Solar Power Plant Project Stakeholder Engagement Plan
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CONSORTIUM EDF RENEWABLES - MASDAR - GREEN OF AFRICA Province of Midelt NOOR MIDELT I - Solar power plant project Stakeholder Engagement Plan SEP CL June 2019 Draa-Tafilalet NOOR MIDELT I SOLAR POWER PLANT PROJECT This report was written with the collaboration of: Drafting Verification Validation Object of Date Index the index Name Signature Name Signature Name Signature Report June 2019 01 C.Léger C.Léger C.Léger Contract / report number: SEP Case number: A 1330 Technical field: Environment PHENIXA – filiale BURGEAP 7, rue Kadi Hammadi Senhaji, Pinede, Souissi, 10 180 Rabat NOOR MIDELT I SOLAR POWER PLANT PROJECT Stakeholder Engagement Plan TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction .................................................................................................. 5 2. Objectives of the Stakeholder Engagement Plan ...................................... 5 3. Regulations and requirements ................................................................... 5 3.1 National requirements ........................................................................................... 5 3.2 IFC Requirements ................................................................................................... 6 3.2.1 Stakeholder Engagement ........................................................................................... 7 3.2.2 External Communications and Grievance Mechanisms ............................................. 8 4. Stakeholder identification and analysis ..................................................... 8 4.1 Identified stakeholders .......................................................................................... 8 4.2 Vulnerable Stakeholders ..................................................................................... 10 5. Public consultation .................................................................................... 10 5.1 Public Inquiry under Law 12-03 .......................................................................... 11 5.2 Public consultation meeting for the FESIA ....................................................... 11 5.3 Public consultation meeting for the SESIA ....................................................... 11 6. Stakeholder engagement plan .................................................................. 11 6.1 Activities and timeline ......................................................................................... 11 6.2 Grievance Mechanism ......................................................................................... 12 6.2.1 Scope ....................................................................................................................... 13 6.2.2 Publicizing Grievance Management Procedures ...................................................... 13 6.2.3 Submitting a Grievance ............................................................................................ 13 6.2.4 Receiving Grievance ................................................................................................ 14 6.2.5 Reviewing and Investigating Grievances ................................................................. 14 6.2.6 Grievance Resolution Options and Responses ........................................................ 14 7. Monitoring and evaluation ........................................................................ 16 7.1 Process Monitoring and Reporting .................................................................... 16 7.2 Compliance Auditing ........................................................................................... 16 TABLE Table 1: List of Stakeholders ............................................................................................................................. 8 Table 2: Stakeholder Engagement Plan - Activities and Timeline .................................................................. 11 Table 4: Key monitoring indicators .................................................................................................................. 16 SEP CL June 2019 Page 3/16 NOOR MIDELT I SOLAR POWER PLANT PROJECT Stakeholder Engagement Plan ABRÉVIATIONS Abréviation Signification AFD Agence Française de Développement AfDB African Development Bank CNEIE Committee National de EIE EIA Environmental Impact Assessment EIB European Investment Bank EPC Engineering, Procurement and Construction FESIA Framework Environmental and Social Impact Assessment GDI Gender Development Index HDI Human Development Index IFC International Finance Corporation INDH Initiative Nationale pour le Développement Humain (National Initiative for Human Development KfW Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau MASEN Moroccan Agency for Solar Energy O&M Operation and Maintenance ONEE Office National d’Electricité et de d’Eau Potable PS Performance Standards on Environmental and Social Sustainability SEP Stakeholder Engagement Plan SESIA Specific Environmental and Social Impact Assessment UNDP United Nations Development Program WB World Bank WHO World Health Organisation SEP CL June 2019 Page 4/16 NOOR MIDELT I SOLAR POWER PLANT PROJECT Stakeholder Engagement Plan 1. Introduction 1. Introduction The Moroccan Agency for Solar Energy (MASEN), the public company that sponsors solar energy in the Kingdom of Morocco, has declared EDF Renewables - Masdar – Green of Africa - as winning bidder to develop the NOOR Midelt I project within the NOOR Solar Power Complex (the Complex). The Complex is located within the Zaida and Mibladen commune in the province of Midelt, Morocco. EDF Renewables – Masdar – Green of Africa will be responsible for the design, engineering, procurement, , construction, permitting, completion, start-up, testing, commissioning, operation and maintenance of the solar power plant for a 25-year period. The project have to be compliant with environmental and social Moroccan standards and with international requirements : World Bank/International Finance Corporation (IFC) Performance Standards (PS) on Environmental and Social Sustainability (2012) KfW Sustainability Guidelines AfDB Environmental Safeguard Policies EIB environmental and social standards AFD Environmental Safeguard Requirements A stakeholder engagement plan during the lifetime of the project is a requirement of the international requirements. 2. Objectives of the Stakeholder Engagement Plan Stakeholders are persons or groups of communities who are directly or indirectly affected by a project, as well as those who may have interests in a project and/or the ability to influence its outcome, either positively or negatively. Stakeholders may include locally affected communities or individuals and their formal and informal representatives, national or local government authorities, politicians, religious leaders, civil society organizations and groups with special interests, or other businesses. Stakeholder engagement is an on-going process that starts at the SESIA phase and should extend through the lifetime of the project. Stakeholder engagement involves a range of activities such as public disclosure of appropriate information, consultation with stakeholders, and mechanisms by which people can make comments and raise grievances. This Stakeholder Engagement Plan has been prepared with the aim of: Identify the stakeholder engagement requirements; Outline a systematic approach to build and maintain a constructive relationship with the project stakeholders; and Set up a system to appropriately manage and respond to grievances from the local communities and other stakeholders. 3. Regulations and requirements This chapter presents the regulations and requirements specifically related to stakeholder engagement. The applicable environmental and social legislation and requirements are provided in detail in the SESIA. 3.1 National requirements The requirements for public information as part of the environmental and social impact studies are established by Decree No. 2-04-564 of 5 Kaada 1429 (November 4th 2008) that “establish the procedure for organizing and holding the public inquiry for projects subject to environmental and social impact studies" under Law No. 12-03 related to environmental impact studies and promulgated by Dahir No. 1-03-60 of 10 rabii I 1424 (May l2th 2003). The main provisions of this decree are: The request to open a public inquiry is filed by the petitioner accompanied by a file including the following documents in Arabic and French languages: a fact sheet highlighting the main technical characteristics of the project submitted to a public inquiry; SEP CL June 2019 Page 5/16 NOOR MIDELT I SOLAR POWER PLANT PROJECT Stakeholder Engagement Plan 3. Regulations and requirements a non-technical summary of the draft impact assessment, i.e. a clear and comprehensible document for the public including the information and main data contained in the EIA, specially including those related to the positive and / or negative impacts of the project on the environment and the measures envisaged to eliminate, reduce or offset any adverse effects of the project on the environment; a site plan indicating the limits of the expected impact zone of the project. The public inquiry is opened by order of the prefecture or province’s concerned governor within a period not exceeding ten (10) working days from the date of the request. The conduct of the public inquiry is entrusted to a committee chaired by the local administrative authority of the place where the project will be implemented and is composed of: president (s) of the municipality or municipalities