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Social Safeguard Due Diligence Report Uzbekistan Social Safeguard Due Diligence Report April 2021 Uzbekistan: Partial Credit Guarantee Facility for Uzbekistan Solar PPP Program Prepared by the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Uzbekistan for the Asian Development Bank. This social safeguard due diligence report is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of ADB's Board of Directors, Management, or staff, and may be preliminary in nature. Your attention is directed to the “terms of use” section of this website. In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area. Social Safeguard Due Diligence Report for Utility-Scale Solar Photovoltaic PPP Project in Sherabad District, Surkhandarya Region of the Republic of Uzbekistan (the "Project") Project no.: 54056-001 July 2020 THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN MINISTRY OF ENERGY SHERABAD SOLAR INDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCER PROJECT UZBEKISTAN SOCIAL SAFEGUARDS DUE DILLIGENCE REPORT SHERABAD July 2020 Version Date Created by Reviewed by Checked by Approved by DV, JG, TS DV, TS, (STR) V4 27.07.2020 FI, TN (ADB) FI, TN (ADB) (STR), NENU NENU DV, SR, JG, DV, TS, (STR) V3 15.07.2020 TN (ADB) (STR), NENU NENU DV, SR, JG DV, TS (STR), V2 15.06.2020 FI, TN (ADB) (STR), NENU NENU DV, SR, JG V1 08.06.2020 DV, TS (STR), FI, TN (ADB) (STR), NENU DV, SR, JG V0 17.04.2020 DV, TS (STR) FI, TN (ADB) (STR) www.suntrace.de iv DISCLAIMER Suntrace GmbH has elaborated this document in good faith and in order to provide a comprehensive documentation of the assessed data at its current status, based on the information available at the time of the study. However, Suntrace makes no warranty – implied or expressive – with respect to the accuracy, correctness, completeness or appropriateness of any information contained in this document. The information in this document is solely for the use of the Client identified above and may only be used for the agreed purpose. Suntrace GmbH undertakes no duty to or accepts no responsibility to any third party who may rely on this document. Suntrace GmbH has worked in great detail, used available information, and employed proven methodologies. Utmost care has been taken to produce this report. This document is prepared by the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Uzbekistan in cooperation with NENU. This social due diligence report is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of ADB's Board of Directors, Management, or staff, and may be preliminary in nature. In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area. In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area. All rights reserved. No section or element of this report may be removed, reproduced electronically stored or transmitted in any form without written permission of Suntrace GmbH. © Suntrace GmbH, 2020 CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (As of 3 July 2020) Currency unit – Uzbekistan sum (UZS) $1.00 = UZS 10,173 (https://nbu.uz/en/exchange- rates/) www.suntrace.de v Table of Contents DISCLAIMER .......................................................................................................................... V 1 PROJECT BACKGROUND ............................................................................................... 1 2 DUE DILIGENCE ON LAND ACQUISITION AND INVOLUNTARY RESETTLEMENT .... 9 2.1 Assessment of Impact on the Solar Plant and the Substation Location ............... 9 2.2 Assessment of Impact of the Transmission Lines ................................................ 10 2.3 Site Visits and Sharing Information ........................................................................ 13 2.4 Information Disclosure ............................................................................................. 16 3 SOCIO ECONOMIC PROFILE OF THE PROJECT COMMUNITES ............................... 17 3.1 Background ...............................................................................................................17 3.2 Profile of the Project Area ........................................................................................ 17 3.3 Profile of the Project Villages .................................................................................. 21 4 GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISMS ........................................................................ 24 5 POLICY AND LEGAL FRAMEWORK ............................................................................. 28 5.1 LAR Laws, Regulations and Provisions in Uzbekistan ......................................... 28 5.2 ADB Safeguard Policy Statement, 2009 ................................................................. 43 5.3 Comparison of ADB SS 2009 and Uzbekistan’s Applicable LAR Policies .......... 45 5.4 Core LAR Policy Principle for the Project .............................................................. 51 6 ENTITLEMENTS, ASSISTANCE AND BENEFITS ......................................................... 52 6.1 Compensation Eligibility .......................................................................................... 52 6.2 Compensation Entitlements .................................................................................... 52 7 INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS .............................................................................. 56 8 MONITORING ..................................................................................................................58 9 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS .................................................................. 59 ANNEXES ..............................................................................................................................60 ANNEX 1: PROJECT INFORMATION BROCHURE AND ENTITLEMENT MATRIX ........... 60 ANNEX 2: GRM FORMS TEMPLATES ................................................................................ 71 ANNEX 3: PLANNED CONSULTATIONS DOCUMENTS .................................................... 74 ANNEX 4: UPDATING SDDR AND LAPR PREPARATION ACTION PLAN ....................... 76 ANNEX 5: RESOLUTION CABINET OF MINISTERS OF THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN ABOUT MEASURES TO IMPROVE THE PROVISION OF PROVIDING LAND PLOTS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF URBAN PLANNING ACTIVITIES AND OTHER NON-AGRICULTURAL NEEDS ...................................................................................................................................78 ANNEX 6: POWER PLANT LAND DOCUMENTS ................................................................ 90 ANNEX 7: EXTRACTS FROM THE LAND CODE RELATED TO THE ALLOCATION OF LAND ...............................................................................................................................................92 www.suntrace.de vi List of Tables Table 1: The Area of Land Plots under OHTL Supports, Allocated for Permanent Use .......... 7 Table 2: Type and Number of Towers for the OHTL ................................................................ 8 Table 3: Typical Value of ROWs ............................................................................................ 10 Table 4:Face-to-face Discussions with People in the Project Area ........................................ 15 Table 5: Agricultural Produce in Sherabad for 2019 .............................................................. 18 Table 6: Agricultural Produce in Qiziriq for 2019 .................................................................... 19 Table 7: Agricultural Produce in Jarkurgan for 2019 .............................................................. 20 Table 8: Demographic Profile of the Project Villages ............................................................. 21 Table 9: Economic Profile of the Project Villages ................................................................... 22 Table 10: Facilities in the Project Villages .............................................................................. 22 Table 11: Grievance Resolution Process ............................................................................... 25 Table 12: Comparison between SPS 2009 and National Legislation and Policies Related to LAR ...............................................................................................................................................46 Table 13: Project-Specific Entitlement Matrix ......................................................................... 53 List of Figures Figure 1: Proposed site for PV plant ........................................................................................ 3 Figure 2: Surkhan SS Overview ............................................................................................... 4 Figure 3: Proposed Transmission Line Route and preliminary interconnection scheme ......... 7 Figure 4: Standard Tower Footings .........................................................................................
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