OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS GRANT NUMBER TF0A9568 Central Asia South Asia Transmission Project (CASA1000) Multi-Donor Trust Fund Grant Agreement (CASA1000 Community Support Project) between REPUBLIC OF TAJIKISTAN and INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION acting as administrator of the CASA1000 Multi-Donor Trust Fund GRANT NUMBER TF0A9568 CENTRAL ASIA SOUTH ASIA TRANSMISSION PROJECT (CASA1000) MULTI-DONOR TRUST FUND GRANT AGREEMENT AGREEMENT dated as of the Signature Date between REPUBLIC OF TAJIKISTAN ("Recipient") and INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT and INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION (together the "World Bank"), acting as Administrator of the CASAI 000 Multi-Donor Trust Fund. The Recipient and the World Bank hereby agree as follows: Article I Standard Conditions; Definitions 1.01. The "Standard Conditions for Grants Made by the World Bank Out of Various Funds", dated February 15, 2012 ("Standard Conditions"), 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 Standard Conditions or in this Agreement. Article II The Project 2.01. The Recipient declares its commitment to the objective of the project described in Schedule I to this Agreement ("Project"). To this end, the Recipient shall cause Part 1 of the Project to be carried out by BT Project Implementing Entity, and Parts 2, 3 and 4 of the Project to be carried out by NSIFT Project Implementing Entity, all in accordance with the provisions of Article II of the Standard Conditions, Schedule 2 to this Agreement, and the respective Project Agreement. 2.02. Without limitation upon the provisions of Section 2.01 of this Agreement, and except as the Recipient and the World Bank shall otherwise agree, the Recipient shall ensure that the Project is carried out in accordance with the provisions of Schedule 2 to this Agreement. -2- Article III The Grant 3.01. The World Bank agrees to extend to the Recipient, on the terms and conditions set forth or referred to in this Agreement, a grant in an amount not to exceed two million United States Dollars ($2,000,000) ("Grant") to assist in financing Part 3 of the Project. 3.02. The Recipient may withdraw the proceeds of the Grant in accordance with Section IV of Schedule 2 to this Agreement. 3.03. The Grant is funded out of the abovementioned trust fund for which the World Bank receives periodic contributions from the donors to the trust fund ("Donors"). In accordance with Section 3.02 of the Standard Conditions, the World Bank's payment obligations in connection with this Agreement are limited to the amount of funds made available to it by the donors under the abovementioned trust fund, and the Recipient's right to withdraw the Grant proceeds is subject to the availability of such funds. Article IV Additional Remedies 4.01. The Additional Events of Suspension referred to in Section 4.02 (k) of the Standard Conditions consists of the following: (a) the Project Implementing Entity's Legislation has been amended, suspended, abrogated, repealed, or waived so as to affect materially and adversely the ability of the Project Implementing Entity to perform any of its obligations under the respective Project Agreement; (b) the Project Implementing Entities have failed to perform any obligation under this Agreement; or (c) the World Bank has declared any of the Project Implementing Entities ineligible to receive proceeds of any financing made by World Bank, or otherwise to participate in the preparation or implementation of any project financed in whole or in part by World Bank (including as administrator of funds provided by another financier), as a result of: (i) a determination by World Bank that any of the Project Implementing Entities has engaged in fraudulent, corrupt, coercive, or collusive practices in connection with the use of the proceeds of any financing made by World Bank; and/or (ii) a declaration by another financier that any of the Project Implementing Entities is ineligible to receive proceeds of financings made by such financier or otherwise to participate in the preparation or implementation of -3- any project financed in whole or in part by such financier as a result of a determination by such financier that any of the Project Implementing Entities has engaged in fraudulent, corrupt, coercive, or collusive practices in connection with the use of the proceeds of a financing made by such financier. Article V Effectiveness; Termination 5.01. This Agreement shall not become effective until evidence satisfactory to the World Bank has been furnished to the World Bank that the conditions specified below have been satisfied: (a) the execution and delivery of this Agreement on behalf of the Recipient and the Project Agreements on behalf of the Project Implementing Entities have been duly authorized or ratified by all necessary governmental and corporate action; and (b) the Financing Agreement has been executed and delivered and all conditions precedent to its effectiveness or to the right of the Recipient to make withdrawals under it (other than the effectiveness of this Agreement) have been fulfilled. 5.02. As part of the evidence to be furnished pursuant to Section 5.01 (a), there shall be furnished to the World Bank an opinion or opinions satisfactory to the World Bank or, if the World Bank so requests, a certificate satisfactory to the World Bank of a competent official of the Member Country, showing the following matters: (a) on behalf of the Recipient, that this Agreement has been duly authorized or ratified by, and executed and delivered on its behalf and is legally binding upon it in accordance with its terms; (b) on behalf of the Project Implementing Entities, that the respective Project Agreement has been duly authorized or ratified by, and executed and delivered on its behalf and is legally binding upon it in accordance with its terms; and (c) the NSIFT Subsidiary Agreement referred to in Section I.C of Schedule 2 to this Agreement has been duly authorized or ratified by the Recipient and the NSIFT Project Implementing Entity and is legally binding upon each such party in accordance with its terms. -4- 5.03. Except as the Recipient and the World Bank shall otherwise agree, this Agreement shall enter into effect on the date upon which the World Bank dispatches to the Recipient notice of its acceptance of evidence required pursuant to Section 5.01 ("Effective Date"). If, before the Effective Date, an event has occurred which would have entitled the World Bank to suspend the right of the Recipient to make withdrawals from the Grant Account if this Agreement had been effective, the World Bank may postpone the dispatch of the notice referred to in this Section until such event (or events) has (or have) ceased to exist. 5.04. Termination for Failure to Become Effective. This Agreement and all obligations of the parties under it shall terminate if it has not entered into effect by the date ninety (90) days after the date of this Agreement, unless the World Bank, after consideration of the reasons for the delay, establishes a later date for the purpose of this Section. The World Bank shall promptly notify the Recipient of such later date. Article VI Recipient's Representative; Addresses 6.01. The Recipient's Representative referred to in Section 7.02 of the Standard Conditions is its Minister of Finance. 6.02. The Recipient's Address referred to in Section 7.01 of the Standard Conditions is: Ministry of Finance 3 Akademikov Rajabovikh Ave. Dushanbe, 734025 Republic of Tajikistan Facsimile: (992-372) 213329 6.03. The World Bank's Address referred to in Section 7.01 of the Standard Conditions is: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and International Development Association 1818 H Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20433 United States of America Telex: Facsimile: 248423 (MCI) or 1-202-477-6391 64145 (MCI) -5- AGREED as of the Signature Date REPUBLIC OF TAJIKISTAN By Authorized Represe tative Name: CL/V24? aa r /0 Title:/i,,SJO Ju - Date: &Vm e 2~ W-O9 INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION acting as administrators of the CASA1000 -Donor Trust Fund By Authorized Representativ Name: - Z 6 Title:J U Date: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ -6- SCHEDULE 1 Project Description The objective of the Project is to increase the quality of, and access to, energy, social and economic infrastructure services, and to contribute to the strengthening of local governance in communities in the Project Area. The Project consists of the following parts: Part 1: Rural Electricity Supply Improvements A. Village Electricity Supply Improvements in the Col. Provide support for upgrading village level electricity infrastructure and equipment in the Col to an agreed service standard, as further detailed in the Operations Manual. Such investments include, inter alia: (i) replacement of old and installation of new 10kV/0.4kV transformers; (ii) replacement of deteriorated wood poles with concrete poles; and/or (iii) replacement of old and installation of new 10kV lines and 0.4 kV self-supporting insulated lines. B. Isfara-1 Substation and Village Electricity Supply Improvements in Border Areas. Provide support for: (i) upgrading village level electricity infrastructure and equipment in Border Areas to an agreed service standard, as further detailed in the Operations Manual; and (ii) the preparation of final designs and construction of a 110/10kV electricity substation that will provide electricity to mahalla Vadhat, in the Recipient's Isfara District, and increase the supply to villages in the Border Areas, including the connection to the 110kV line distribution networks (lines and substations), and transformers, poles, and wires to connect the residents of mahalla Vadhat and neighboring mahallas. C. Energy-related Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Communications. Provide support for the following activities in connection with Parts L.A and 1.B of the Project: (i) Project management activities, including coordination and supervision of Project implementation, procurement, financial management (including Project audits), financing of Incremental Operating Costs, Training, technical assistance and essential equipment, and processing of electricity-related feedback received through the BFM; (ii) Project monitoring and evaluation activities; and (iii) communication activities, in coordination with NSIFT. Part 2: Community-led Investments in Socio-Economic Infrastructure A. Subgrants to Beneficiaries in Corridor of Impact. Provide support for: (i) social and economic infrastructure, facilities, services, and energy efficiency measures; and (ii) youth development activities; both in villages in the Jamoats traversed by -7- the Col, through the provision of Subgrants to selected Beneficiaries for Subprojects, including the technical design costs associated with the respective Subprojects. B. Subgrants to Beneficiaries in Border Areas. Provide support for: (i) social and economic infrastructure facilities, services, and energy efficiency measures; and (ii) youth development activities, both in villages in the Border Areas, through the provision of Subgrants to selected Beneficiaries for Subprojects, including the technical design costs associated with the respective Subprojects. Part 3: Community Mobilization, Capacity Buildin2 and Local Governance A. Community Mobilization, Youth Engagement and Capacity Building. Provide support for community mobilization and youth engagement through, inter alia, carrying out of capacity building activities, provision of technical assistance, and Training to: (i) facilitate the selection of investments from a closed menu of village electricity investment options, and the monitoring of the implementation of such investments under Parts 1.A and 1.B of the Project; and (ii) build local institutional capacity and engage communities in needs assessments, prioritization, planning, implementation, management, monitoring, and operations and maintenance of investments under Subprojects under Part 2 of the Project. B. Support for Social Accountability and Transparency. Provide support for: (i) social audits to ensure that decisions under the Project are inclusive and poverty-focused; (ii) semi-annual community scorecards for feedback on Project implementation; and (iii) the establishment and operation of a BFM, including a GRM. C. Capacity Building for Improved Local Governance. Provide support for capacity building activities for local government and communities, focusing on: (i) managing investments in communities; (ii) managing finance locally, including working with youth for youth development; (iii) managing governance and anti- corruption risks; and (iv) building awareness around energy efficiency at the Jamoat level. D. Supplemental Facilitation and Capacity Building for Communities in Border Areas. Provide support for community mobilization, social accountability and local capacity building for villages in Border Areas, including, inter alia: (i) building the capacity and resilience of local institutions; (ii) engaging youth from villages in Border Areas in investment planning; (iii) promoting dialogue and strategic planning on Border Area development; and (iv) establishing the required mechanisms and approval processes on the Borrower's side to implement Border Area small infrastructure investments. -8- Part 4: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Communications A. Project Management and Coordination. Provide support for Project management activities, including overall coordination, management and supervision of Project implementation, procurement, financial management (including Project audits), financing of Incremental Operating Costs, Training, technical assistance, essential equipment, and minor office refurbishment works, except as covered under Part i.C of the Project. B. Monitoring and Evaluation. Provide support for Project monitoring and evaluation activities to track, document and communicate the progress of the Project, including the overall Project evaluation, community-level monitoring which includes semi-annual assessments of outcomes and results. C. Communications. Provide support to develop and implement a communications action plan for the Project, in coordination with the ESPMU. -9- SCHEDULE 2 Project Execution Section I. Institutional and Other Arrangements A. Institutional Arrangements 1. The Recipient shall cause the NSIFT Project Implementing Entity to maintain, throughout the implementation of the Project, staff and management with experience, qualifications, responsibilities, and resources acceptable to the World Bank. B. Project Manuals 1. The Recipient shall cause the NSIFT Project Implementing Entity to implement its Respective Parts of the Project in accordance with the Project Manuals. 2. Except as the World Bank shall otherwise agree in writing, the Recipient shall cause the NSIFT Project Implementing Entity not to amend, waive, suspend, or abrogate any provision of the Project Manuals. In case of any inconsistency between any of the provisions of the Project Manuals and those of this Agreement, the provisions of this Agreement shall prevail. C. Subsidiary Agreement 1. To facilitate the carrying out of the Part 3 of the Project, the Recipient shall make the proceeds of the Grant available to the NSIFT Project Implementing Entity, under a subsidiary agreement between the Recipient and the NSIFT Project Implementing Entity, under terms and conditions approved by the World Bank ("NSIFT Subsidiary Agreement"). 2. The Recipient shall exercise its rights under the NSIFT Subsidiary Agreement in such manner as to protect the interests of the Recipient and the World Bank and to accomplish the purposes of the Financing. Except as the World Bank shall otherwise agree, the Recipient shall not assign, amend, abrogate, or waive the NSIFT Subsidiary Agreement or any of its provisions. D. Safeguards 1. The Recipient shall cause the Project Implementing Entities to carry out their Respective Parts of the Project in accordance with the Safeguard Documents. 2. Without limitation upon their other respective reporting obligations under this Agreement, the Recipient shall cause the Project Implementing Entities to regularly collect, compile, and submit to the World Bank, in accordance with - 10 - Section II of this Schedule, reports on the status of compliance with the Safeguard Documents, giving details of: (a) measures taken in furtherance of the Safeguard Documents; (b) conditions, if any, which interfere or threaten to interfere with the smooth implementation of the Safeguard Documents; and (c) remedial measures taken or required to be taken to address such conditions. 3. The Recipient shall cause the Project Implementing Entities not to amend the Safeguard Documents without the prior written approval of the World Bank. 4. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of the Safeguard Documents and this Agreement, the provisions of this Agreement shall prevail. E. Anti-Corruption The Recipient shall ensure that the Project is carried out in accordance with the provisions of the "Guidelines on Preventing and Combating Fraud and Corruption in Projects Financed by IBRD Loans and IDA Credits and Grants", dated October 15, 2006 and revised in January 2011 and as of July 1, 2016 ("Anti-Corruption Guidelines"). F. Donor Visibility and Visit 1. The Recipient shall take or cause to be taken all such measures as the World Bank may reasonably request to identify publicly the Donors' support for the Project. 2. For the purposes of Section 2.09 of the Standard Conditions, the Recipient shall, upon the World Bank's request, enable the representatives of the Donors to visit any part of the Recipient's territory for purposes related to the Project. Section HI. Project Monitoring, Reportinlz and Evaluation A. Project Reports; Completion Report 1. The Recipient shall cause the Project Implementing Entities to monitor and evaluate the progress of the Project and prepare Project Reports in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.06 of the Standard Conditions and on the basis of indicators acceptable to the World Bank. Each Project Report shall cover the period of one calendar semester, and shall be furnished to the World Bank not later than forty-five (45) days after the end of the period covered by such report. - 11 - 2. The Recipient shall cause the Project Implementing Entities to prepare the Completion Report in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.06 of the Standard Conditions. The Completion Report shall be furnished to the World Bank not later than six (6) months after the Closing Date. B. Financial Management; Financial Reports; Audits 1 . The Recipient shall ensure that a financial management system is maintained in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.07 of the Standard Conditions. 2. The Recipient shall cause the Project Implementing Entities to ensure that interim unaudited financial reports for the Project are prepared and furnished to the World Bank not later than forty-five (45) days after the end of each calendar quarter, covering the quarter, in form and substance satisfactory to the World Bank. 3. The Recipient shall cause the Project Implementing Entities to have the consolidated Financial Statements for the Project audited in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.07 (b) of the Standard Conditions. Each joint audit of the consolidated Financial Statements shall cover the period of one fiscal year of the Recipient, commencing with the fiscal year in which the first withdrawal was made. The audited consolidated Financial Statements for each such period shall be: (a) furnished to the World Bank not later than six (6) months after the end of such period; and (b) made publicly available in a timely fashion and in a manner acceptable to the World Bank. Section III. Procurement All goods, non-consulting services, and consulting services required for the Project and to be financed out of the proceeds of the Grant shall be procured in accordance with the requirements set forth or referred to in the "World Bank Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers" dated July 2016, revised November 2017 and August 2018 ("Procurement Regulations"), and the provisions of the Recipient's procurement plan for the Project ("Procurement Plan") dated February 14, 2019 provided for under Section IV of the Procurement Regulations, as the same may be updated from time to time in agreement with the World Bank. Section IV. Withdrawal of Grant Proceeds A. General 1. The Recipient may withdraw the proceeds of the Grant in accordance with the provisions of: (a) Article III of the Standard Conditions; (b) this Section; and (c) such additional instructions as the World Bank may specify by notice to the Recipient (including the "Disbursement Guidelines for Investment Project Financing" dated February 2017, as revised from time to time by the World Bank - 12 - and as made applicable to this Agreement pursuant to such instructions), to finance Eligible Expenditures as set forth in the table in paragraph 2 below. 2. The following table specifies the categories of Eligible Expenditures that may be financed out of the proceeds of the Grant ("Category"), the allocations of the amounts of the Grant to each Category, and the percentage of expenditures to be financed for Eligible Expenditures in each Category: of Percentage of Expenditures to be Aheont Financed (exclusive of VAT and custom taxes, Category Allocated (expressAlaed i imposts, levies, fees, excise and (expressed in duties of any nature in effect at the USD) time of each Financing withdrawal) (1) Goods, consulting services, non-consulting services Training, and Incremental Operating 2,000,000 100% Costs under Part 3 of the Project (other than those financed under the Financing Agreement) TOTAL AMOUNT 2,000,000 B. Withdrawal Conditions; Withdrawal Period 1 . Notwithstanding the provisions of Part A of this Section no withdrawal shall be made for payments made prior to the date of this Agreement. 2. The Closing Date referred to in Section 3.06 (c) of the Standard Conditions is June 30, 2020. - 13 - APPENDIX Definitions 1. "Association" means the International Development Association. 2. "Beneficiary" means any Jamoat established as a legal entity in the Project Area, which has met the criteria set forth in the Subgrants Manual to receive a Subgrant, including the establishment of a JPC through its Jamoat Council; "Beneficiaries" means the plural thereof. 3. "Beneficiary Feedback Mechanism" or "BFM" means a system for obtaining and responding to comments, questions and grievances from any Project beneficiary, including any grievances made regarding Resettlements. 4. "Border Areas" means the Recipient's Isfara District in the Sughd Region, and selected enclaves and border villages of the Recipient which are near the CASA1 000 Transmission Line in the Kyrgyz Republic. 5. "BT Project Agreement" means the Project Agreement between the Association and BT. 6. "BT Project Implementing Entity" or "BT" means Barqi Tojik, the national energy company of the Recipient, an open stock holding company established and operating pursuant to the Statute of the Open Stock Holding Company Barqi Tojik approved by the Government of Tajikistan's Decree No. 537 dated October 31, 2008, or any successor thereto acceptable to the World Bank. 7. "BT Subsidiary Agreement" means the Agreement referred to in Section I.C.1 (a) of Schedule 2 to the Financing Agreement pursuant to which the Recipient shall make part of the proceeds of the Financing available to the BT Project Implementing Entity. 8. "CASA1000 Multi-Donor Trust Fund" means the Central Asia South Asia Transmission Multi-Donor Trust Fund TF No. 072240, effective August 12, 2015, as amended. 9. "CASA 1000 Project" means Central Asia South Asia Electricity Transmission and Trade Project set forth in Schedule 1 to the Financing Agreement between the Recipient and the International Development Association, dated April 24, 2015 (IDA Grant No. H941-TJ). 10. "CASA1000 Transmission Line" means jointly, the electricity transmission lines described under the Central Asia South Asia Electricity Transmission and Trade Project. - 14 - 11. "Category" means a category set forth in the table in Section IV.A of Schedule 2 to this Agreement. 12. "Col" or "Corridor of Impact" means the area 1.5 kilometers from either side of the CASA1000 Transmission Line. 13. "Displaced Person" means a person who, on account of the execution of the Project, has experienced or would experience direct economic and social impacts caused by: (i) the involuntary taking of land, resulting in: (A) relocation or loss of shelter; (B) loss of assets or access to assets; or (C) loss of income sources or means of livelihood, whether or not such person must move to another location; or (ii) the involuntary restriction to access to legally designated parks and protected areas, resulting in adverse impacts on the livelihood of such person; "Displaced Persons" means, collectively, the plural thereof. 14. "Environmental and Social Management Framework" or "ESMF" means the Recipient's environmental and social management framework for the Project, acceptable to the World Bank and disclosed by the Recipient on November 21, 2018, and on the World Bank's website on December 19, 2018, setting forth the mitigating, monitoring and institutional measures to be taken during the implementation and operation of the Project to offset or reduce adverse environmental impacts to levels acceptable to the World Bank, including the negative list of investments under Subprojects, and the guidelines for the preparation and implementation of the ESMPs (as hereinafter defined) as such framework may be updated from time to time with the World Bank's prior written concurrence. 15. "Environmental and Social Management Plan" or "ESMP" means any site-specific environmental and social management plan, acceptable to the World Bank, to be prepared during Project implementation in accordance with the ESMF, approved by the World Bank, describing, inter alia, environmental mitigation, monitoring and institutional measures to offset or eliminate any negative impact or reduce them to acceptable levels, related to any Project activity; and "ESMPs" means the plural thereof. 16. "ESPMU" or "Energy Sector Project Management Unit" means the project management unit established by the Charter of the State Enterprise "Project Management Unit for the Energy Sector", approved by the Government of Tajikistan Resolution No. 283, dated July 6, 2006. 17. "Financing Agreement" means the financing agreement for the Project between the Recipient and the Association of the Signature Date, providing a grant to finance the Project. "Financing Agreement" includes all appendices, schedules, and agreements supplemental to the Financing Agreement. - 15 - 18. "GRM" means Grievance Redress Mechanism as part of the Recipient's and the Project Implementing Entities' BFM. 19. "Incremental Operating Costs" means the incremental operating expenditures incurred by the NSIF Project Implementing Entity and the ESPMU, as the case may be, on account of the Project implementation, management, monitoring and evaluation, including salaries of contractual staff (but excluding salaries officials of the Recipient's civil service) and the associated Social Charges, office rent, office materials and supplies, utilities, communication costs, transport and vehicle maintenance costs, support for information systems, translation costs, bank charges, and travel and per diem costs of the NSIF Project Implementing Entity's and the ESPMU's staff and other reasonable expenditures directly associated with the implementation of the Project activities, as well as small administrative budget expenditures incurred by the Beneficiaries in connection with the carrying out of Subprojects, all based on an annual budget acceptable to the World Bank. 20. "Jamoat" means a self-governance body within the towns and/or villages established pursuant to the Recipient's Law "On the bodies of self-governance of townships and villages" No. 549 dated August 5, 2009, as amended; "Jamoats" means the plural thereof. 21. "Jamoat Council " means a collective body established under each Jamoat pursuant to Recipient's Law "On the bodies of self-governance of townships and villages" No. 549 dated August 5, 2009, as amended; "Janoat Councils" means the plural thereof. 22. "Jamoat Project Commission" or "JPC" means the commission to be established within each Jamoat in the Project Area, with composition and responsibilities as set forth in the Project Manuals. 23. "Mahalla Committee" means a community self-government body established and operating pursuant to the Recipient's Law "On the bodies of self-governance of townships and villages" No. 549 dated August 5, 2009, as amended; "Mahalla Committees " means the plural thereof. 24. "NSIFT Project Agreement" means the Project Agreement between the Association and NSIFT. 25. NSIFT Project Implementing Entity" or "NSIFT" means the National Social Investment Fund for Tajikistan, established pursuant to Recipient's Government Regulation No. 67 dated February 27, 2002, or any successor thereto acceptable to the Bank. 26. "NSIFT Subsidiary Agreement" means the Agreement referred to in Section I.C. 1. of Schedule 2 to this Agreement pursuant to which the Recipient shall make part - 16 - of the proceeds of the Financing available to the NSTF Project Implementing Entity. 27. "Procurement Regulations" means the "World Bank Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers", dated July 2016, revised November 2017 and August 2018. 28. "Project Area" means Col and Border Areas, jointly. 29. "Project Implementing Entity" means any one of the following: (i) BT Project Implementing Entity or, (ii) NSIFT Project Implementing Entity, and "Project Implementing Entities" means both of these Project Implementing Entities jointly. 30. "Project Implementing Entity's Legislation" means any one of the following: (i) for BT, the Statute of the Open Stock Holding Company Barqi Tojik approved by the Government of Tajikistan Decree No. 537 dated October 31, 2018; and (ii) for NSIFT, the Regulation of the NSIFT No. 67 adopted by the Government of the Recipient as of February 27, 2002, including any amendments thereto or any succeeding legislation. 31. "Project Manuals" means collectively, the Project Operations Manual and the Subgrants Manual. 32. "Project Operations Manual" means the manual prepared by the Project Implementing Entities for their Respective Parts of the Project, satisfactory to the World Bank, and adopted pursuant to Section 5.01 (c) of the Financing Agreement, setting forth rules, methods, guidelines and procedures for carrying out the Project, including, inter alia, (i) detailed description of the Project and institutional arrangements for its implementation; (ii) monitoring, evaluation, reporting, and governance procedures for the Project; (iii) disbursement, financial management, auditing, and safeguard procedures for the Project; (iv) procurement rules, procedures and standard bidding documents for the Project; (v) the content of the Project's anti-corruption plan; (vi) modalities for documentation and information management; (vii) criteria for verification, in form and substance acceptable to the World Bank; and (viii) the Safeguard Documents, as said manual may be amended from time to time with the agreement of the World Bank. 33. "Resettlement" means: (i) the involuntary (i.e., an action that may be taken without a person's informed consent or power of choice) taking of land, including anything growing on or permanently affixed to such land, such as buildings and crops, resulting in: (A) relocation or loss of shelter; (B) loss of assets or access to assets; or (C) loss of income sources or means of livelihood, whether or not the affected persons must move to another location; or (ii) the involuntary restriction of access to legally designated parks and protected areas resulting in adverse impacts on the livelihoods of the affected persons, and encompassing restrictions on the use of resources imposed on people living outside a park or protected area, or on those - 17- who continue living inside the park or protected area during and after Project implementation. 34. "Resettlement Action Plan" or "RAP" means any site-specific resettlement action plan to be prepared by the Recipient and containing, inter alia, a program of actions, measures and policies for compensation of Displaced Persons, including budget and cost estimates, and sources of funding, together with adequate institutional, monitoring and reporting arrangements capable of ensuring proper implementation of, and regular feedback in compliance with its terms for each site. 35. "Resettlement Policy Framework" or "RPF" means the Recipient's resettlement policy framework, acceptable to the World Bank, and disclosed by the Recipient on November 21, 2018, and on the World Bank website on December 19, 2018, said framework setting out, inter alia, the policies and procedures for the acquisition of land and other assets, compensation, resettlement and rehabilitation of, inter alia, Displaced Persons, as the case may be, and for the preparation of site-specific RAPs as may be required for Project activities, as said framework may be revised from time to time with the prior written concurrence of the World Bank; such term includes all schedules and agreements supplemental to said framework. 36. "Safeguard Documents" means collectively or individually the Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF), the Resettlement Policy Framework (RPF), as well as, the Environmental and Social Management Plans (ESMPs) and the Resettlement Action Plans (RAPs) prepared in connection with the Project, as applicable. 37. "Signature Date" means the later of the two dates on which the Recipient and the World Bank signed this Agreement and such definition applies to all references to "the date of the Financing Agreement" in the Standard Conditions. 38. "Social Charges" means any payments or contributions for health benefits, unemployment benefits, disability insurance, workers' compensation benefits, retirement (pension or social security) benefits, and life insurance, or any other benefits according to the Recipient's legislation. 39. "Subgrant" means a grant made or to be made (out of the proceeds of the Financing) available to an eligible Beneficiary, in accordance with the criteria set forth in the Subgrants Manual to finance the cost of any given Subproject, including the cost of the technical designs for the Subproject; "Subgrants" means the plural thereof. 40. "Subgrant Agreement" means any of the agreements referred to in Section I.D. 1 of the Schedule to the Project Agreement. - 18 - 41. "Subgrants Manual" means the manual prepared by the NSIFT Project Implementing Entity, satisfactory to the World Bank, setting forth rules, methods, guidelines and procedures for carrying out the activities under Part 2 of the Project, including, inter alia, the eligibility criteria (including a negative list of activities), detailed rules and procedures for identification, registration and selection of eligible Beneficiaries to receive Subgrants, as said manual may be amended from time to time with the agreement of the World Bank. 42. "Subproject" means any of the investments and/or activities under Part 2 of the Project that meet the criteria set forth in the Subgrants Manual; "Subprojects" means the plural thereof. 43. "Subsidiary Agreement" means any one of the following: (i) BT Subsidiary Agreement; or (ii) NSIFT Subsidiary Agreement, and "Subsidiary Agreements" means both of these agreements jointly. 44. "Training" means expenditures (other than those for consulting services) incurred by the Project Implementing Entity in connection with study tours, training courses, seminars, workshops and other training activities, not included under goods or service providers' contracts, including costs of training materials, space and equipment rental, travel, per diem costs for trainees and trainers and trainers' fees (as applicable), all based on an annual budget satisfactory to the World Bank. 45. "World Bank" means the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the International Development Association, jointly.