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UWSSSP Semi-Annual Safeguards Monitoring Report Jan-Jun20 Final Environmental and Social Monitoring Report January 2021 SOL: Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project Prepared by Solomon Islands Water Authority, trading as Solomon Water, for the Asian Semi-Annual Safeguards Monitoring Report January - June 2020 Solomon Islands: Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project Semi-Annual Safeguards Monitoring Report January – June 2020 Project Management Unit Solomon Water Honiara Solomon Islands January 2021 Prepared by Solomon Water for the Asian Development Bank and World Bank This Semi-annual Safeguards Monitoring 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. Loan No: 3826-SOL: Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project ADB Grant 0662-SOL Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project ADB Grant No. 0663-Sol: Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project European Union Loan World Bank: Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project Project No: 51271-00 Semi-Annual Safeguards Report: Solomon Islands Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project January - June 2020 ABBREVIATIONS ADB Asian Development Bank CCP Communication and consultation plan (for the project) CESMP Construction environmental and social management plan (prepared by the contractor) DBO Design Build Operate DCA Development Consent Agreement EARF Environmental and Review Framework ECD Environment Conservation Department (within MECDM) EHSG Environmental, Health, and Safety Guidelines (of the World Bank Group) EMP Environmental management plan EUB European Union Bank FGD Focus group discussion GRM Grievance redress mechanism HAEP Hygiene awareness and education program IEE Initial environmental examination IES International environment specialist (of the DSC) LARP Land Acquisition and Resettlement Plan MECDM Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology MMERE Ministry of Mines, Energy and Rural Electrification MID Ministry of Infrastructure Development MOFT Ministry of Finance and Treasury PER Public environment report PMU Project Management Unit (in SW) PSC Project Steering Committee PPA Project Preparation Assistance PRF Project Readiness Financing ROW Right of Way RF Resettlement Framework RP Resettlement Plan SBD Solomon Islands Dollar SW Solomon Islands Water Authority trading as Solomon Water SPS Safeguard Policy Statement 2009 (of ADB) TOR Terms of Reference USD United States Dollar WASH Water, Sanitation and Hygiene WB World Bank WS Water Supply UWSSSP Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project WTP Water Treatment Plant WBSP World Bank Safeguard Policies 2 Semi-Annual Safeguards Report: Solomon Islands Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project January - June 2020 Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................. 5 1 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................... 7 1.1 Background .................................................................................................... 7 1.2 Project description .......................................................................................... 7 1.3 Purpose .......................................................................................................... 8 2 PROJECT PROGRESS .......................................................................................... 8 2.1 Project overview ............................................................................................. 8 2.2 Safeguards plans: implementation arrangements ........................................ 10 2.3 Safeguard Documentation and Instruments ................................................. 12 2.4 Updated EMPs and LARPs .......................................................................... 13 3 ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE MONITORING ......................................... 14 3.1 Status of EMP implementation (mitigation measures) ................................. 14 3.2 Environmental effect monitoring ................................................................... 14 4 INVOLUNTARY RESETTLEMENT PERFORMANCE MONITORING ................. 14 4.1 Status of implementation of LARPs .............................................................. 14 4.2 Outstanding resettlement activities .............................................................. 19 5 COMPLIANCE WITH SAFEGUARDS RELATED PROJECT COVENANTS ...... 19 6 PUBLIC CONSULTATION, INFORMATION DISCLOSURE, CAPACITY BUILDING ............................................................................................................. 20 6.1 Public consultation activities ......................................................................... 20 6.2 Planned consultation activities for July-Dec 2020 ........................................ 25 6.3 Capacity building .......................................................................................... 25 7 GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISM (GRM) .................................................... 25 8 CONCLUSION ...................................................................................................... 28 8.1 Conclusions .................................................................................................. 28 8.2 Recommendations for implementation and corrective actions ..................... 28 APPENDICES ........................................................................................................... 29 Appendix 1: Approval process time line ................................................................ 29 Appendix 2: Status of Resettlement Plans ............................................................. 30 Appendix 3: Photographs ....................................................................................... 31 Appendix 4: Sample Resettlement Agreement ...................................................... 34 Appendix 5: GRM Register .................................................................................... 37 3 Semi-Annual Safeguards Report: Solomon Islands Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project January - June 2020 List of Tables 4 Semi-Annual Safeguards Report: Solomon Islands Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project January - June 2020 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This is the first seMi-annual Social and Environmental Safeguards Monitoring report for the period January to July, 2020. This report was compiled by the Solomon Islands Water Authority. The outputs of the loan project are to iMprove access to safe water 5 Semi-Annual Safeguards Report: Solomon Islands Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project January - June 2020 Three grievances raised were for the Kongulai Water TreatMent project, two of which were resolved, and the other has been through the SW GRM process, but the decision that the grievance is not justified, has not been accepted by the complainant, who has written through their lawyer, to say that they intend to take the case to the SI courts. Extensive coMMunity consultation has been undertaken at all sites and stakeholder management plans covering all aspects of the projects from planning to iMplementation are being developed and finalised in Q3 and Q4 of 2020. The project Management unit (PMU) at SW has provided support in relation to all of these activities. Training for PMU staff has included separate training/seMinars, technical and financial support to eMpower and upgrade the capabilities of its staff and other project stakeholders. Key activities for the forthcoMing period include due diligence activities for the coMpletion of the LARPs and IEEs for the five provincial water supply subprojects, and for the sanitation works in Honiara. This includes relevant surveys and extensive coMMunity consultation. The impleMentation of a WASH survey and the awareness raising program for hygiene and water management will also begin. Construction activities at the Auki site are expected to be completed by the end of the year. 6 Semi-Annual Safeguards Report: Solomon Islands Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project January - June 2020 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background 1. SoloMon Islands has around 19.8% (or 102,030) of its estiMated present total population of 600,000 (World Bank 2016)1 living in urban and peri-urban areas. The country is divided into nine provinces: central, choiseul, Guadalcanal, Isabel, Makira-Ulawa, Malaita, Rennell and Bellona, TeMotu, and Western. The country’s capital, Honiara city, is situated on the north western coast of Guadalcanal. Malaita has the largest population of 137,596 people, followed by Guadalcanal (93,614), Western (76,649), Honiara city (62,609) and central (26,051) based on the 2009 census. The population growth rate is the highest in Guadalcanal (4.4%) followed by Honiara (2.7%), Western (2%), central (1.9%) and Malaita (1.2%). According to the last available Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES), 12.7 per cent of the population lived under the national basic needs poverty line in 2013 (9.1 percent in urban areas). 2. It is known
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