Stakeholder Engagement Plan EWSSAP Final- Disclosure- Sept 2021

Overview

This document is an update of the original Stakeholder Engagement Plan (SEP) that was prepared during the project preparation phase and disclosed on June 19, 2019. The original SEP forms part of the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) for the Eswatini Water Supply and Sanitation Access Project (EWSSAP) – hereafter referred as “Project”. This version of the SEP is updated to mirror: i) Project Development Objective (PDOs), project’s components and subcomponents with the latest PAD that was finalized and disclosed in September 19, 2020, ii) Covid-19 Considerations and tools to be used to engage stakeholders in time of Cocid-19, iii) incorporate stakeholders’ engagements that took place after the disclosure of the preparation phase SEP in June 19, 2019 and, iv) to incorporate activities and engagements done in component 2 and subcomponents 1.2 and 1.3 to be part of this SEP including a status update for all activities and engagements . It also mirrors the updated GRM Procedure and Action Plan designed for the project including an action plan developed to address Gender Based Violence/ Sexual Exploitation (GBV/SEA) grievances.