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REPORT ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF THE PROJECT REGENERATION OF THE AREA SURROUNDING THE ETHNOGRAPHIC MUSEUM AND MIHAL KOMNENO ROAD (Administrative Unit– Berat; Municipality - Berat) Category (Pursuant to Annex II of Albanian Law No. 10440, dated 07.07.2011 and Directive 2011/92/EU on EIA): 10. Infrastructure Projects. b) Urban development projects, including the construction of shopping centres and car parks. Developer: Albanian Development Fund (ADF) Prepared by: Dr. Gazmend Zeneli License No. LN-9639-05-2015 "Expertise and/or professional service linked to Environmental Impact Assessment”. NOVEMBER 2020 JV ATELIER 4 | KEIOS 1 BERAT AND PËRMET INTEGRATED URBAN UPGRADING TABLE OF CONTENT I. INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................... 9 1.1. PROJECT PURPOSE .................................................................... 10 1.2. ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACT ASESSMENT PURPOSE 10 II. LEGAL FRAMEWORK AND SAFEGUARD PROCEDURES ........................ 12 2.1. ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION IN ALBANIA ............................. 12 2.2. SOCIAL LEGISLATION ................................................................. 16 2.2.1. Legislation on territory planning and cultural heritage ... 16 2.2.2. Labour related legislation ................................................ 17 2.2.3. Other Legislation Related to Labour and Health and Safety 18 2.2.4. Legislation on Private Property and Expropriation ........... 19 2.2.5. Legislation on the Right to Information ............................ 22 2.3. WORLD BANK ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL SAFEGUARD POLICIES .................................................................................... 22 III. ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL BASELINE CONDITIONS ...................... 26 3.1. SOCIAL BASELINE ...................................................................... 26 3.1.1. Project Location............................................................... 26 3.1.2. Demography .................................................................... 27 3.1.3. Social Structure ................................................................. 28 3.1.4. Infrastructure .................................................................... 30 3.1.5. Culture and Religion .......................................................... 31 3.1.3. Tourism in Berat ............................................................. 32 3.1.7. The UNESCO protected area .............................................. 39 3.2. PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT .......................................................... 41 3.2.1. Climate ........................................................................... 41 3.2.2. Hydrology and Hydrogeology ........................................... 45 3.2.3. Flooding ............................................................................ 46 3.2.4. Air Quality ......................................................................... 47 3.2.5. Noise (Acoustic pollution) ................................................... 48 3.2.6. Seismic Hazardous in Berat ............................................... 49 BERAT | PRELIMINARY DESIGNS FOR SELECTED INVESTMENT PROJECTS | P09 REGENERATION OF THE AREA SURROUNDING THE ETHNOGRAPHIC MUSEUM AND MIHAL KOMNENO ROAD| ESIA REPORT 2 3.3. BIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT ...................................................... 52 3.3.1. Protected Areas ............................................................... 52 3.3.2. Endemic and endangered species .................................... 54 3.3.3. Vegetation at the project site .............................................. 55 3.3.4. Fauna ................................................................................ 60 IV. DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT .......................................................... 61 4.1 SUB-PROJECT SITE LAYOUT ...................................................... 61 4.1.1. The General Local Plan ...................................................... 62 4.1.2. Land Ownership and Intervention ...................................... 63 4.1.3. The UNESCO buffer zone ................................................... 64 4.2. ASSESSMENT OF THE EXISTING SITUATION ............................. 64 4.2.1. Urban and architectural elements assessment ................... 64 4.2.2. Detailed assessment of the project’s segments ................... 68 4.3. DESCRIPTION OF CONSTRUCTION PROCESSES ........................ 72 4.3.1. General intervention on the project area ............................ 73 4.3.2. Intervention description in specific segments of the project 80 4.3.3. Design and Description of the of the area around the ethnographic museum and “Mihal Komneno” road ...................... 81 V. METHODOLOGY FOR IMPACT IDENTIFICATION AND ANALYSIS ........... 84 5.1. IMPACT SIGNIFICANCE .................................................................. 84 5.2. IMPACT DESCRIPTION ................................................................... 84 5.3. IMPACT EVALUATION ..................................................................... 85 VI. ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACTS ASSESSMENT ...................... 89 6.1. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ........................................................ 89 6.1.1. Construction waste ............................................................ 89 6.1.2. Soil and geology ................................................................. 90 6.1.3. Impact on flora and fauna ................................................. 91 6.1.4. Impact on Water Regimes .................................................. 91 6.1.5. Generation of Noise and Vibration ..................................... 92 6.1.6. Air quality, dust and traffic-borne emissions ...................... 95 6.2. SOCIAL IMPACT .......................................................................... 96 6.2.1. Delay in the implementation of the project JV ATELIER 4 | KEIOS 3 BERAT AND PËRMET INTEGRATED URBAN UPGRADING 6.2.2. Organization of labor: Incomplete compliance with World Bank Standards with regard to workers and working conditions .. 97 6.2.3. Employment Creation and Skills Enhancement ................ 97 6.2.4. Improving aesthetics and increasing the value of real estate property. ..................................................................................... 98 6.2.5. Private Property (Loss/ Replacement/ Resettlement/ Access to) and Livelihood ........................................................................ 98 6.2.6. Disruption of Public Utilities .............................................. 99 6.2.7. Access Problems and Traffic Disruption ............................. 99 6.2.8. Direct or indirect hazards to pedestrians ........................ 100 6.2.9. Occupational health and safety (OHS) .............................. 101 6.2.10. Community Health and safety (CHS) .............................. 102 6.2.11. Traffic safety and Accidents ............................................ 104 6.2.12. Cultural heritage ............................................................ 104 6.3. POTENTIAL POLLUTIANTS RELEASED IN THE ENVIRONMENT 105 6.3.1. Air Emissions .................................................................. 105 6.3.2. Solid Waste Generation .................................................... 108 6.4. POSSIBLE IMPACT ON TRANSBOUNDARY ENVIRONMENT ....... 109 6.5. CUMULATIVE IMPACT ASSESSMENT ....................................... 110 VII. ENVIRONMENTAL & SOCIAL MITIGATION MEASURES ....................... 112 7.1. ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACT MITIGATION MEASURES 112 7.2. ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIAL RESIDUAL IMPACTS ....................... 112 VIII. ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL MANAGEMENT .................................. 131 8.1. THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL MANAGEMENT PLAN .......... 131 8.2. SIGNIFICANCE OF ESMP .............................................................. 131 8.3. STRUCTURES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ........................................ 149 IX. MONITORING AND REPORTING .......................................................... 150 VIII. CONCLUSION ...................................................................................... 160 ANNEX........................................................................................................ 161 ANNEX 1: CULTURAL HERITAGE MANAGEMENT PLAN ....................... 161 ANNEX 2: STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT PLAN ................................. 173 BERAT | PRELIMINARY DESIGNS FOR SELECTED INVESTMENT PROJECTS | P09 REGENERATION OF THE AREA SURROUNDING THE ETHNOGRAPHIC MUSEUM AND MIHAL KOMNENO ROAD| ESIA REPORT 4 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1. Location of Berat Municipality and conncetion with other areas ...... 26 Figure 2. Level of Education in the Munipality of Berat.................................. 29 Figure 3. Guests segments traveling to Berat ................................................ 38 Figure 4. The UNESCO historical centre and buffer zone .............................. 40 Figure 5. The boundaries of the regulation for the protection of Berat’s historical centre . .......................................................................................... 40 Figure 6. Köppen-Geiger climate classification map for Albania . ................... 42 Figure 7. Berat Climate Graph- weather by month. ..................................... 43 Figure 8. Hydrogeological map of the Berat Municipality .............................. 45 Figure 9. Osumi river configuration over the time .......................................... 46 Figure