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E1141 Public Disclosure Authorized REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA MINISTRY OF TERRITORIAL ADJUSTMENT AND TOURISM Public Disclosure Authorized Albania Coastal Zone Development and Clean-up Program Environment and Social Safeguards Public Disclosure Authorized Framework (Phase I) Public Disclosure Authorized April 20, 2005 Integrated Coastal Zone Management and Clean-up Project Environment and Social Safeguards Framework Albania Coastal Zone Development and Cleanup Program Environment and Social Safeguards Framework (Phase I) Table of Contents 1. Introduction .................................................................................................................. 1 2. Background .................................................................................................................. 2 2.1. Urbanization and Land Use .................................................................................. 2 2.2. Lack of Adequate Infrastructure ........................................................................... 2 2.3. Protection of the Physical and Natural Environmental.......................................... 2 2.4. Pressures on Biodiversity and Areas of Nature Protection .................................... 3 2.5. Unsustainable Use of Natural Resources .............................................................. 3 2.6. Land Ownership................................................................................................... 4 3. Project Description ....................................................................................................... 7 4. Environment Safeguards ............................................................................................... 8 4.1. Description of the Legal, Institutional and Administrative Framework ................. 9 4.1.1. Albanian Legal Provisions.............................................................................. 9 4.1.2. Administrative Framework ........................................................................... 10 4.1.3. Comparison with World Bank Policies ......................................................... 11 4.1.4. Guidelines and Procedures............................................................................ 13 4.2. Operational Procedures for Environmental Assessments .................................... 15 4.2.1. Public Consultation and Information Disclosure ........................................... 15 4.2.2. Environmental Management Plan ................................................................. 18 4.2.3. Implementation and Monitoring of an EMP.................................................. 19 4.3. Generic Potential Environmental Issues ............................................................. 20 4.3.1. Solid Waste Component ............................................................................... 20 4.3.2. Porto Romano Component............................................................................ 22 4.3.3. Saranda Port Component ............................................................................. 27 4.3.4. Coastal Village Conservation and Development Component......................... 31 4.4. Alternatives to each Component or Sub-project.................................................. 33 4.5. Mitigation Measures........................................................................................... 33 4.5.1. Solid Waste Component ............................................................................... 34 4.5.2. Porto Romano Component............................................................................ 35 4.5.3. Saranda Port Component .............................................................................. 35 4.5.4. Coastal Village Conservation and Development Component......................... 37 5. Social Safeguards........................................................................................................ 53 5.1. Resettlement Policy............................................................................................ 53 5.1.1. Policy Framework ........................................................................................ 53 5.1.2. Operational Steps.......................................................................................... 57 5.2. Process Framework for Butrint National Park..................................................... 61 5.3. Resettlement Plan, Porto Romano Hot Spot........................................................ 62 6. Cultural Assets............................................................................................................ 69 6.1. Description of the Legal, Institutional and Administrative Framework ............... 69 6.1.1. Albanian Legal Provisions............................................................................ 69 6.1.2. Administrative Framework ........................................................................... 69 6.1.3. Comparison with World Bank policy and European Treaties ........................ 71 6.2. Guidelines & Procedures.................................................................................... 72 7. Public Disclosure of the ESSF .................................................................................... 76 7.1. Public Discussion of ESSF................................................................................. 76 7.2. Public Access to ESSF ....................................................................................... 76 E11410rev0ICZMCP1ESSF1final.doc i 20 April 2005 Integrated Coastal Zone Management and Clean-up Project Environment and Social Safeguards Framework Annexes Annex 1: Types of projects relevant to the ICZMCP that appear in the Law on EIA Appendices and other Documents................................................... 78 Annex 2: Model Forms for an Environmental Management Plan....................................... 82 Annex 3: Environmental Assessments and Checklists ....................................................... 84 Annex 4: Documents required for Issuing of a Construction Permit................................... 89 Annex 5: Minutes of ESSF Consultation Meetings............................................................ 90 Annex 6: Land Acquisition - Legal Provisions................................................................. 102 Annex 7 Photographs of proposed property & surrounding area, Shkozet, Durres .......... 103 E11410rev0ICZMCP1ESSF1final.doc ii 20 April 2005 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 Phase 1 of the proposed Albania Coastal Zone Development and Cleanup Program, entitled 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 and EIA and SEA training for MoTAT (including the Project Coordination Unit (PCU) and any implementation teams established for the various components1) and local government staff, the salary of the Environmental Officer of the Project Coordination Team (PCT), and the cost of monitoring. 1 As appropriate any further mention of the Project Coordination Unit shall be deemed to include any Implementation Team that might be established for local support and monitoring of its respective Project component. E11410rev0ICZMCP1ESSF1final.doc 1 20 April 2005 Integrated Coastal Zone Management and Clean-up Project Environment and Social Safeguards Framework Background Although the coastal regions of Albania have been commonly recognized as the country’s most valuable development asset since the 1990s, many unfavorable phenomena have continued to prevail during the transition to democracy, along with new detrimental development trends described below. Urbanization and Land Use Haphazard / unregulated urbanization. Uncontrolled urbanization is presently the single most important development issue facing the Southern Albanian coast. Its consequences include loss of land, natural resources and valuable landscapes; inadequate urbanization -including sprawl development, and speculative and illegal building; lack of infrastructure and poor sanitation standards. Illegal building. Illegal building is widespread phenomena throughout the coastal area. Also, although the legality of a building does not guarantee that it will be acceptable and in accordance with the good building/urban and land use planning practice, respect for the law and territorial development plans (which are the “building law” for the zone) is a necessary precondition for orderly development. Cultural and natural heritage. The traditional ambience of the cities and villages along the coast has been carelessly and irreversibly degraded by new developments that frequently ignore traditional urban/architectural patterns.