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OFFICIAL
DOCUMENTS                        A r-            2018
His Excellency Issa Doubragne
Minister of Economic Planning and Development
Ministry of Economic Planning and Development
N'Djamdna
Republic of Chad
Republic of Chad: Value Chain Support Project (IDA Grant No.H955-TD)
Amendment to the Financing Agreement
Excellency:
We refer to the Financing Agreement (the "Agreement") for the Value Chain Support
Project, dated June 20, 2014, between the Republic of Chad (the "Recipient") and the International
Development Association (the "Association") and the letter from the Ministry of Economic
Planning and Development dated October 3, 2016, requesting a Project restructuring.
We are pleased to inform you that the Association hereby proposes to amend the Agreement
as follows:
1.     Paragraph 2 of Part A of Schedule 1 (Project Description) to the Agreement shall be
deleted.
2.     Paragraph 1 of Part B of Schedule 1 (Project Description) to the Agreement shall be
amended to read as follows:
"1.   Carrying out a program of activities aimed at improving meat and milk facilities,
through: (a) rehabilitation and refurbishing meat slaughterhouses and slaughter areas in
N'djamena and its suburbs, including minor construction work for a shelter for women;
(b) acquisition and installation of equipment and solid waste management systems in said
slaughterhouses and slaughter areas; (c) provision of mobile cold chain systems such as
refrigerated transportation equipment to related federations; and (d) construction of milk
collection and processing centers including minor construction work for a shelter for
women to facilitate commercialization of milk, and provision of equipment for milk
collection and conservation.
3.     New paragraphs 4 and 5 shall be added to Section I.F of Schedule 2, to read as follows:
"4.    The Recipient shall ensure that no activities are carried out under the Project which
would involve, or result in, the involuntary taking of land resulting in relocation or loss of
shelter, loss of assets or access to assets, loss of income sources or means of livelihood, or
involving the involuntary restriction of access to legally designated parks and protected
areas.


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5.     The Recipient shall ensure that any ESMP prepared under Section F.1 above
includes measures designed to prevent gender-based violence and sexual exploitation, child
labor/exploitation, vulnerability and social inclusion aspects and abuse, and to handle those
events and report them to the relevant authorities and to the Association should they occur."
4.     The table in paragraph 2 of Section IV. A of Schedule 2 to the Agreement shall be revised
as set forth in the Annex to this letter.
All other provisions of the Agreement, except as amended herein, shall remain in full force
in effect.
Please indicate your agreement with the foregoing, on behalf of the Recipient, by
countersigning and dating below on the two original copies of this letter provided and returning one
countersigned original to us. Upon receipt by the Association of the original of this letter
countersigned by you, this amendment shall become effective as of the date of countersignature.
Sincerel
Soukeyna Kane
Country Director for Republic of Chad
Africa Region
AGREED:
REPUBLIC OF CHAD
Authorized Repres ve
Title:    VN
Date:              2oV


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ANNEX
Revised table for Section IVA.2 of Schedule 2 to the Agreement
Amount of the        Percentage of
Grant Allocated    Expenditures to be
Category           (expressed in SDR)        Financed
(inclusive of Taxes)
(1) Goods, works, non-          5,440,0005       100%
consulting services,
Training, Operating and
consultants' services
(except Part B.3) for the
Project
(2) Matching Grants under          960,000       100% of amounts
Part B.3 of the Project                      disbursed, payable
under the respective
Matching Grant
Agreements
(3) Refund of Preparation                0       Amount payable
Advance                                      pursuant to Section
2.07 of the General
Conditions
(4) Unallocated                    200,000
TOTAL AMOUNT                     6,600,000