The Community Protocol on Public Procurement identified a number of areas where common rules, standards, norms and guidelines should be established to improve efficiency and transparency in public procurement in the Community.
Labour Management Procedures (LMP) for the World Bank Unleashing the Blue Economy of the Caribbean (UBEC) program set out the approach to meeting the objectives and requirements set forth in the World Banks’s Environmental and Social Framework (ESF), specifically the objectives and requirements of Environmental and Social Standards 2 (ESS2): Labour and Working Conditions and Occupational Health and Safety ESS2 is designed to ensure World Bank-financed projects meet with the following six objectives:
1. Promote safety and health at work;
2. Promote the fair treatment, non-discrimination, and equal opportunity of project workers;
3. Protect project workers, including vulnerable workers such as women, persons with disabilities, children (of working age, in accordance with this ESS) and directly-hired workers, contracted workers, primary supply workers, and community workers, as appropriate;
4. Prevent the use of all forms of forced labour and child labour;
5. Support the principles of freedom of association and collective bargaining of project workers in a manner consistent with national law; and,
6. Provide project workers with accessible means to raise workplace concerns.
Labour Management Procedures (LMP) for the World Bank Unleashing the Blue Economy of the Caribbean (UBEC) program set out the approach to meeting the objectives and requirements set forth in the World Banks’s Environmental and Social Framework (ESF), specifically the objectives and requirements of Environmental and Social Standards 2 (ESS2): Labour and Working Conditions and Occupational Health and Safety ESS2 is designed to ensure World Bank-financed projects meet with the following six objectives:
1. Promote safety and health at work;
2. Promote the fair treatment, non-discrimination, and equal opportunity of project workers;
3. Protect project workers, including vulnerable workers such as women, persons with disabilities, children (of working age, in accordance with this ESS) and directly-hired workers, contracted workers, primary supply workers, and community workers, as appropriate;
4. Prevent the use of all forms of forced labour and child labour;
5. Support the principles of freedom of association and collective bargaining of project workers in a manner consistent with national law; and,
6. Provide project workers with accessible means to raise workplace concerns.
The World Bank’s Environmental and Social Framework (ESF) is designed to protect people and the
environment from potential adverse impacts that could arise from World Bank?financed projects and to
improve development outcomes. The ESF ensures that World Bank?financed projects are guided by
transparency, non?discrimination, social inclusion, public participation and accountability. The ESF also
builds Borrower governments’ own capacity to deal with environmental and social issues.
The World Bank’s Environmental and Social Framework (ESF) is designed to protect people and the
environment from potential adverse impacts that could arise from World Bank-financed projects and to
improve development outcomes. The ESF ensures that World Bank-financed projects are guided by
transparency, non-discrimination, social inclusion, public participation and accountability. The ESF also
builds Borrower governments’ own capacity to deal with environmental and social issues.