Table 4 - Roles and responsibilities for environmental and social planning and management in the project phases

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Undertake field mission and site visit. Develops and endorses project concept. Undertakes initial safeguards screening and categorization of project Provides inputs to/ clearances of TOR for ESIA, land access/acquisition process and third-party verification.

Undertakes screening of project. Provides information for scoping. Develops TOR for ESIA and third-party verification, as appropriate. Initial identification of and dialogue with stakeholders (as basis for SEP preparation).

Commits to project development on behalf of government. Identifies, and makes arrangements with, implementing agency. Commits to broadly scoped project administration and management arrangements.

Identification of proponent, allocation of resources, risk allocation, between government departments and PRIF development partner(s).

Identification of proponent, allocation of resources, risk allocation, between government departments and PRIF development partner(s).