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Azerbaijan Republic Ministry of Transport Public Disclosure Authorized AZERBAIJAN REPUBLIC MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT AZERROADSERVICE OJC Public Disclosure Authorized ALAT-ASTARA MOTORWAY Public Disclosure Authorized The Selection of Preferred Alternatives Preparation of Preliminary and Detailed Design for Alat-Astara Highway including Resettlement Plan and Land Acquisition Plan Contract Amendment No. 1 Resettlement Action Plan for Public Disclosure Authorized Section 1 (1A and 1C) FINAL REPORT March 2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary ......................................................................................................................... 1 1. INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................... 3 1.1. Project Description .............................................................................................................. 3 1.2. Road Section under Evaluation .......................................................................................... 5 1.3. Summary of Key Impacts .................................................................................................... 6 1.4. Land Acquisition and Resettlement Objectives .................................................................. 7 1.5. Options Considered to Minimize Impacts .......................................................................... 7 1.6. Unavoidable Impacts .......................................................................................................... 7 2. SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUND OF THE PROJECT AREA .............................................. 8 2.1. National Context ................................................................................................................. 8 2.2. Local Context (Subproject Profile) ...................................................................................... 9 3. POLICY AND LEGAL FRAMEWORK ...................................................................................... 15 4.1. Azeri Legislation ............................................................................................................... 15 4.2. World Bank Policy ............................................................................................................ 21 4.3. Differences of the Azerbaijan legislation and the World Bank Operational Policy and Measures to Bridge the Gaps ........................................................................... 21 4. SCOPE OF LAND ACQUISITION AND RESETTLEMENT ..................................................... 25 4.1. Census of Affected Households and Persons .................................................................. 25 (i) Socioeconomic Profile of Project Affected Persons .................................... 25 4.2. Affected Assets ................................................................................................................. 27 (i) Affected Land ............................................................................................. 27 (ii) Land Impacts .............................................................................................. 27 (iii) Impacts on Buildings and Structures .......................................................... 30 (iv) Impacts on Crops and Trees ...................................................................... 30 (v) Other Impacts ............................................................................................. 31 4.3 Impact Assessment: Approach and Methods .................................................................... 32 (i) Cadastral Mapping ...................................................................................... 32 (ii) Census ......................................................................................................... 32 (iii) Asset Inventory/Detailed Measurement Survey (DMS) and Socioeconomic Survey .......................................................................................................................... 32 (iv) Inventory of Project Impacts ....................................................................... 33 (v) Compensation Methodology ........................................................................ 33 (a) Land Values ......................................................................................... 33 (b) Compensation for Trees and Crops ...................................................... 38 (c) Compensation for Building and Structures ............................................ 39 (d) Severe Impact ....................................................................................... 39 5. GRIEVANCE AND REDRESS MECHANISM .......................................................................... 40 6. INFORMATION DISSEMINATION, CONSULTATION, PARTICIPATORY APPROACHES AND DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS ................................................................................ 41 6.1. Identification of Project Stakeholders .......................................................................... 41 6.2. Information Dissemination, Participation, Consultation ............................................... 41 (i) Phase 1: Consultation during the Project RAP Preparation ....................... 41 (ii) Phase 2: Consultation during RAP Implementation ................................... 42 7. COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION MEASURES UNDER THIS RAP ........................ 44 7.1. Entitlement Matrix and Compensation Measures ............................................................. 44 (i) Compensation Entitlements ....................................................................... 44 (ii) Eligibility and Cut- off .................................................................................. 45 7.2. Gender Impacts and Other Mitigating Measures .............................................................. 48 8. RAP IMPLEMENTATION AND INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITY ..................................... 49 8.1. Implementation Activities and Timetable ........................................................................ 49 (i) Preparation/Finalization of RAP ................................................................. 49 (ii) RAP Implementation .................................................................................. 50 (iii) Expropriation Proceedings ......................................................................... 51 (iv) Construction Phase ................................................................................... 52 (v) Grievance and Redress Action and Monitoring Activities .......................... 52 (vi) External Monitoring .................................................................................... 56 8.2. Institutional Responsibility ............................................................................................ 57 (i) “Azerroadservice” OJSC - MOT ................................................................. 57 (ii) Court of Azerbaijan .................................................................................... 57 (iii) State Committee on Property Issues ......................................................... 57 (iv) Contractor .................................................................................................. 58 (v) Monitoring Consultant ................................................................................ 58 9. MONITORING AND REPORTING .......................................................................................... 59 9.1 Internal Monitoring ......................................................................................................... 59 9.2 External Monitoring ........................................................................................................ 60 10. RESETTLEMENT COST AND BUDGET ................................................................................ 61 10.1 Compensation for Land Acquisition ............................................................................... 61 10.2 Compensation for Affected Structures and Buildings .................................................... 61 10.3 Compensation for Affected Crops and Trees ................................................................. 61 10.4 Administrative Costs ...................................................................................................... 62 10.5 Summary of RAP Budget Requirement ........................................................................ 62 GLOSSARY Affected person People (households) affected by project-related changes in use (or household) of land, water or other natural resources Compensation Money or payment in kind to which the people affected are entitled in order to replace the lost asset, resource or income Expropriation Government's action in taking or modifying property rights in the exercise of sovereignty Eminent domain Regulatory measure by government to obtain land Entitlement Range of measures comprising compensation, income restoration, transfer assistance, income substitution, and relocation which are due to affected people, depending on the nature of their losses, to restore their economic and social base Host population Community residing in or near the area to which affected people are to be relocated Income restoration Re-establishing income sources and livelihoods of people affected Involuntary Development project results in unavoidable resettlement losses, resettlement that people affected have no option but to rebuild their lives, income and asset bases
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