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Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Solid Waste Master Plan for Emerging Tourism Areas Consultancy Services to Prepare a Solid Waste Master Plan for Emerging Tourism Areas DRAFT SOCIAL INCLUSION PLAN FRAMEWORK DATA SHEET Project Name: Consultancy Services to Prepare a Solid Waste Master Plan for Emerging Tourism Areas Project ID: TC # BL-T1067 Form of Contract: Lump-Sum Consultant Name: HYDEA SpA Address: Via del Rosso Fiorentino 2G, 50142 Florence, Italy Tel: +39 055 719491 Fax: +39 055 7135233 Email: [email protected] Website: www.hydea.it Managing Director: Paolo Giustiniani, tel. +39 055719491, [email protected] Contact Person: Dimitri Abbado, tel. +39 0557194929, [email protected] Work Team Key Experts A Project Manager/SWM Engineering Specialist Michele Lambertini B Procurement Specialist Fabio Berardi C Financial and Institutional Specialist Jeroen Ijgosse D Social Specialist Jeroen Ijgosse EI International Environmental (EIA) Specialist Sara Monti EN National Environmental (EIA) Specialist Evaristo Avella F Landfill and Transfer Station Design Specialist Stan Ebelewicz G Waste Characterization Specialist/HQ PM Dimitri Abbado H Hydrogeologist Michele Lambertini Non Key Expert I Constructed Wetland Specialist Riccardo Bresciani J Hydraulic Engineer Simone Carotti K Civil Engineer Federico Raspanti L Landscape Expert Luciano Luciani M Civil/Structural Engineer Omar Mitchell N Local supports To be nominated Contracting Authority: Name: Solid Waste Management Authority, Ministry of Natural Resources and Agriculture Address: Market Square, Belmopan, Belize, C.A. Director: Mr. Gilroy Lewis Fax: +501 8021527 E-mail: [email protected] 1/54 Consultancy Services to Prepare a Solid Waste Master Plan for Emerging Tourism Areas LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS BATNEEC Best Available Techniques Not Entailing Excessive Costs BoQ Bill of quantities CF Composting Facility CO Construction and Operation CQA Construction Quality Assurance DBO Design, Build, and Operate DOC Drop Off Centre DoE Department of Environment ESIA Environmental & Social Impact Assessment ESMP Environmental and Social Management Plan EIA Environmental Impact Assessment EMP Environmental Management Plan EU European Union FS Feasibility Study HDPE High-density polyethylene IDB Inter-American Development Bank LFG Landfill Gas LEL Lower Explosive Limit MASW Multi-channels Analysis Surface Waves MRF Materials Recycling Facility MSW Municipal Solid Waste MNRA Ministry of Natural Resources and Agriculture MSWM Municipal Solid Waste Management NSR Noise Sensitive Receivers PIU Project Implementation Unit PM Project Manager RCV Refuse Collection Vehicle RFP Request for Proposals RORO Roll-On-Roll Off SIP Social Inclusion Plan SIPF Social Inclusion Plan Framework SW Solid Waste SWM Solid Waste Management SWaMA Solid Waste Management Authority SWMP Solid Waste Management Project QA/QC Quality Assurance and Quality Control ToR Terms of Reference UEL Upper Explosive limit WASA Water and Sewerage Authority WB World Bank WTE Waste-to-Energy 2/54 Consultancy Services to Prepare a Solid Waste Master Plan for Emerging Tourism Areas TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 BACKGROUND 6 2 PROJECT DESCRIPTION 7 2.1 Introduction 7 2.2 Project Components 7 2.3 Relevant Activities, Associated Impacts and Initial Measures 9 3 PROJECT AFFECTED POPULATION 10 3.1 Context 10 3.2 Results of Initial Census Socioeconomic Baseline Survey 10 3.2.1 Corozal District 10 3.2.2 Orange Walk District 14 3.2.3 Stann Creek District 16 3.2.4 Toledo District 21 3.3 Analysis 23 3.4 ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA AND CUT-OFF DATE 26 3.4.1 Eligibility Criteria 26 3.4.2 Cut-off Date 26 3.5 Legal and Policy Framework 26 3.5.1 Applicable Belizean Laws 26 3.5.2 Applicable IDB Policy 27 3.5.3 Gap Analysis 28 3.5.4 Proposed Gap filling Measures 29 3.6 CONSULTATION AND DISCLOSURE 30 3.6.1 Consultation 30 3.6.2 Disclosure 31 3.7 Grievance Mechanism 31 4 PROPOSED UPGRADING ACTIONS 33 4.1 Introduction 33 4.2 Relation employment generation and the Solid Waste Master Plan 34 4.2.1 Transfer stations 34 4.2.2 Drop-off Centres and composting facilities 35 4.2.3 Transportation from Drop-off centres to Transfer Stations 36 4.2.4 Summary of total potential employment opportunities created 37 4.3 Matching affected recyclers with potential employment opportunities 37 4.3.1 Corozal District 37 4.3.2 Orange Walk District 38 4.3.3 Stann Creek District 39 3/54 Consultancy Services to Prepare a Solid Waste Master Plan for Emerging Tourism Areas 4.3.4 Toledo District 39 4.4 Activities of SIPF 40 4.4.1 Phase 1: Consultation processes with the recyclers at the dump sites 40 4.4.2 Phase 2: Training + capacity and organisation building for recyclers 41 4.4.3 Phase 3: Recyclers integrated in operation of TS´s 41 4.4.4 Phase 4: Recyclers integrated in operation of DOC´s 42 4.5 Estimated Budget 42 4.6 Institutional Arrangements and Capacity 43 5 MONITORING AND EVALUATION 44 5.1 Monitoring 44 5.2 Evaluation 45 TABLE OF FIGURES FIGURE 1: RECYCLERS ORGANIZING THEIR RECOVERED MATERIAL AT THE COROZAL TOWN DUMP SITE. ............. 12 FIGURE 2: STORAGE CONTAINERS WITH A HIGH CONTENT OF POTENTIALLY RECYCLABLE MATERIALES IN THE FREE ZONE IN NORTH COROZAL............................................................................................................................. 13 FIGURE 3: MAKE-SHIFT SHELTER AT ORANGE WALK TOWN DUMP USED BY RECYCLERS TO PROTECT FROM INCLEMENT WEATHER AND SUN . .................................................................................................................. 15 FIGURE 4: ENTRANCE TO THE DANGRIGA DUMP SITE ............................................................................................. 17 FIGURE 5: OVERVIEW OF MATERIALS RECOVERED (LEFT) AND MANY MORE NOT RECOVERED (RIGHT) AT PLACENCIA DUMP SITE .................................................................................................................................. 18 FIGURE 6: RECOVERY OF RECYCLABLE MATERIALS BY WOMEN DURING VISIT TO INDEPENDENCE DUMPSITE IN APRIL 2015 ................................................................................................................................................... 20 FIGURE 7: DUMP SITE AT PUNTA GORDA, TOLEDO DISTRICT ................................................................................. 22 FIGURE 8: STATE OF OPEN DUMP IN SAN ANTONIO VILLAGE (ABRIL 2015). .......................................................... 22 FIGURE 9: GENERAL FRAMEWORK OF ACTIVITIES FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF SWM AND INTEGRATION OF SIPF. .. 40 TABLES TABLE 1 ESTIMATED POPULATION IN THE FOUR DISTRICTS OF THE PROJECT AREA (2015) ....................................... 7 TABLE 2: DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED TRANSFER STATIONS ............................................................................. 8 TABLE 3: NUMBER OF DROP_OFF CENTRES + COMPOSTING FACILITIES (DOC_CF) AND ONLY DROP_OFF CENTRE PER DISTRICT ................................................................................................................................................... 8 TABLE 4: LOCATION OF DUMPSITES THAT WILL BE REMEDIATED ............................................................................. 9 TABLE 5: PRICES PAID BY SOUTHERN METAL RECYCLING .................................................................................... 21 TABLE 6: OVERVIEW OF ACTIVITY OF INFORMAL RECYCLERS AT DUMPSITES IN NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN CORRIDORS.................................................................................................................................................... 24 TABLE 7: CHARACTERISTICS OF RECYCLERS WORKING PERMANENTLY AT THE DUMP SITES .................................. 24 TABLE 8: RANGE OF MONTHLY INCOME (BZD $) FROM COMMERCIALIZATION OF RECYCLABLES REPORTED BY RECYCLERS. .................................................................................................................................................. 25 TABLE 9: OVERVIEW OF NEED TO ACTIVATE RESETTLEMENT ACTIVITIES DUE TO REMEDIATION OF DUMP SITES ..... 25 TABLE 10: COMPARISON OF BELIZEAN LAW AND IDB POLICY ............................................................................. 29 TABLE 11: COMPENSATION ENTITLEMENTS MATRIX. ............................................................................................. 33 TABLE 12: PROPOSED PERSONNEL REQUIRED FOR OPERATING THE TRANSFER STATION (NUMBER AND FUNCTION) 34 TABLE 13: POTENTIAL NUMBER OF JOBS CREATED FOR OPERATING THE TRANSFER STATIONS (2019-2040) .......... 34 TABLE 14: PROPOSED PERSONNEL REQUIRED FOR OPERATING THE DROP-OFF CENTRES AND COMPOSTING FACILITIES (NUMBER AND FUNCTION) ........................................................................................................... 35 TABLE 15: POTENTIAL NUMBER OF JOBS CREATED FOR OPERATING THE DROP-OFF CENTRES AND COMPOSTING FACILITIES (2021-2040). ............................................................................................................................... 35 4/54 Consultancy Services to Prepare a Solid Waste Master Plan for Emerging Tourism Areas TABLE 16: PROPOSED PERSONNEL REQUIRED FOR OPERATING THE ROLL-OFF TRUCK FOR TRANSPORT FROM DOC TO TRANSFER STATIONS (NUMBER AND FUNCTION) ....................................................................................... 36 TABLE 17: NUMBER OF ROLL-OFF TRUCKS NEEDED TO SERVE EACH TRANSFER STATION FOR PLANNING PERIOD (2021-2040) .................................................................................................................................................. 36 TABLE 18: POTENTIAL NUMBER OF JOBS CREATED FOR OPERATING THE ROLL-OFF TRUCKS TRANSFERRING
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