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National NGO Monitoring of Baku-Tbilisi Ceyhan Oil Pipeline NATIONAL NGO MONITORING OF AZERBAIJAN SECTION OF BAKU-TBILISI CEYHAN (BTC) OIL PIPELINE MONITORING WORKING GROUP ON ASSESSMENT OF SOCIAL IMPACTS OF BTC PIPELINE DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE F I N A L R E P O R T Members of the Monitoring Group: Gulaya Guliyeva, Coordinator, Merhemet (Charity) Foundation Ilham Huseynli, Evaluator, Public Union for Socio-Strategic Studies and Analytical Research Mirvari Gahramanly, Group Member, Committee for the Protection of Oil Workers Rights Zohrab Ismayilov, Group Member, Free Economy Centre Shahin Ramazanov, Group Member, Ojag Public Union Tamkin Eminli, Group Member, Azerbaijan Diabetes League Baku-2005 DISCLAIMER The contents of this report should be treated as the opinions and conclusions of the monitoring group members. In no way does this report reflect the policies or views of the project sponsor or any other organisation concerned. The authors are solely responsible for any mistakes in this report. The report reflects the results of the monitoring conducted by various means. However, for reasons beyond our will, in some cases, it was not possible to learn the views of all of the parties concerned. All group members signatory hereto are in agreement with the contents of this report. Signatures: Gulaya Guliyeva ____________________ Ilham Huseynli ____________________ Zohrab Ismayilov ____________________ Mirvari Gahramanly ____________________ Shahin Ramazanov ____________________ Tamkin Eminli ____________________ Gulaye Guliyeva Ilham Huseynli Zohrab Ismayilov Coordinator Evaluator Group Member Mirvari Gahramanly Shahin Ramazanov Tamkin Eminli Group Member Group Member Group Member 2 Experts: Ehtiram Soltanoglu, Scientific-Technological Progress and Education Foundation Azad Aliyev, Public Union for Socio-Economic Research Mushfig Huseynov, Himayadar Relief Organisation Ehtiram Soltanoglu Azad Aliyev Mushfig Huseynov Expert Expert Sociologist 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY...................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 ACHIEVEMENTS....................................................................................................................... 3 1.2 FINDINGS .............................................................................................................................. 4 1.3 PROPOSALS AND RECOMMENDATION .......................................................................................... 6 2. EVALUATOR’S STATEMENT.............................................................................................................................. 8 3. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................ 10 4. METHODOLOGY................................................................................................................................................. 11 5. MONITORING IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY........................................................................................ 12 6. RESULTS OF SURVEYS AND INTERVIEWS.............................................................................................. 13 6.1. RESULTS OF QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS REGARDING THE FULFILMENT OF COMMITMENTS OF THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT PROGRAMME (CIP)...........................................................................15 6.2. RESULTS OF QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS ON IMPACTS OF BTC CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES ON THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE .......................................................................................18 7. ANALYSIS OF MONITORING FINDINGS................................................................................................... 22 7.1. ACHIEVEMENTS.....................................................................................................................22 7.2 FINDINGS ......................................................................................ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED. 7.3. PROPOSALS AND RECOMMENDATIONS:......................................................................................34 7.4. RESULTS OF MONITORING FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS: ..................................................... 1 8. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ..................................................................................................................................... 1 9. ANNEX AND REFERENCES ............................................................................................................................... 1 APPENDIX 1: BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF 2004 ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED ON BEHALF OF BTC IN VARIOUS COMMUNITIES UNDER CIP PROJECTS:.........................................1 1. Executive Summary This present report sponsored by the Open Society Institute-Assistance Foundation (OSI-AF). It reflects the activities conducted within the framework of the project on “Monitoring Social Impact of Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) Pipeline on Local Communities Residing along the Pipeline Route.” Objectives of monitoring: 1. Study and assessment of the implementation of Community Investment Programme (CIP) in compliance with BP/BTC commitments 2. Study and assessment of the impacts of BTC construction activities on the local communities and infrastructure 3. Study and assessment of the working conditions and social status of local workers currently and previously involved in BTC pipeline construction The purpose of the CIP is to make a positive contribution to the sustainable socio-economic development of affected communities along the Azeri section of the BTC oil pipeline. In order to achieve the goal , the CIP sets up the following objectives (Reference: BP presentation materials on the CIP): • Improvement of social welfare and business opportunities of communities affected by BTC/SCP projects • Supporting community access to improved social infrastructure • Support for raising awareness on issues related to health and sanitation • Assistance to agricultural development in the regions along the pipeline route Prior to the monitoring, the working group held discussions with BP/BTC representatives from the relevant departments and listened to comprehensive presentations on BTC’s social commitments and Community Investment Programmer (CIP) strategy. These discussions addressed BTC activities aimed at fulfilling the obligations, as well as the company’s achievements and constraints. The working group also conducted a number of meetings with the BTC Social Performance and Social Investment Manager and numerous other responsible individuals, thus familiarising themselves with CIP goals and objectives and the strategy of its implementation. It was a concern to the group that although the monitoring was implemented during the last quarter of 2004, BP provided the monitoring group with information regarding the budget of the CIP implementing partners, namely four international NGOs, which related primarily to the first quarter of 2004. The monitoring of both CIP and the impact of construction activities were implemented through the use of three major components: questionnaire survey, interviews (discussion) and observation (including photography and video filming). The group spent 60 days implementing the monitoring procedures. Firstly, group members conducted pilot monitoring lasting eight days. The monitoring aimed to define methodology and a unified approach for group members, as well as to make preparations for conducting the core section of the monitoring. After analysing the results of the pilot monitoring, group members split into three subgroups, with each group identifying its target areas and communities. The monitoring executed by each subgroup lasted for 16 days, totalling 48 days of monitoring. In addition, the working group monitored CCIC and Spie Capag-Petrofac operations for four days, two days per company. The monitoring statistics include: • Number of companies and organisations involved in discussions and questionnaire surveys (NGOs and companies directly or indirectly participating in BTC CIP) – 9 • Number of communities visited – 86 (in 11 regions) • Number of people contacted during the monitoring period – up to 3,000; including • Expats – 60, Citizens of Azerbaijan – up to 2,940 • Males – up to 2,400, females – up to 600 • Representatives of municipalities – 153 • Members of community groups – 328 • Representatives of organisations implementing CIP – 36 • Representatives of companies involved in BTC pipeline construction – 75; and, Respondents involved in questionnaire survey – 600 Number of interviewees – 338 Audio recording – 28 hours Video filming – 6 hours Number of photos – 202 We would like to note that although there were 600 respondents involved in the questionnaire survey, only 479 questionnaires were valid. This is for the reason that 19 questionnaires were left almost entirely blank and 102 were incomplete or completed improperly without observing survey procedures. Consequently, it was impossible to summarise the results of these questionnaires. We would like to d stress that, due to a shortage of time and other reasons beyond our control, it was impossible to undertake a classical, random selection of respondents. In other words, the working group maintained a balance among communities and involved those community members in the questionnaire survey, with whom the working group had met and who had agreed to participate. This method can be considered to be a mixture of quota sampling and opportunistic
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