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Ministry of Agriculture and Uzbekistan Agroindustry and Food Security Agency (UZAIFSA) Public Disclosure Authorized Uzbekistan Agriculture Modernization Project Public Disclosure Authorized ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Tashkent, Uzbekistan December, 2019 ABBREVIATIONS AND GLOSSARY ARAP Abbreviated Resettlement Action Plan CC Civil Code DCM Decree of the Cabinet of Ministries DDR Diligence Report DMS Detailed Measurement Survey DSEI Draft Statement of the Environmental Impact EHS Environment, Health and Safety General Guidelines EIA Environmental Impact Assessment ES Environmental Specialist ESA Environmental and Social Assessment ESIA Environmental and Social Impact Assessment ESMF Environmental and Social Management Framework ESMP Environmental and Social Management Plan FS Feasibility Study GoU Government of Uzbekistan GRM Grievance Redress Mechanism H&S Health and Safety HH Household ICWC Integrated Commission for Water Coordination IFIs International Financial Institutions IP Indigenous People IR Involuntary Resettlement LAR Land Acquisition and Resettlement LC Land Code MCA Makhalla Citizen’s Assembly MoEI Ministry of Economy and Industry MoH Ministry of Health NGO Non-governmental organization OHS Occupational and Health and Safety ОP Operational Policy PAP Project Affected Persons PCB Polychlorinated Biphenyl PCR Physical Cultural Resources PIU Project Implementation Unit POM Project Operational Manual PPE Personal Protective Equipment QE Qishloq Engineer QF Qishloq Facilitator RAP Resettlement Action Plan RPF Resettlement Policy Framework RUZ Republic of Uzbekistan Regional Regional Working Groups SCEEP State Committee for Ecology and Environmental Protection SEC State Environmental Consequences SEE State Environmental Expertise SEI Statement of the Environmental Impact SIA Social Impact Assessment SS Safeguards Specialist TOR Terms of Reference UCS Unified Customer Services engineering companies under regional hokimiyats USD United State Dollar UZB Uzbek Sum WB World Bank WBG World Bank Group 2 Table of content ABBREVIATIONS AND GLOSSARY .............................................................................................................. 2 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .......................................................................................................................... 5 2. PROJECT DESCRIPTION ....................................................................................................................... 10 2.1. Project rationale and project development goals ................................................................................................................... 10 2.2. Project components and planned investments .............................................................. Ошибка! Закладка не определена. 2.3. Project Beneficiaries ............................................................................................................................................................. 15 2.4. The scope and objectives of Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF) .................................................. 15 3. REGULATORY FRAMEWORK FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL ASSESSMENT .......... 16 3.1. Uzbekistan National Environmental Legislation and Procedures .......................................................................................... 16 3.2. National Requirements for Environmental Assessment ........................................................................................................ 19 3.3. Legislation of the Republic of Uzbekistan in the sphere of labor, occupational health and safety and resettlement .............. 21 3.3.1. Labor Legislation ............................................................................................................................... 22 3.3.2. Occupational Health and Safety ........................................................................................................ 24 3.3.3. Resettlement ....................................................................................................................................... 26 3.4. International Treaties and Obligations .................................................................................................................................. 30 3.5. World Bank’s Environmental and Social Standards and their requirements ......................................................................... 32 4. NATIONAL INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK ................................................................................... 51 4.1. Environmental Management Regulators ............................................................................................................................... 51 5. BASELINE INFORMATION ................................................................................................................... 53 5.1. Ferghana Valley (Andijan, Ferghana and Namangan provinces) .......................................................................................... 54 5.2. Bukhara province ................................................................................................................................................................. 61 5.3. Djizzak province .................................................................................................................................................................. 64 5.4. Kashkadarya province .......................................................................................................................................................... 66 5.5. Navoi province ..................................................................................................................................................................... 68 5.6. Samarkand province ............................................................................................................................................................. 70 5.7. Syrdarya province ................................................................................................................................................................ 72 5.8. Tashkent province ................................................................................................................................................................ 74 5.9. Surkhandarya province ......................................................................................................................................................... 77 5.10. Khoresm province ................................................................................................................................................................ 79 5.11. Karakalpakstan ..................................................................................................................................................................... 82 6. SOCIAL ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS........................................................................................ 84 7. STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT ......................................................................................................... 92 8. GENDER AND LABOR ............................................................................................................................ 97 8.1. Gender .................................................................................................................................................................................. 97 8.2. Labor management plan ....................................................................................................................................................... 98 9. LAND ACQUISITION AND INVOLUNTARY RESETTLEMENT .................................................. 101 10. PROJECT POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ................................................................. 102 10.1. Potential environmental impacts and risks .......................................................................................................................... 103 10.2. Health and safety of workers and community ..................................................................................................................... 104 10.3. Potential social impacts and mitigation ............................................................................................................................... 123 11. ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL ASSESSMENT RULES AND PROCEDURES ....................... 126 11.1. Environmental assessment procedure ................................................................................................................................. 126 10.1.1. Main stages of national EA procedure ............................................................................................ 126 10.1.2. ESA process for the AMP ................................................................................................................ 127 11.2. Screening of sub-project activities and identification of EA instruments ............................................................................ 128 11.3. Implementation of EA instruments ..................................................................................................................................... 129 11.4. Screening of sub-project activities and identification of EA instruments for PFIs .............................................................. 130 11.5. Chance findings procedures