Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF) Final Report August 2018
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PUNJAB SANITATION AND NUTRITION IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (PSNIP) Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF) Final Report August 2018 Housing, Urban Development and Public Health Engineering Department PUNJAB SANITATION AND NUTRITION IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (PSNIP) Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF) Final Report August 2018 Housing, Urban Development and Public Health Engineering Department Environmental and Social Management Framework(ESMF) Executive Summary EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Punjab Housing and Urban Development-Public Health Engineering Department (HUD PHED) and Government of Punjab (GoP) with the financial assistance of World Bank (WB) and technical support of UNICEF in Pakistan are planning to undertake Punjab Sanitation and Nutrition Improvement Project (PSNIP)reflected in Annual Development Program 2017-18 under Water Supply and Sanitation Sector .PSNIP is the part of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Program under stunting reduction program in 11 Districts of Multan, Bahawalpur and D.G. Khan Divisions. PHED hired an individual ESMF Consultant to fulfill World Bank Operational Policies and local environmental/social laws and to prepare Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF) for PSNIP at its inception stage via assessing the project’s environmental and social viability through various environmental components like air, water, noise, land, ecology along with the parameters of human interest and mitigating adverse impacts along with chalking out of guidelines, SOPs, procedure for detailed EA before and during project execution. The program is fully aligned with SDGs, Punjab WASH Sector Development Plan (2014-24), Punjab Growth Strategy (2018) and Punjab Multi Sectoral Nutrition Strategy. The project has three components under GoP WASH and Stunting Reduction Program i.e. Component I- Open Defecation Free 3000 Villages in 11 districts of South Punjab, Component II-Safely Managed Total Sanitation Facilities, and Component III- Institutional Strengthening for Improved Service Delivery COMPONENT I- OPEN DEFECATION FREE VILLAGES Main objective of this component is to construct latrine facilities within HHs premises on self-help basis through raising awareness among communities by adopting social mobilization process using methodology of Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) (earlier adopted under PATS) and promotion of health and hygiene practices in 3,000 villages. VOs are an integral part of project design who will be vested with decision making of the village and actively supporting social mobilization along with involving local NGOs (through hiring process) and utilizing the services of already existing Community Development Unit (CDU) at PHED. It will be the first initiative taken by NGOs/CDU towards CLTS to constitute VOs, if they do not exist already in some form. The VO will have the authority to maintain one female irtikai karkun and manage their funds provided as reward. A grant of Rs.200, 000 will be provided to each ODF village organization (discounting model villages) to invest in improving water and sanitation facilities or support poorest of the poor for constructing toilet facility as per the consent and decision of the VO. Under this component, missing set of latrines (boys and girl’s latrine with hand washing station) for at least one school in 1/3rd ODF village will also be provided in coordination with School Education Department. The project will only provide this facility for villages not covered under the previous project on missing school facilities. COMPONENT II- SAFELY MANAGED TOTALSANITATION FACILITIES Under this project, 20 model villages will be created through provision of total sanitation facilities. The selected villages will be ODF with at least 400 HHs and those who have exhibited willingness based on the criteria defined by Project Management Unit (PMU).Under PSNIP, model villages will be equipped with the following service delivery, i) Sewerage / covered drainage facility (external component only) with small scale treatment unit for liquid waste management; ii) A robust BCC Punjab Sanitation and Nutrition Improvement Project (PSNIP) Page No.ii Environmental and Social Management Framework(ESMF) Executive Summary campaign; iii)Fixing waste bins in streets with the provision of small carriage facility like manual push cart @ one per village for solid waste management and where VO has employed staff for solid waste management; iv)Provide missing set of latrine (boys and girl’s latrine with hand washing station) for at least one school for every Model village in coordination with School Education Department. The project will only provide this facility for villages not covered under their Project on missing school facilities; v) Provide drinking water facility to each model village through ongoing initiatives of Punjab Saaf Pani Company; vi)Provide free Livestock vaccination upon attainment of animal segregation and waste management, (where possible) through coordination with Livestock Department’s ongoing initiative. COMPONENT III- INSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHENING FOR IMPROVED SERVICE DELIVERY Program Management: The component will support all aspects of project management including: a) management and coordination, b) monitoring and evaluation, c) technical assistance, and d) grievance redress system. The expected outcome of this component is an effective and transparent project management system. The main functions and activities will be to: (a) provide overall governance and direction to the project; (b) regularly monitor and analyze the overall and component specific quality and pace of implementation, ESMF compliance, budget and expenditures, and address any issues, bottlenecks, and gaps to ensure that progress in project implementation is on track; and (c) strengthen project communication and knowledge management. Capacity Building & Coordination: An independent firm will be hired by the project to build capacity at all key tiers: province, district, and village levels. Capacity building will include trainings and exposure visits. Meetings to ensure coordination amongst all project entities will be held periodically through the life of the project. Monitoring, Evaluation, & Knowledge Management: Monitoring of project activities will be closely linked to an IT platform developed under the project. This platform, which will include mobile-based monitoring and applications, will be developed at the PMU to be utilized for several purposes: a) awareness raising through dissemination of information, virtual training, and communications, b) community feedback and complaint redressal mechanism, c) daily monitoring of project activities, and d) generating reports to inform project implementation. This Platform will be accessible to, and utilized by all tiers – at the provincial, district, and village levels to allow for open and transparent monitoring and accountability of project activities and achievements. Smart monitoring devices (cell phones linked with the GIS based monitoring System at PMU), will be provided to field staff, VWCs, and Irtikai Karkun. All villagers will be able to connect to the IT platform to register complaints through mobile text messaging. The PMU will have the overall responsibility for M&E, but institutions at both the district level (DMU) and village levels (VO) will also be monitoring project activities guided by their respective roles and responsibilities. Independent firms will be recruited to carry out the baseline, midline, and end line for the project. Separate Third Party Evaluations (TPEs) will also be commissioned under the project Punjab Sanitation and Nutrition Improvement Project (PSNIP) Page No.iii Environmental and Social Management Framework(ESMF) Executive Summary PROJECT OBJECTIVES AND OUTPUTS The project aims to reduce stunting by improving nutrition status through ensuring access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene for all women, men and children and substantially reduce open defecation in rural areas of 11 Districts of southern Punjab by 2021. The major objectives and stipulated outputs of the program are: Promote knowledge, behavior change, demand for services and opportunities for participation in rural communities including children, women and men to create Open Defecation Free (ODF) environment and increase public awareness about water borne and water-related diseases, nutrition and hygiene. Through the project implementation, 3000 revenue villages will be certified ODF; 300,000 toilets will be constructed by community on self-help basis; 5 million populations will be reached through awareness sessions of village organizations; and 3000 ODF revenue villages provided cash reward of Rs.200, 000. The incentive will be used by VOs for improving WASH infrastructure or supporting poorest of the poor, where needed. Creating healthy and safe environment through provision of safely managed total sanitation facilities (sewerage / drainage / wastewater treatment / solid waste bins). 20 ODF villages will be provided sewerage / drainage / wastewater treatment facility / solid waste bins; 100,000 people in 20 model villages will gain access to safely managed total sanitation facilities; and missing set of latrine (boys and girl’s latrine with hand washing station) for at least one school for every ODF village. This will be done in coordination with School Education Department. The project will only provide this facility for villages not covered under their Project on missing school facilities. Drinking water facility