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RP613 Public Disclosure Authorized H olding Company for Water and Wastewater Integrated SanitationResettlement and Sewerag ePolicy Infra sFrameworktructure Pro ject (ISSIP) Public Disclosure Authorized Resettlement Po licy Framework For The Integrated Sewerage and Sanitation Infrastructure Project In Beheira, Kafr El Sheikh And Gharbeya Governorates Public Disclosure Authorized August 2007 August 2007 Public Disclosure Authorized RPF LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS GLOSSARY LIST OF TABLES BOXES INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………………………... 1 A. Proposed Framework .................................................................................................. 2 B. Objectives of the Framework ...................................................................................... 2 C. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF POSSIBLE REQUIRING LAND ACQUISITION AND / OR 3 RESETTLEMENT……………………………………………………………………. SECTION 1: LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK FOR RESETTLEMENT ....................... 4 1.1 Government of Egypt Relevant Legislation .............................................................. 4 1.2 Administrative Authority’s Decision Making Responsibilities................................. 4 1.3 Legal and Administrative Procedures for Transfer of Ownership and 6 Compensation ............................................................................................................ 1.4 Disputes...................................................................................................................... 8 1.5 Temporary Expropriation of Real Estate ................................................................... 8 1.6 Introduction of New Articles to the Law on Property Expropriation for Public 10 Benefit No. 10 of 1990..................................................................................................... 1.7 World Bank Safeguard Policies................................................................................. 11 1.8 Gaps between Egyptian regulations and World Bank policies…………………… 11 SECTION 2: ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR AFFECTED PERSONS……………………… 14 2.1Defining Affected Persons.......................................................................................... 14 2.2 Eligibility Criteria ...................................................................................................... 15 SECTION 3:METHODS OF VALUATION OF AFFECTED ASSETS AND COMPENSATION 17 3.1Asset Valuation........................................................................................................... 17 3.2 Compensation ............................................................................................................ 17 3.3 Entitlement Matrix..................................................................................................... 18 SECTION 4: INCORPORATING RESETTLEMENT AND COMPENSATION PLANNING 27 INTO THE ISSIP PROJECT CYCLE 4.1Institutional and Organizational Context…………………………………………. 27 4.2 Proposed Preparation Process……………………………………………………. 27 4.2.1 Project Screening ………………………………………………………… 27 4.2.2 Preparation of the Socio-Economic Survey………………………………. 28 4.2.3 Preparation of Resettlement Action Plans………………………………... 28 4.3 Sub Project Appraisal and Approval …………………………………………….. 29 4.4 Sub Project Implementation………………………………………………………. 29 4.4.1 Contracts and Payments of Compensation to Affected Peoples……………. 29 4.4.2 Grievance and Redress Mechanisms……………………………………… 30 4.5 Resettlement Monitoring and Evaluation Arrangement………………………… 30 4.5.1 Internal Monitoring……………………………………………………….. 30 EcoConServ RPF 4.5.2 External Monitoring and Evaluation……………………………………….. 31 4.6 Public Consultation and Disclosure………………………………………………. 32 4.7 Sources of Funding for RAPs…………………………………………………….. 33 References……………………………………………………………………………. 34 LIST OF TABLES Table 1: Comparison of Egyptian Regulations with World Bank policies………………………. 11 Table 2: Criteria for Eligibility (OP 4.12)………………………………………………………. 15 Table 3: Replacement Cost for Tangible Assets…………………………………………………. 17 Table 4: Entitlement Matrix for Affected Persons……………………………………………….. 19 Table 5: Verifiable Indicators for Monitoring and Evaluating the Implementation of RAPs…… 31 BOXES Box 1: Possible Losses from Land Acquisition in Rural Areas ……………………….. 14 EcoConServ RPF LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS AP Affected Persons CDA Community Development Association EA Environmental Assessment EIA Environmental Impact Assessment ESA Environmental and Social Assessment IR Involuntary Resettlement LDU Local Development Unit NGO Non Governmental Organization PAF Project Affected Family PAP Project Affected Persons RAP Resettlement Action Plan RPF Resettlement Policy Framework SRO Social and Resettlement Officer TOR Terms of Reference WB World Bank EcoConServ RPF GLOSSARY1 Census: Household survey that covers all affected persons irrespective of entitlement or ownership. It provides a complete inventory of all affected persons and their assets. It can be used to minimize fraudulent claims made by people who move into the area affected by the project in the hope of being compensated and/or resettled. Displaced Persons: Persons who are affected by the involuntary taking of land and / or the involuntary restriction of access to legally designated parks and protected areas. Environmental Impact: An effect (both positive and negative) on an environmental resource or value resulting from infrastructure development projects. Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA): A systematic procedure for enabling the possible environmental and social impacts of development projects to be considered before a decision is made as to whether the project should be given approval to proceed. Involuntary: Actions that may be taken without the displaced person’s informed consent or power of choice. Involuntary Resettlement (IR): The unavoidable displacement of people and/or impact on their livelihood, assets and common property resulting from development projects that create the need for rebuilding their livelihood, sources of income and asset bases. Monitoring: The process of repeated observations and measurements of environmental and social quality parameters to assess and enable changes over a period of time. Public Involvement: The dialogue encompassing consultation and communication between a project proponent and the public. It includes dissemination, solicitation and presentation of information Rehabilitation/Resettlement: A term often used to describe the process of reestablishing lifestyles and livelihoods following resettlement. The term is also used to describe construction works that bring a deteriorated structure back to its original conditions. Resettlement Action Plan (RAP): A time-bound action plan with a budget, setting out resettlement strategy, objectives, options, entitlements, actions, approvals, responsibilities, monitoring and evaluation. Social Impact: An effect (both positive and negative) on a social issue resulting from infrastructure development projects 1 Sources: http://www.unescap.org, http://www.adb.org, World Bank OP 4.12, and SFD’s Operational Manual for the Local Development Program. EcoConServ RPF Stakeholders: Those who have an interest in project development and who will be involved in the consultative process, and includes any individual or group affected by, or that believes it is affected by the project; and any individual or group that can plan a significant role in shaping or affecting the project, either positively or negatively, including the host community/population. Vulnerable Groups: Distinct groups of people who might suffer excessively from resettlement effects, such as, the old, the young, the handicapped, the poor, isolated groups and single parents. EcoConServ RPF RESETTLEMENT POLICY FRAMEWORK INTRODUCTION The Integrated Sanitation and Sewerage Infrastructure Project (ISSIP) is launched for providing sanitation services to selected villages in the Nile Delta Region – specifically in the three Governorates of El Beheira, El Gharbeya and Kafr El-Sheikh. The ISSIP covers two areas geographically separated. The first is Mit Yazid Command Area (MYCA), and the second is Mahmoudia Command Area. MYCA is an area surrounding Mit Yazid Canal starting from the canal intake, from Bahr Shebin main canal, in the middle Nile Delta near Mahalla City, and ending at Lake Burullus in Northern Delta at Kafr El Sheikh Governorate. MCA covers a total area of about 265,000 feddans, in which most of it falls within Kafr El Sheikh Governorate in Markaz (cities or local units) of Kafr El Shiekh2, El Hamool, Biyala and El Reyad. The upstream southern part of MYCA is located in the Markaz of Mahalla and Qotor of Gharbeya Governorate. The total costs for covering both MYCA and MCA is estimated by about $ 330 millions, while the estimated costs for covering priority 1 areas is about $ 191 millions. Progressing in priority 1 areas through the planned interventions, to be financed by the GoE and the WB, will be undertaken in three phases. The identification of the project area is linked to a parallel project the "Integrated Irrigation Improvement Master Plan" currently implemented for the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation (MWRI). Its main objectives are the protection of water streams (canals and drains) that were recently subject to excessive pollution loads as a result of discharges of pollutants. The lack of adequate sanitation facilities and solid waste management tools has been the cause of pollution problems. Thus, the MWRI in collaboration with the HCWW identified