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Local Government Enhancement Sector Project Additional Financing (LGESP-AF) Social Monitoring Report Project Number 42459-014 Loan 3431 Semestral Report January to June 2018 August 2018 SRI : Local Government Enhancement Sector Project Additional Financing (LGESP-AF) Prepared by LGESP (Pura Neguma) Project Management Unit for the Ministry of Provincial Councils and Local Government, Colombo, Sri Lanka and the Asian Development Bank. Th e Social monitoring reports are documents owned by the borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of ADB's Board of Directors, Management, or staff. These documents are made publicly available in accordance with ADB’s Public Communication Policy 2011 and as agreed between ADB and the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. Government of Sri Lanka Ministry of Provincial Councils and Local Government Semi- Annual Social Safeguards Monitoring Report (for half year ending 30 Jun 2018) July 2018 Local Government Enhancement Sector Project - (Additional Financing) ADB Loan Number: Loan 3431-SRI Project Management Unit Local Government Enhancement Sector Project 191 A - J R Jayawardane Centre, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENHANCEMENT SECTOR PROJECT SOCIAL SAFEGUARDS MONITORING REPORT (As on 30 June 2018) A. Executive Summary The Overall progress of the Project is around 27 % with around 23 % elapsed time. Total award to date is US $ 19.50 mn (Total). Total disbursement to date is $ 4.50mn. Resettlement Screening has been done for all subprojects and they have been categorized as “C”. Impact on Indigenous People Screening has been done for all subprojects and they have been categorized as “C” All the subprojects comply with the concerned laws and regulations of Sri Lanka. Hence, it can be concluded that sub-projects of the Project do not have significant social safeguard issues. The subprojects have been categorized as ‘C’ in regard to social safeguards as they do not have significant impacts based on the screening mentioned above. Public consultations are carried out during design stage and public issues are addressed during implementation to ensure that the stakeholders are not affected adversely on implementation of the subprojects. GRM for the project is developed and approved by ADB and disclosed in project website. All the Grievances are attended by the Project Authorities. There have been no resettlement issues in the project to date. There are a few cases of relocation during construction and are dealt without displacement from the area and loss of livelihood. Detailed relocation plan (if any) is submitted with the Due Diligence Report (DDR) submitted and got approved by ADB for all subprojects which does not involve resettlement and indigenous people displacement. B. Background of the Report and Project Description Background of the Report: The objective of the report is to provide an insight into the Compliance of social safeguard under the Additional Financing component of the Local Government Enhancement Sector Project and provide information on various safeguard issues (if any) and measures taken to solve them. Project Description: The Local Government Enhancement Sector Project (LGESP) is a key infrastructure initiative of the Government of Sri Lanka, and aims to improve local infrastructure, and services delivered effectively by local authorities in less developed areas in Sri Lanka. Participating local authorities will implement subprojects in the areas of roads and bridges, water supply and sanitation, drainage, solid waste management, and other basic facilities including health centers and public markets. Funds for these subprojects will be obtained as grants from the Ministry of Provincial Councils and Local Government. To continue the support to the initiatives of the Government through the current project and on solving the problems in areas affected by Chronic Kidney Diseases and further the support in service delivery improvement and capacity building in local authorities, ADB and government have agreed on an additional financing component which will (i) support implementation of water supply schemes in areas affected by chronic kidney diseases and enable the availability of safe drinking water to the vulnerable section of these areas; (ii) Support infrastructure delivery in 29 additional Pradeshiya Sabhas; and (iii) extending the support for capacity building initiatives under the project. The project is designed with three components with different sub-projects as below: Component 1: Water supply systems in CKD affected areas improved - This component will provide support to improve water supply systems in areas affected by Chronic Kidney Diseases. Component 2: Local infrastructure and basic service delivery improved -This component will provide financing to Local Authorities for Eligible Subprojects. The subprojects are selected through a consultative process based on the demands of the locality and include various projects like (i) Roads and Bridges; (ii) Water Supply; (iii) Sanitation; (iv) Drainage; (v) Solid Waste Management; and other basic facilities including (vi) community-based buildings or (vii) enhancing health centers and (viii) public markets etc. Component 3: Local Government Policy Reform Advance and Capacity Strengthened - This component will support (i) Local Authorities to implementing the guidelines developed under the capacity development TA (ii) establishment and implementation of IT solutions in new Pradeshiya Sabhas; (iii)continuation of support and improvement of IT solutions in the original 108 Pradeshiya Sabhas and increase efficiency of local administration, (iii)support for implementing reform plans in the original and new Pradeshiya Sabhas; and (iv) capacity building programs to strengthen technical, financial, and administrative capacity of the original and new Pradeshiya Sabhas, provincial councils, and MPCLG Project Financing Most physical work associated with subprojects will take place within existing government- owned locations and minimize involuntary resettlement impacts (land acquisition and physical or economic displacement of people). In addition, the pipeline works of the water supply projects are on the road side not affecting the people and the building works such as Intake structures, Treatment plant, clear water tanks / reservoirs etc., are located on government owned / NWSDB land. During project preparation, assessments and field observations for identified subprojects reveal that there are remote possibilities of resettlement impacts in any of the subprojects C. Scope of Impacts The subprojects of component 1 are pipeline works on the roads and the water supply structures like intake, treatment plant, reservoirs are on government / NWSDB land. The subprojects of component 2 are very small to the tune of 0.1 to 0.4mn US $ and consists of small office buildings, markets, libraries, small water supply projects etc. which do not have any significant adverse social impacts. D. Compensation and Rehabilitation As on date, considering the subprojects taken up, there is no rehabilitation / resettlement involved in the project. However, the project would report if it encounters any cases of rehabilitation / resettlement in future. The process of temporary relocation of the vendors during the weekly fair / market buildings to a nearby place with basic facilities was informed to ADB and ADB has since concurred the process and the process as agreed with ADB is being followed. E. Status of completion, approval and disclosure of safeguard documents (Social) The status of completion, approval and disclosure of safeguard document (social) is given vide Attachment 1 ▪ Project-based Document As per the ADB’s Safeguards Policy Statement (SPS - 2009), Resettlement Framework (RF) and Indigenous Peoples Planning Framework (IPPF) has been prepared and approved by ADB. ▪ Subproject-based Documents As per ADB approved RF, Due Diligence Reports (Social Safeguards) reports are prepared for each of “Category C” sub projects. The Resettlement Plans and the Indigenous Peoples Plan is prepared in case of resettlement requirements or Indigenous peoples displacement. F. Project disclosure, public participation and consultation The project has followed a consultative process in deciding the subprojects and finalizing the designs of the project. Public Consultations are held during the finalization of the design and comments considered in finalization of design. Public Consultations were held during the Implementation stage also. The details of public consultations during the design stage and implementation stage are given in Attachment 2. All project information and details of the subproject awards is informed in website of the project www.puraneguma.lk G. Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM) A Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM) has been prepared for the project and got cleared by ADB. The same framework of Grievance Redress Mechanism which was applied for the previous Project would apply in implementation of A/F The Grievance Redress Mechanism of the Project is disclosed in the project website www.puraneguma.lk The list of grievances recorded and attended is provided regularly in the quarterly progress reports. The Grievances Redresal Status Summary Reports are attached to this report as Attachment 4. H. Institutional Arrangement Following are the institutional arrangements in respect to social safeguards: Following are the details of the staff / experts hired for PMU (Project Management Unit); SPCU (Subproject Coordination Units of the Provinces) and the consultants. 1. Project Management Unit
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