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E1141 V8 Public Disclosure Authorized REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA Ministry of Public Works, Transport and Telecommunications Public Disclosure Authorized Albania Integrated Coastal Zone Management and Clean-up Project Public Disclosure Authorized Environment and Social Safeguards Framework (Updated for Project Restructuring) Public Disclosure Authorized February 23, 2010 Integrated Coastal Zone Management and Clean-up Project Environment and Social Safeguards Framework Albania Integrated Coastal Zone Management and Cleanup Project Environment and Social Safeguards Framework Table of Contents 1. Introduction .................................................................................................................. 2 2. Project Description ....................................................................................................... 3 3. Environment Safeguards ............................................................................................... 4 3.1. Description of the Legal, Institutional and Administrative Framework ................. 5 3.1.1. Albanian Legal Provisions.............................................................................. 5 3.1.2. Administrative Framework ............................................................................. 7 3.1.3. Comparison with World Bank Policies ........................................................... 8 3.1.4. Guidelines and Procedures............................................................................ 10 3.2. Operational Procedures for Environmental Assessments .................................... 12 3.2.1. Public Consultation and Information Disclosure ........................................... 12 3.2.2. Environmental Management Plan ................................................................. 15 3.2.3. Implementation and Monitoring of an EMP.................................................. 16 3.3. Environmental Monitoring and Mitigation Measures of the different projects activities 16 3.3.1. Solid Waste Component ............................................................................... 17 3.3.2. Porto Romano Component............................................................................ 32 3.3.3. Saranda Port Component .............................................................................. 36 3.3.4. Coastal Village Conservation and Development Component......................... 38 4. Social Safeguards: Resettlement Policy Framework for Preparation of Resettlement Action Plans....................................................................................................... 57 4.1. Principles and objectives governing Social Safeguards in the ESSF ................... 57 4.2. Albanian Legal Framework and World Bank OP 4.12........................................ 59 4.3. Categories of Affected Persons, Eligibility Criteria, and Compensation.............. 60 4.4. Preparation of Resettlement Action Plans........................................................... 60 4.5. Consultations with Affected People.................................................................... 61 4.6. Description of the Implementation Process and Responsible Institutions ............ 61 4.7. Grievance Redress Mechanisms ......................................................................... 61 4.8. Arrangements for Monitoring and Evaluation..................................................... 62 5. Process Framework for Butrint National Park ............................................................. 62 5.1. Participatory Planning Approach........................................................................ 62 5.2. Contact Person for Process Framework .............................................................. 62 5.3. Community Mitigation and Resource Management............................................ 63 5.4. Local Management Forum ................................................................................. 63 5.5. Monitoring and Evaluation Arrangements.......................................................... 63 5.6. Plan of Action.................................................................................................... 63 6. Cultural Assets............................................................................................................ 63 6.1. Description of the Legal, Institutional and Administrative Framework ............... 63 6.1.1. Albanian Legal Provisions............................................................................ 63 6.1.2. Administrative Framework ........................................................................... 64 6.2. Guidelines & Procedures.................................................................................... 66 7. Public Disclosure of the ESSF .................................................................................... 68 7.1. Public Discussion of ESSF................................................................................. 68 7.2. Public Access to ESSF ....................................................................................... 68 Annex 1: Types of projects relevant to the ICZMCP that appear in the Law on EIA Appendices and other Documents................................................... 70 E11410v80P0868070Box345602B01PUBLIC10.doc i February 2010 Integrated Coastal Zone Management and Clean-up Project Environment and Social Safeguards Framework Annex 2: Model Forms for an Environmental Management Plan..................................... 104 Annex 3: Environmental Assessments and Checklists ..................................................... 106 Annex 4: Minutes of ESSF and EIA/SEA Consultation Meetings and List of Public Consultations (during preparation and implementation).................................... 111 Annex 5: Land Acquisition - Legal Provisions................................................................. 125 Annex 6 Photographs of proposed property & surrounding area, Shkozet, Durres .......... 126 E11410v80P0868070Box345602B01PUBLIC10.doc ii February 2010 Integrated Coastal Zone Management and Clean-up Project Environment and Social Safeguards Framework Lists of abbreviations CVCDP Coastal Village Conservation and Development Program’ EA Environmental Assessment EIA Environmental Impact Assessment EMP Environmental Management Plan (consisting of both Monitoring and Mitigation Plan) EMMP Environmental Monitoring and Mitigation Plan IPRS Immovable Property Registration System ESSF Environment and Social Safeguards Framework FI Financial Intermediary ICZMCP Integrated Coastal Zone Management and Clean-up Project LGU Local Government Unit MoCYS Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports MoH Ministry of Health MoEFWA Ministry of Environment, Forests and Water Administration MoPWTT Ministry of Public Works, Transport and Telecommunications NGO Non-Governmental Organization O&M Operation and Maintenance PAH Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon PAP Project-Affected Persons PCU Project Coordination Unit RAP Resettlement Action Plan REA Regional Environmental Agency REI Regional Environmental Inspectorate RPF Resettlement Policy Framework SEA Strategic Environmental Assessment TBT Tributyltin WHO World Health Organization E11410v80P0868070Box345602B01PUBLIC10.doc 1 February 2010 Integrated Coastal Zone Management and Clean-up Project Environment and Social Safeguards Framework Introduction This document presents the Environment and Social Safeguards Framework (ESSF) for the restructured Integrated Coastal Zone Management and Clean-up Project (ICZMCP). The main purpose of the ESSF is to be a tool for ensuring that the infrastructure sub-projects implemented through the ICZMCP comply with the existing laws, regulations and customs in Albania as well as with the Bank’s Operation Policies on Environmental Assessment, Involuntary Resettlement and Cultural Heritage, and will not have a lasting adverse impact on the country’s population, the natural environment or assets of particular cultural value. A summary of the possible environmental and social issues and mitigation measures is presented in the chapters that follow. The budget for implementing the ESSF has been included in the project cost, and includes funds for conducting site-specific EIAs, capacity building for Ministry of Public Works, Transport and Telecommunications (MoPWTT) (including the Project Coordination Unit (PCU) and any implementation teams established for the various components1) and local government staff and the cost of monitoring. Cost estimates for implementation of safeguards measures for infrastructure investments supported by the Project are included in the individual EIAs. 1 As appropriate any further mention of the Project Coordination Unit shall be deemed to include any Implementation Team that might be or have been established for local support and monitoring of its respective Project component. E11410v80P0868070Box345602B01PUBLIC10.doc 2 February 2010 Integrated Coastal Zone Management and Clean-up Project Environment and Social Safeguards Framework Although the coastal regions of Albania have been commonly recognized as the country’s most valuable development asset since the 1990s, certain challenges remain to sustainable development. The infrastructure and development issues to be addressed by the ICZMCP include lack of road and port infrastructure, water supply issues, lack of appropriate solid waste and wastewater management and pollution issues. The present road and port infrastructure in the coastal area is incompatible with