه الأفعال، والإكراه والحرمان من

.خاصة الحرية، سواء كان ذلك في الحياة العامة أو في الحياة ال

هو من أكثر أشكال عدم المساواة بين الجنسين انتشارا. بينما من على النوع الاجتماعي ، فإن العنف المبنيووفقًا للبنك الدولي

الممكن أن تكون النساء والفتيات والرجال والفتيان ضحايا للعنف القائم على النوع الاجتماعي، فإن التركيز الرئيسي من خلال

.العنف ضد النساء والفتيات الذي يعتبر ذات صلة بالمشروع خطرهذه السياسة هو على

ياساتالس

تلتزم مصادر بضمان امتثال المقاولين والمقاولين الفرعيين ذات العلاقة بالمشروع امتثالا تاماً بالقواعد السلوكية وأن .1

على النواع الاجتماعي الابلاغ عنه والتعامل معه المبني يكون لدى المقاولين اجراءات مكتوبة بخصوص منع العنف

ذلك الحظر ضد على أي نوع من الاستغلال والاعتداء الجنسي والذي يشمل ومعالجة الشكاوي المتعلقة به. بما في

عامًا(. ويجب أن تشمل هذه الإجراءات أيضًا التدابير اللازمة 18الاعتداء على الأطفال )وهم الذين تقل أعمارهم عن

. آلية التظلم حسب لاتخاذ الإجراءات التأديبية المناسبة

على تصريح الفرعيين من قبل المقاول أو المقاولين جميع العاملين في المشروعتلتزم مصادر بضمان أن يحصل .2

غير المقبول. ةالاجتماعي اتللسجلات الجنائية بما في ذلك القضايا المتعلقة بالسلوك

المشروع والمتواجدين في الموقع يجب على كل مدرسة أن تحدد المرافق التي سيتم استخدامها من قبل العاملين في .3

التشغيل الصيانة و، أو مرحلة الانشاء والتركيب، سواء أثناء مرحلة ()مثل: دورة المياه والمطبخ ومنطقة الاستراحة

تأثير لضمان عدم حدوث أي لهموالصيانة. يكون المقاول مسؤولاً عن إبلاغ العاملين في الموقع بالمرافق المخصصة

ولا يسمح للعاملين في المشروع باستخدام المخصصة للاناث لأنشطة المدرسية، لا سيما في جميع المدارسا على

مرافق أخرى بديلة.

. سيغطي على النوع الاجتماعي أمور العنف المبني لجميع العاملين لرفع الوعي على دريبيتعين على المقاول تقديم ت .4

: المواضيع التالية هذا التدريب

o موقع المدرسةأثناء تواجدهم في نحو عدم تسببهم بأي ضرر أو أذى مناقشة حول مسؤوليات العمال .

o والاعتداء الجنسيأ أو المضايقة والتحرش الاستغلالب يتعلقالوعي بما رفع.

o أي من الإجراءات التأديبية التي سيتم اتخاذها في حال فشل عن ية ومتطلباتها وشرحقواعد السلوكال استعراض

أو الالتزام بتلك القواعد. في الامتثال العاملين


o المدارس. طلابحول ما يشكل تفاعلاً مقبولاً وإيجابياً مع السلوكيات المقبولة مناقشة

حوادث المحتملة في كل موقع، يجب على المقاول تعيين منسق صحة وسلامة وبيئة في كل موقع ليكون لمعالجة ال .5

بمثابة مركز اتصال لغرض التواصل مع ضابط اتصال المدرسة )وهو الشخص الذي يتم اختياره من قبل ادرارة

ويتم تعيين ضابط اتصال في كل -المدرسة ليكون نقطة الاتصال بين المدرسة والمقاول وشركة مصادر عند الجاجة

مدرسة لاشراك المستفيدين في أول مراحل المشروع وشرح ألية الشكوى/التظلم في حال كان هنالك أي سلوك يتعلق

بالعنف المبني على النوع الاجتماعي من قبل العاملين في المشروع. وسيتم التعامل مع الحالات ومعالجتها بسرية

ستمر والفعال مع المدرسة، سيتم تخصيص خط ساخن خاص أو منصة رسائل نصية تامة. ولتعزيز الاتصال الم

الصحة والسلامة والبيئة في الموقع مع ضابط الاتصال في مشرفسيعمل و لمعالجة الحالات في الوقت المناسب.

بالاضافة الى المدرسة لضمان أن يكون جميع الطلاب وكادر المدرسة على علم بآلية التظلم أو عملية تقديم الشكاوي

السلوكيات المتوقعة من قبل العمال.

منسق حسب آلية التظلم، ستتم أيضا إدارة المظالم أو الشكاوي المتعلقة بالعنف المبني على النوع الاجتماعي من قبِل .6

لمتابعة جميع التابعة للمشروع عبر جميع مواقع المدارس يتنقلس والذي التابع لمصادرالصحة والسلامة والبيئة

البيئة الخاص بالمقاول بالاضافة سيقوم منسق الصحة والسلامة والبيئةقضايا البيئة والصحة والسلامة ذات الصلة ؛

وستقوم مصادر بتوفير التدريب اللازم والمتكامل لمنسق الصحة والسلامة والبيئة بحفظ الجسلات للحالات ذات الصلة.

ى يكون مهيأ على الرد على الشكاوي المتعلقة بالعنف القائم على النوع الاجتماعي بشكل فعال وأخلاقي. حت التابع لها

تلتزم مصادر بضمان قيام كل مقاول بإجراء دورة تدريبية وتوعية بسيطة فيكل موقع بالتعاون مع ضابط اتصال .7

ية تزويد ضابط الاتصال في المدرسة المدرسة قبل بدء أعمال المشروع في كل مدرسة. يتحمل المقاول مسؤول

بملصقات، ورقة معلومات موجزة للشرح للطلاب توقعات العمال وغيرها من المعلومات ذات العلاقة( من أجل زيادة

الوعي لدى الطلاب حول السلوك الذي يعد غير مقبول وكيفية تقديم شكوى بشأنه. ويجب إبلاغ الطلاب بأن ضابط

حال كانوا يرغبون في الإبلاغ عن أي حالة أو تقديم شكوى أو استفسار عن أي معلومات اتصال المدرسة متوفر في

بالمشروع. ذات صلة

يتم تقديم الشكاوي عن حالات العنف المبني على النوع الاجتماعي وفقًا لآلية التظلم والتي سيتم توفيرها في ورقة .8

وسيقوم ضابط اتصال المدرسة بتقييم الحالة كما هو مناسب وتقديم المعلومات المقدمة إلى ضابط اتصال المدرسة.

وستقوم مصادرفي ورقة المعلومات. المتاحة والمذكورة تصالالا قنوات خلالالشخص المناسب أو من الشكوى من

منسق صحة وسلامة وبيئة التابع للمقاول وتوثيقها من خلال منسق الصحة والسلامة والبيئة من خلال الشكاويجمع ب

ر وستقوم مصادأو جمع الشكاوي من خلال الخط الساخن الذي تم تزويده لضابط الاتصال في المدرسة. التابع لمصادر

بالتعامل مع تلك الحالات ورصدها للتأكد من أنه تم معالجتها وفقًا لآلية التظلم لضمان لحماية جميع أفراد المجتمع

المحلي والمجموعات المستضعفة.


المسمى الوظيفي )المدير العام، مدير الموارد البشرية، مدير المشروع(


3. COMPONENT 2: COUNTRY & PROJECT SCREENING

3.1 Country Screening

3.1.1 Objectives and Rationale - To inform Massader that if the proposed project is in line with the national interest, and its

broader impact on the country once implemented.

- To inform Massader’s risk management process in line with the existing national E&S setup.

This is a high-level screening to identify the types of E&S risks and issues that need to be

considered in the country during project identification, development and execution, and to

assist Massader in decisions making process to proceed with the project idea.

The results of the country screening will feed into the more detailed project screening, and

will also provide information that will help to decide whether a cumulative impact assessment

may need to be undertaken or not.

3.1.2 Background - Palestine is a developing country with population about 5M; 3.2M living in the West Bank and

1.8M living at Gaza, with a population growth rate of 1.84% in West Bank and 2.33% in Gaza.

About 36% of the population at West Bank are below 15 years old and mainly at schools.

- Agriculture lands comprise 24% of the West Bank area, while natural pasture and forest

comprise only 1% of the total land.

- Climate of the West Bank is Mediterranean, with cold and rainy winter, hot and dry summer.

Rainfall varies from 100 mm at lower areas near Jordan Valley to 700 mm at the higher

mountains.

- West Bank is divided into 11 administrative regions (governorates), the largest is Hebron at

south which extends at 20% of West Bank area (Figure 4).

- West Bank has a shortage of power, only 78% of the electricity demand is available, which

imported from Israel.

- There is high potential for solar energy in the Palestine 300 sunshine days, annual Global

Horizontal Irradiation (GHI) above 2,000 KWh/m.

- Renewable Energy Law was issued in 2015, to encourage and increase the utilization of

renewable energy sources.

- West Bank has weak transport infrastructure that limited to land transportation where most

goods are imported via borders with Israel, and less are through borders with Jordan.

- E&S legislation has been developed but yet not comprehensive, however, enforcement

capacity is weak, and cannot be relied upon to ensure compliance.


- E&S legal requirements appear to be less stringent than international ones (e.g. lenders

standards and requirements), a detailed legislative gap analysis is required during project

development.

- Permits relevant to E&S issues are required from three authorities: responsible for

environment, labor and cultural heritage.

- Investments in renewable energy would be in line with the National Energy Strategy (2020).

- West Bank has no oil and gas reserves and aims to diversify energy sources.

- Installed renewable energy capacity less than 25 MWp.

Figure 5: Administrative Divisions at West Bank


3.1.3 Environment - Four phyto-geographical regions (Mediterranean- Irano-Turanian- Sahar-Arabian- Sudanese/

Ethiopian) were identified at West Bank

- Three Ecosystems were defined at West Bank (Central Highland - Eastern Slopes - Jordan Rift

Valley)

- West Bank contains 48 nature reserves that comprise 9% of the total area of West bank. Most

of these reserves are at the eastern side of the West Bank from the mountainous region down

toward Jordan Valley and Dead Sea areas.

- Four Important Bird Areas were declared at West Bank by Birdlife International

- Four Important Wetlands proposed at West Bank by Global Wetlands II, mainly locate at

Jordan valley and to the east of the West bank

- Water availability is a major environmental challenge, daily water allocation per capita is 82L,

72% of water supplied by underground water pumping, 18.5% of water demand imported

from Israel, and the rest is provided by the annual flow of water springs.

- Major environmental challenges at West Bank are; incomplete legislations setup for all

environmental aspects due to the political, financial and institutional reasons. Solid waste

management where only 50% of produced solid waste in West Bank transferred into the three

existing sanitary landfills. Hazardous waste usually is mixed with the domestic waste and ends

up at the sanitary landfills or at the 100 dump sites distributed that distributed in West bank.

3.1.4 Labor and Working Conditions: - West Bank economy is diverse with larger contribution from services and trade sectors.

Unemployment rate at West Bank is 18%, which is higher among females, and poverty rate is

about 27%.

- Workers at construction sector represent less than 7% of total workforce, and all are locals.

- Weak health and safety culture in the construction industry despite that the Palestinian labor

law refers in several articles to the importance of protecting the workers and to provide safe

work environment.

- Lack of safety training is one of the main contributors for low safety awareness among the

local workers.

- Employment of children under 15 years old is prohibited by the Palestinian labor law (2000)

which not fully comply with the international standards by defining certain sectors of higher

risks where this age is below that standard.


3.2 Project Screening

3.2.1 Objectives and Rationale

This component of the ESMS will be used to assess all project activities to define potential

hazards and risks in order to develop proper mitigation measures as presented in Component 3

of the ESMS

The screening process will consider all available data during the preparation of the ESMS that

includes:

- Detailed project description including project components.

- Tendering approach and procurement process

- Location(s) of the project execution, and the surrounding environment and communities.

- Concept design (if available)

- Construction and operation method and approach

This screening process is performed for all the project locations based on the currently available

information. However, and since the project execution may extend over 4 years due to technical

and financial reasons, Massader will divide the target schools into geographic clusters, then the

screening shall be repeated and or reviewed prior to the start of construction of each cluster.

The screening process is performed by Massader and / or external consultant, however, this

process also involves contribution of different disciplines such as design, management,

procurement and legal.

3.2.2 E&S Risks and Impact Identification at Rooftop PV Sites

Risks and impacts expected by the execution of the project will be identified according to the

receptors based on the specific data collected from execution locations and the surroundings.

- Locations of the Project:

The project will be located on the rooftop of around 475 schools distributed over the West

Bank lands. So, these locations are not natural brownfields rather than man-made structures

that are relatively close in design but with different size area and elevation from the ground

level based on the number of floors of the buildings. Figure 6 shows the general distribution

of the targeted schools at West Bank, and Figure 7 shows a typical view of the rooftops where

the solar PV system will be installed and schematic design of the system.


Figure 6: Distribution of Targeted Schools in the Project

Figure 7: Typical View of Schools Roof & Schematic Design of the Solar PV System

School


This section forward is to discuss the impacts of the project activities during construction and

operation on environmental and social components related to the construction and operation

phases.

- Construction Phase

• Physical Environment

▪ Air Quality:

The construction activities will take place at the rooftop of the schools which are

mainly made of concrete and water proof lining materials, so no generation of dust is

expected. Also, almost all schools are served with paved roads, and generation of dust

during transportation of construction materials is not expected. The construction

activity does not include production of emissions, and the emissions of vehicles used

to transport materials and workers is negligible due to the limited number of material

transportation at each school and the low number of workers per site.

▪ Noise:

Although the construction site at school is within or close to populated areas,

however, the impact of the construction on the ambient noise levels is very low due

to the size of the construction and the presence of other noise sources around each

site mainly by traffic. Nevertheless, there is a potential impact of noise on the

education process at each school, where the schools staff and students are sensitive

receptor to the noise may generated by construction, therefore, such impact is

significantly high if not managed properly with proposer control measures that will

be discussed at the Environmental Management plan.

▪ Water and Hydrology:

All project sites are on rooftop of schools and do not have direct contract with either

surface or underground water resources. The consumption of the water during the

construction is minimal due to the low number of staff (6 workers) and each site and

no workers camps will be utilized for this project.

▪ Soil:

The project sites are rooftops of schools, where the solar PV panels will be installed,

so construction activities will not take place on natural soil. Transporting the

construction material can be associated with some oil spills from transporting

vehicles, but such impact is negligible because these vehicles will use public roads to

reach the construction sites.

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