Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) Livelihood Assistance and Transitional Support (Albania) Table of Contents
1. Introduction 03
2. Background Social Conditions 04
3. Livelihood Assistance and Transitional Support (LATS) 08
3.1 1 LATS Objective 10 3.2 LATS Eligibility Criteria and Priority Groups 11
4. LATS Interventions AJMT 14
4.1 Permanent Land Acquisition Follow-up and Livelihood Needs Assessment 15 4.2 Establishing LATS Initiatives 16 4.2.1Livelihood Restoration & Strengthening 17 4.2.2 Eligibility Criteria 21 4.2.3 Proposal Evaluation 21 4.3 Transitional Support for vulnerable People 22 4.4 Transitional Support Components 25 4.5 Livelihood Assistance - Transitional Support - Special Cases 26
5. Linkages to project benefits and opportunities 27
6. LATS Disclosure 28
7. Workplan and Staffing 30
Table of Tables
Table 1: Economic Profile of Households Affected by the Access Roads 6 Table 2: Priority PAPs/PAHs 10 Table 3: Geographic Distribution of Project- affected People 12 Table 4: Work Plan 23
Table of Figures
Figure 1: Reliance on Source of Income 7 Figure 2: LATS Goals & Objectives 9 Figure 3: Vulnerable Assessment Tool 11 Figure 4: Transitional Support Program for Vulnerable PAPs 17
2 1. Introduction These plans describe the results of an intensive land easement and acquisition exercise undertaken by TAP and its contractors, and include a record of the commitments, procedures and TAP has prepared Livelihood be limited in their ability to claim or Restoration Plans (LRPs) for each host take advantage of compensation actions being taken country. They describe the results of (i.e. ‘vulnerable’), are identified and an intensive land easement and appropriately supported. to compensate acquisition exercise undertaken by TAP and its contractors, and include a All land owners, co-owners and the people and record of the commitments, users whose land has been acquired procedures, and actions being taken permanently and/or temporarily households impacted to compensate the people and leased by TAP are the targeted households impacted by the Project, beneficiaries of LATS. This includes by the Project. consistent with national laws and people who may as a result of international standards. restrictions imposed by TAP to physical assets or natural resources The EBRD Performance Requirement that they legitimately own and/ 5 stipulates that when a project or use, experience a temporary causes “temporary or permanent loss or permanent loss of income or of income or livelihood through, for livelihood. example, interruption or elimination of a person’s access to his/her In each of the LRPs, a Livelihood employment or productive assets”, Assistance and Transitional Support the project will provide the following in (LATS) Program to address these addition to compensation: requirements is outlined.
• Livelihood assistance (for example, This document provides further detail credit facilities, training or job on the plan for implementing LATS in opportunities) and opportunities Albania. to restore, and where possible improve their income-earning capacity, production levels and standards of living, and;
• Transitional support to economically displaced persons, as necessary, based on a reasonable estimate of the time required to restore their income-earning capacity, production levels and standards of living.
International standards also commit a project sponsor to ensuring that those people who may be more adversely affected by the land acquisition process than others, and who may
3 2. Background Social Conditions
In Albania, the Project will affect close to 5,000 households, Prior to the 2008 global financial crisis, Albania was one of or approximately 20,000 people, who own and/or use more the fastest-growing economies in Europe, enjoying than 8,000 parcels of land which the Project requires access average annual growth rates of 6%. However, since 2008 to. Close to 15% of the affected households are people who average annual economic growth has halved. use but don’t own the land parcel. The following sections The pace of growth has also been mirrored in poverty and summarize socio-economic data collected from a sample unemployment rates: between 2002 and 2008, poverty in of the Project-affected population, which is more fully the country fell by half (to about 12%) but in 2012 it increased detailed in the Livelihood Restoration Plan. to 14%. Unemployment increased from 13% in 2008 to 17% in 2013, with youth unemployment rates in Albania reaching Albania is divided into 12 administrative counties, each 27%. The UNDP reports that half of Albania’s youth reside in of which is further divided into municipalities and Local rural areas. Government or Administrative Units (LGUs). The Project affects people and land located within three National statistics provide information on the main counties, ten (10) municipalities and twenty-six (26) LGUs. economic sectors in which Albanian residents are PAPs reside in 112 villages within the Project footprint. employed. Most people who identify as ‘self-employed’ are engaged in the agriculture sector. The greatest Amongst the sample of households impacted by the proportions of people with waged employment are Project, the percentage of young people is noticeably engaged in the industry, services and construction sectors. lower, and the proportion of older people higher when compared with the rest of the country. With respect In light of the need to begin construction in Albania with to education, the majority (68%) of household heads, or work on access roads and bridges, the sample those interviewed on behalf of their household, report socio-economic survey was done in phases. completing middle or high school, 24% have completed only primary school, while 6% have attended university or technical school. When the education levels achieved by all household members are included, the percentage Table 1: Provides a profile of the Project-affected having completed or currently attending university or households interviewed as part of the socio-economic technical school increases to 11%. survey for the access roads.
Main activities generating income 65% farming 66% farming 71% farming 56% pensions 49% pensions 50% pensions
ousehold income levels 50% below 49% below 61% below 40,000 ALL/mth 40,000 ALL/mth 40,000 ALL/mth
Land parcel size Average 1.6 ha Average 3.5 ha Average 1.6 ha
Extent of parcel under cultivation 77% indicate all or 90% indicate all 64% indicate all or most of the land or most of the land most of the land parcel is cultivated parcel is cultivated parcel is cultivated
Percentage of households indicating their living conditions 7% 17% 25% are worse than their neighbours
Amongst households affected by the compressor stations, When the occupations of all family members who are of the occupations reported by the highest percentage working age within the Project-affected household of people is farmer (38%) followed by pensioner (33%), only are included, the percentage of unemployed more than 5% of those interviewed described themselves doubles, and those indicating they perform unpaid as ‘unemployed’. work in the home (‘housewife’) increases to 11%. For the sample of households affected by the pipeline right Sources of income and the extent to which Project- of way (ROW), the breakdown is similar, but with a slightly affected households rely on different sources of income higher percentage of household heads reporting to be are depicted in Figure 1. Almost 40% of PAPs affected by the farmers (45%) and a lower percentage (3%) describing access roads and compressor stations rely on agriculture for themselves as unemployed. 50% of their income and one third rely solely on agriculture.
4 Figure 1: Reliance on Source of Income
180 163 160 140 120 100 105 106 80 80 60 49 59 40 31 39 20 24 23 19 18 21 13 24 0 5 2 3
Agriculture Retirement Livestock Public sector Private sector Remittances activity payment job (pay job (pay check) check)
below 49 % 50-90 % 100 %
Income levels amongst the Project-affected households are cultivated), Luzern (23%) and fruit trees (26%). Almost range from 15,000 ALL per month to 200,000 ALL. 40% of PAPs indicated that they use agricultural products to However, for the greatest majority (53%) income falls meet their household needs and to generate income. between 15,000-40,000 ALL per month (or €100-300). Livestock continues to play an important role in the economic development of Albania. However only a small In terms of the typical size of land parcels amongst Project- percentage of Project-affected households report relying affected people, the range is from 0.1 of a hectare to on livestock for more than 50% of their income, with 40% 7.5 hectares, with an average of 2 ha. More than 80% of of respondents affected by the ROW who report owning affected land parcels are cultivated, and 90% of PAPs chickens and 12% goats. report using a tractor for farming. The crops typically cultivated include wheat (26% of affected parcels which
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11 6 Livelihood Assistance and Transitional Support (Albania) The crops typically cultivated include wheat (26% of affected parcels which are cultivated), Luzern (23%) and fruit trees (26%).
7 3. Livelihood Assistance and Transitional Support (LATS)
TAP’s compensation entitlements have population deemed ‘vulnerable’ been designed to compensate fairly and at an elevated risk of being for Project land easement and disproportionally affected by Project acquisition impacts. Compensation land easement and acquisition (LEA). alone however will not guarantee livelihood restoration for all Project The goals and objectives of LATS are affected households. For the majority illustrated in Figure 2 and described in of people whose land is being leased more detail in the following sections. through the Project construction period and who cultivate annual crops, restoration of livelihoods will depend on prudent management of cash compensation and effective land reinstatement. Livelihood restoration will be more challenging for those whose land is being permanently acquired, and for those who cultivate deep-rooted perennial crops within the pipeline safety zone.
The goal of the Livelihood Assistance and Transitional Support (LATS) program is to provide support that will ensure that all Project-affected people, and particularly those at an elevated risk of experiencing negative impacts to their livelihood, are able to restore their income stream to pre- The goal of the Livelihood Assistance Project levels, and where possible improve it. and Transitional Support (LATS) program
LATS has two main components; is to provide support that will ensure livelihood assistance and transitional support. Livelihood assistance that all Project-affected people, are initiatives are aimed at providing practical help (i.e. training and able to restore their income stream to agricultural inputs) to ensure livelihoods are fully restored and where pre-Project levels, and where possible possible strengthened. The transitional (vulnerable) support component improve it. of LATS will focus on identifying, monitoring and providing appropriate individualized, time-bound support to households within the Project-affected
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1 Objective: Project affected households at risk of of experiencing negative impacts due to LEA are prioritized for livelihoods assistance & strengthening
5 Objective : 2 Objective: PAPs have access PAPs efforts to to wider project restore livelihoods benefits & Overall Goal are effectively opportunities monitoried & Ensure the additional support Livelihoods provided as required of Project (LEA) -affected people are Restored & Strengthened
4 Objective : 3 Objective: PAPs are supported Vulnerable PAPs are in investing identified & compensation in provided with livelihood appropriate restoration & transitional support strengthening
Figure 2. LATS Goals & Objectives
9 3.1 LATS Objective
The LATS Program has the following five objectives:
• Provide livelihood support and incentives for PAPs, particularly those at an elevated risk of experiencing negative impacts as a result of LEA, to invest in and strengthen their agriculture-based and business-based livelihoods.
• Establish an effective monitoring system of all PAPs, beginning with follow-up in areas where land has been permanently acquired to assess whether affected owners/ users have been able to replace acquired land and re- establish their livelihoods, and whether additional assistance is required.
• Identify and monitor Project-affected people/households considered ‘vulnerable’ and at an elevated risk of experiencing economic hardship as a result of land access by TAP due to their social status, and provide appropriate transitional support when necessary.
• Provide opportunities for interested Project-affected people to strengthen their financial management skills, particularly those who have received sizable compensation packages, and to assist them in identifying potential livelihood investment options.
• Ensure all Project-affected people are well-informed and have access to wider Project benefits and opportunities.
10 3.2 LATS Eligibility Criteria and Priority Groups
All land owners, co-owners and users whose land has been acquired permanently and/or temporarily leased by TAP are the targeted beneficiaries of LATS. This includes people who may as a result of restrictions imposed by TAP to physical (i.e. land) or natural (i.e. water) resources that they legitimately own and/or use experience a temporary or permanent loss of income or livelihood. In light of the fact that the pipeline traverses ten municipalities in Albania, and affects more than 8,000 land parcels used by close to 5,000 households residing in in 112 villages, priority at-risk groups have been identified for targeting LATS resources. These groups are described in Table 2.
Table 2: Priority PAPs/PAHs
Priority PAPs/PAHs
LATS Target Groups Albania
Project-affected land owners with land-based livelihoods whose farms have been permanently 200 acquired for the compressor and block valve stations. Parcels
Perennial crop / fruit tree farmers affected by the pipeline ROW who will be restricted from cultivating trees and 750 deep-rooted perennial crops within Restriction one A. Farmers
Project-affected people who have received crop compensation but are unable to secure sufficient 200 documentation to establish legal entitlement to the PAPs affected land parcel they farm.
11 Additionally, a tool to assist in assessing levels of vulnerability The tool will make the best use of data collected and resilience amongst the Project-affected population, throughout previous processes conducted by TAP such as adapted from vulnerability factors identified by the EIB in the sample socio-economic study (SSES) and census and their Environmental and Social Handbook (2014), has been asset inventory (CAI),. It is presented in Figure 3. developed. The tool is being used to categorize PAPs into high (40% or greater), medium (20-40%) and low risk groups (below 20%). Ky instrument është përdorur për të kategorizuar PAP-të në
Table3: Vulnerable Assessment Tool
PILLARS S/N V LNERABILIT PARAMETERS WEIGHTS 100
1 30% or more of the land parcel is affected by TAP 20 (Working Strip)
2 Farming is household’s primary occupation 5
3 Affected parcel is cultivated with perennial crops 2.5
PA ’s Exposure to Risk / 4 Reside in rural areas (communities with less than 3,400 5 Adverse Impacts inhabitants-Census 2011) close to the construction (total weight 40) area (approximately within a 5 km corridor from pipeline footprint
5 Affected Parcel is qualified as orphan land in 2.5 accordance to TAP policies.
6 Users of the impacted parcel have access to other 5 land which is less than 0,5 ha 40
7 Reported household income at or below national Poverty line 10
ousehold head has three or more dependents (i.e. 8 5 children under 18 years of age and/or elderly dependants over 65 years of age
9 ousehold head is 65 years of age or older 2.5 PA ’s Sensitivity to Risks / Impacts (total weight 30) 10 ousehold head is 65 years of age or older 5 and widowed/living alone
11 has members who are chronically ill and/or disabled 5
12 ousehold head is a single parent with one or more 2.5 children under 19 years of age 30
13 has no other land holdings and the owners are also 10 cultivators (users) of the affected parcel
14 has limited material assets 2.5 (i.e. family equipmnet, vehicle, livestock)
15 Outside of income from affected land parcel and gov’t 10 PA ’s Adaptive Capacity pension, has no other sources of income/remittances (total weight 30)
16 has poor access to basic infrastructure + services 5 (e.g. resides in a community which rates low on the Community Living Condition Scale)
17 ead of has no or limited formal education 2.5 30
12 All land owners, coowners and users whose land has been acquired permanently and/or temporarily leased by TAP are the targeted beneficiaries of LATS.
PAH: (Project Affected Households)
To further assist in targeting LATS programming, Table 3 identifies the villages along the pipeline route where there is a high concentration of Project-affected households, particularly those within the priority groups previously described.
Table 4: Geographic Distribution of ROW Project-affected People ¹ ¹ Data from Abkons compensation value pipeline spreadsheet
Project-affected People/ Fier County Berat County or a County Households ROW
Total number of affected 715 920 2349 owners and users (ROW)
Municipalities with more than 500 Project-affected Closest is Fier with Berat Kor a 1174 people/households (ROW) 410 606 Devoll 988
Villages with more than Petov, Seman, Lapharde, Ullinjas, Dishnice, Belorta, 50 PAPs/PA s (ROW) Roskovec City Sqepur, Pobrat, Ku i i, Voskop, Uznove, Vodice Floq, Cangoj, Pilur, Kamenice, Plase, emblak, Vishoicice, Trestneik, Baban, Billsht, Vranisht
Villages with 10 or more Petov Veterrik, Lapardha, emblak, Trestneik, PAPs growing perennial Ullinjas, Sqepur, Cangoj, Pilur, crops (ROW) Otllak, Pobrat, Mancurisht, Uznove, Vodice, Vranisht Poshnje, Kutalli, Rerez
13 4. LATS Interventions
14 Livelihood Assistance and Transitional Support (Albania) 4.1 Permanent Land Acquisition Follow-up and Livelihood Needs Assessment
All Project affected owners and users will be monitored to ensure livelihoods are restored, beginning with those affected by the permanent land take.
As part of TAP’s commitment to restoration of livelihoods of those affected by Project land take, all Project affected owners and users will be monitored to ensure livelihoods are restored, beginning with those affected by the permanent land take required for the compressor and block valve stations. A follow-up study will be conducted to document PAP’s success in accessing replacement land or investing in alternative land holdings they already own, and to understand the progress they have made in re-establishing the livelihood activities which have been affected by TAP. The study will also assess what forms of assistance and/or training would serve to strengthen their economic wellbeing. Findings from this follow-up study will be integrated into the LATS program described in the following sections.
15 4.2 Establishing LATS Initiatives Additional livelihood assistance and training aimed at ensuring livelihoods are restored and where possible strengthened, will be achieved by soliciting proposals from qualified implementing agencies within Albania. Preliminary results from the partner assessment work undertaken by TAP indicate that there are a number of strong organizations with experience in agriculture and rural development. The following sections provide additional detail on the focus areas for proposals, eligibility criteria and evaluation process.
16 4.2.1 Livelihood Restoration & Strengthening
The livelihood assistance ‘Call for Proposals’ will encourage submissions which fall into the following four categories.
Land Parcel Preparation Projects
Land Parcel Preparation Projects (LPPPs), which provide • Exploring alternative income generating activities,, displaced households with previously cultivated land parcels and providing the support required (i.e. training, start-up who intend to continue farming following land reinstatement, capital) to transition to these new activities; with appropriate assistance to support their efforts to rapidly resume farming. Types of support could include the provision • Exploring availability of existing (or forthcoming) of additional manual labor to help farmers prepare their plot government and/or EU funding programs for agricultural for planting and/or access to tractor services. It could also initiatives which the PAP might qualify for and include improved access (i.e. discounted cost through theassistance they would require in preparing bulk purchasing) to necessary fertilizers, seedlings and and submitting applications. insecticides. For perennial crop farmers who will be restricted from re-cultivating these deep-rooted crops within the safety zone on their affected parcel, technical and in-kind support would be provided in assessing alternative crops that could be planted in the restricted area, and in preparing for their cultivation.
Perennial Tree Growers Project
The focus of these interventions will be on the livelihood needs of Project-affected people who rely on the cultivation and harvesting of perennial trees, and who will be restricted from replanting these deep rooted trees within the pipeline safety zone. Each interested PAP will be entitled to a consultation session with an agricultural expert, who will assist them with preparation of individualized livelihood restoration plans covering such areas as:Options for cultivating alternative crops which are not deep rooted but of similar economic value within the safety zone area of their affected land parcel;
• Options for cultivating alternative crops which are not deep rooted but of similar economic value within the safety zone;
• Enhancing the productive (and/or market) value of remaining perennial trees on their affected land parcel;
• Introducing new or enhancing existing cultivation on landholdings owned by PAP outside the Project area;
The focus of these interventions will be on the livelihood needs of Project-affected people.
17 Agricultural Improvement Projects
Agricultural Improvement Projects (AIPs) will be initiated in key areas along the pipeline route to provide technical support and training for interested affected households to assess the benefits of and adopt improved agricultural practices on their land parcels. AIPs would provide training to farmers to learn and work with improved agricultural practices in the period prior to their land parcel being reinstated and returned to them. Following land reinstatement, participating farmers would be provided with improved inputs and additional training to ensure the rapid adoption of improved practices.
AIPs would need to be tailored to the specific community context and the agricultural needs of PAPs along the pipeline route where they will be established. Possible components include:
• Training of community-farmer trainers (i.e. training PAPs who in turn become Farmer-trainers in their communities);
• Establishment of household demonstration farms;
• Technical support to displaced farmers;
• Assistance with accreditation and certification of agricultural/livestock related products;
• Avenues for accessing upgraded farm equipment + improved agricultural inputs.
AIPs would provide training to farmers to learn and work with improved agricultural practices in the period prior to their land parcel being reinstated. LEA-Affected Household Business Development Grants
The LEA-Affected Household Business Development Grants The micro-grants would be structured in a step manner that program would provide members of eligible LEA-affected provide an initial start-up grant for selected households with households with business development micro-grants the possibility of a larger development grant based on the intended to capitalize on promising household business performance and success of the first grant. initiatives. Micro-grants would enable households that are Priority would be given to businesses proposed by able to demonstrate a clear understanding of financial women, youth, and where possible those proposed by management and small business skills to access capital to vulnerable persons within LEA-affected households. The expand existing or develop new micro-household business detailed eligibility and selection process will be clearly ideas. By focusing on those displaced households that communicated to Project-affected households. have demonstrated financial management capacity, the success rate of micro-grants will be increased while providing other displaced households with community based models of successful household businesses. 20 Livelihood Assistance and Transitional Support (Albania) 4.2.2 Eligibility Criteria
Organizations eligible to submit proposals through the LATS Call for Proposal process must be a legally registered entity within Albania, with demonstrated capacity to execute the program they are proposing and able to meet TAP’s compliance and code of conduct requirements.
4.2.3 Proposal Evaluation
Evaluation criteria will include the extent to which proposals meet the following:
• Targets the aforementioned priority groups from within the population of people affected by LEA;
• Provides incentives to PAPs to invest their compensation into restoring and strengthening their current agricultural activities ;
• Contributes to the restoration and improvement of agricultural productivity particularly in areas where LEA impacts are elevated and with priority groups within the Project-affected population;
• Demonstrates that the livelihood-related needs and interests of women and youth within Projectaffected households have been taken into consideration;
• Includes clear evidence of support for the proposal by key stakeholders in Project-affected areas, in particular Project-affected people themselves;
• Aligns with the rural development priorities of local and regional government;
• Includes a strong monitoring component to track progress, performance and financial compliance;
A work plan for implementing the proposal call process is included in Section 9 and will be launched in the fourth quarter of 2016.
21 4.3 Transitional Support for vulnerable People
Vulnerable persons are defined by the EBRD as those who, to sign amicable agreements but who are unable to “by virtue of gender, ethnicity, age, physical or mental do so because they lack the necessary ownership disability, economic disadvantage, or social status, may documentation to receive compensation in a timely be more adversely affected by land access than others, manner. Further, during the Land Notification and Entry and who may be limited in their ability to claim or take activities conducted by TAP EPC Contractors, LEA advantage of displacement assistance and related has accompanied and monitored the process to (i) development benefits”. reinforce messages delivered to PAPs during the Land Acquisition Process; (ii) provide support and information as Further, standards require that particular attention be paid required and (iii) continue to nurture the good to the needs of the poor and vulnerable in displacement relationships established with affected PAPs and planning. Project proponents are expected to identify communities. Any PAPs who might require special individuals and groups whose welfare may be differentially assistance through the construction and land exit phase or disproportionately diminished by the project because of continue to be identified and their needs accommodated. their disadvantaged or vulnerable status; and where such groups are identified, propose and implement measures A ‘Vulnerable Household Watch List’ has been developed to mitigate adverse impacts on these groups. Projects that to assist with the continuous identification and monitoring do not undertake these types of intervention raise the risk of of those PAPs requiring special accommodations, and/ exacerbating existing vulnerability and even creating new or considered to be at an elevated risk of being more poverty. adversely affected by the land access process than others. This preliminary list has been compiled by the LEA, based Vulnerability may be either pre-existing (present in a primarily on flagging households within the LEA census Project Area prior to the start of Project activities) or Project- and socio-economic database using the vulnerable induced (a result of Project activities). There are also assessment tool presented in Figure 3. Some ‘vulnerable’ instances where a person already considered vulnerable PAPs have been referred by the SLA teams and TAP’s experiences a worsening of their situation as a result of stakeholder engagement and grievance management a Project. The Transitional Support component of LATS is staff. aimed at individuals and households at a higher risk of experiencing negative impacts as a result of TAP’s land easement and acquisition program.
The LEA Team has been supporting PAPs deemed ‘vulnerable’ as a result of pre-existing challenges related to health, mobility and comprehension issues throughout the Census and Asset Inventory (CAI) and Secure Land Access (SLA) process. This assistance has taken a number of forms including organization of information meetings and contract signing with vulnerable PAPs in their homes and in the presence of family members and others within the PAP’s support network. LEA has also assisted PAPs with transportation to banks to meet with notaries and to process compensation payments and has included banking representatives as part of their SLA meetings to assist PAPs who lack bank accounts to establish them. Since April 2016, LEA has been assisting PAPs willing
22 Project proponents are 4.3.1 Transitional Support Components The Transitional Support program will involve a four expected to identify staged process, as illustrated in Figure 4. It will be implemented through a third party organization, individuals and groups identified through the LATS call for proposal process, with experience working with vulnerable whose welfare may groups in Project areas. A number of potential implementing agencies have been identified be differentially or through research undertaken recently by the Social disproportionately and Environmental Investment Team. diminished by the Figure 3: Transitional Support Program for project because of Vulnerable PAPs their disadvantaged or vulnerable status. Vulnerable Watch List
Establish criteria for identifying potentially vulnerable Projectaffected people/ households (PAH), formalize referral process + continuously update Watch LIst
Screening + Home Visit Assessment
Implementing agency reviews watch list + contacts eligible PAHs to gather further information on vulnerability , special needs and recommends individualized transitional support plans
Eligibility Review
LEA reviews implementing agencies recommendations for transitional support
Provision of Support & Follow-up
Forms of support will be tailored to each PAH but could include: assistance in accessing existing local services, prioritized consideration in other livelihood assistance initiatives, or in exceptional cases cash and/or in-kind support
23 24 Livelihood Assistance and Transitional Support (Albania) 4.4 Screening Process
• The first step in the screening process is the Vulnerable Watch List compiled by the LEA Social Advisor. Available LEA will review the information on the Project-affected households on the Watch List will be further reviewed by the Transitional Support findings of the household implementing agency, and a determination made to contact the PAP to arrange a home visit. The home visit is part assessments and ensure of the formal and confidential screening and assessment process to gather information on the following: appropriate approval
• Circumstances of the household including details on the from TAP is secured, for challenges they face, and potential impacts resulting from TAP’s land access and acquisition activities, particularly with cases where referral to an respect to food security; • Details on the implications of vulnerability, including: existing service provider mobility issues, comprehension capacity, level of available social support; and future follow-up is not • Conclusion on categorization as vulnerable and recommendations regarding proposed forms of support. sufficient, and exceptional
Individualized transitional support plans will consider the assistance is being following types of assistance. recommended. • Specialized support in the SLA process (i.e. PAPs not having proper legal documents); • Monitoring support requirements and/or prioritized consideration in the land reinstatement process, and livelihoods assistance programs; • Where specific benefits provided by Government or other institutions may exist that affected PAPs are unaware of or have been unable to secure, provide assistance in reviewing with the relevant organisations their eligibility for such social benefits and in submitting applications for consideration; • Exceptional assistance (i.e. medical assistance) for a defined transition period where there is a high risk to a household of experiencing hardship as a result of the TAP Project (where appropriate, the Household Food Insecurity Access Scale (HFIAS) can be used as a method of assessing and monitoring changes to the level of food insecurity within a vulnerable household).
LEA will establish an internal process to review and approve the implementing partner recommendations for support within agreed upon parameters.
No decisions on eligibility will be made during the Home Visit. Rather, it will be an information gathering exercise based on an assessment tool developed by the implementing agency contracted to deliver this program. This will be clearly communicated to the household. LEA will review the findings of the household assessments and ensure appropriate approval from TAP is secured, for cases where referral to an existingservice provider and future follow-up is not sufficient, and exceptional assistance is being recommended.
25 4.5 Livelihood assistance and transitional support – special cases
Although no impacts to the livelihoods of areas residents who rely on fishing in the land fall area are anticipated, LEA will assess any case identified through the grievance mechanism or by TAP’s stakeholder engagement staff for appropriate livelihood assistance and/or transitional support.
26 5. Linkages to project benefits and opportunities
LEA will endeavor to ensure that Project-affected people are identified and included in any communication or stakeholder engagement strategy, and to identify ways in which PAPs can be involved in investment planning and implementation. LEA monitoring will include collecting project data which tracks the participation of people directly affected by TAP land easement and acquisition in their projects, in particular those PAPs considered ‘vulnerable’.
LEA will review Contractor employment and training implementation plans to better understand how contractors intend to recruit workers from local communities, and provide input to ESMS on the communication strategy to ensure members of Project-affected households, in particular youth, are informed of how these opportunities can be accessed. Again, any available data which can be gleaned from the contractors (or through local employment registries) on PAPs who are able to access employment opportunities related to TAP will be collected as part of LEA monitoring.
27 28 Livelihood Assistance and Transitional Support (Albania) 6. LATS Disclosure
The LATS Program will be presented at a series of meetings with key stakeholders (including community meetings with PAPs) and a brochure developed and distributed. It will be uploaded to the TAP website, and will be made available at all TAP regional offices in the local language.
29 7. Workplan and Staffing
A six month work plan to establish LATS is outlined in Table 4. The LEA team will manage directly the implementation of LATS. The LATS call for proposals will be launched in the fourth quarter of 2016.
Table 5: Work Plan
Task Name Month 1 Month 2 Month 3 Month 4 Month 5 Month 6
1. Permanent Land-take Study Confirm land-take schedule
Define study scope Develop survey tool Train interviewers + Prepare data base Collect + input data Prepare study report + recommendations 2. LATS Call for Proposal Process Launch call for EOIs
Prepare presentation material + conduct Informayion Sessions Review submitted concept papers
Internal review + approval for proceeding with detailed proposals Internal review of detailed proposals
Announce approved projects + sign contracts Monitor implementation 3. Transitional Support Establish Vulnerable Watchlist + referral process Define special support needs during land entry/exit + monitor
Finalize eligibility criteria + scope of work for implementing partner
Review EOI’s Request detailed proposal Review proposal + sign contract
Monitor implementation
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