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Environmental and Social Monitoring Report 48484-002 Tuvalu: Outer Environmental and Social Monitoring Report Semi-annual Report April 2019 48484-002 Tuvalu: Outer Island Maritime Transport Infrastructure Project Prepared by the Ministry of Communications and Transport – Project Management Unit for the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development and the Asian Development Bank. i Tuvalu: Outer Island Maritime Transport Infrastructure Project Semi- Annual Safeguard Monitoring Report: July to December 2018 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................... 4 1.1 Description of the Project ............................................................................. 4 2 ACTIVITIES IN THE PERIOD AND MONITORING RESULTS................................ 5 2.1 Main Activities and Achievements ................................................................ 5 2.2 Stakeholder Engagement ............................................................................ 6 2.3 Gender Action Plans .................................................................................... 6 2.3.1 Project GAP 6 2.3.2 Construction Contractor GAP 9 2.4 Implementation of Environmental Safeguards .............................................10 2.4.1 Contractor Construction Activity 10 2.4.2 HIV/AIDS Plan & Training 13 2.4.3 Environmental Management Supervision 14 2.4.4 Environmental Reporting 15 2.4.5 Grievance Redress Mechanism 15 2.5 Implementation of Social Safeguards ..........................................................16 2.5.1 Safeguards Specialist 16 2.5.2 Compensation 16 ii Tuvalu: Outer Island Maritime Transport Infrastructure Project Semi- Annual Safeguard Monitoring Report: July to December 2018 ABBREVIATIONS ADB Asian Develo pment Bank CEMP Construction Environmental Management Plan CCECC China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation CCP Consultation and Communications Plan (for the project) CSS Country Safeguard System DOE Department of Environment EIA Environmental Impact Assessment GOT Government of Tuvalu GRM Grievance Redress Mechanism HIV/AIDS Human Immunodeficiency virus / acquired immunodeficiency syndrome MCT Ministry of Communications and Transport PMU Project Management Unit (in MCT) PSMPC Project Support and Master Planning Consultant SPS Safeguards Policy Statement 2009 (of ADB) This environmental and social report is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of ADB's Board of Directors, Management, or staff, and may be preliminary in nature. In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area. iii Tuvalu: Outer Island Maritime Transport Infrastructure Project Semi- Annual Safeguard Monitoring Report: July to December 2018 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Description of the Project Background . The Government of Tuvalu (GOT) has agreed with Asian Development Bank (ADB) for assistance in improving its outer Island maritime facilities. The proposed Outer Island Maritime Infrastructure Project will: (i) rehabilitate and improve maritime infrastructure in selected outer islands of Tuvalu, some of which were damaged by tropical cyclone Pam in March 2015; and (ii) improve safety, efficiency, and sustainability of maritime transportation between Funafuti, the capital, and outer islands. The project will help Tuvalu overcome connectivity problems that constrain its economic and social development. The challenge results from Tuvalu’s dispersed geography: (i) a small country (land area of 26 km2) comprising nine islands, stretching over 680km; (ii) small and dispersed population – 10,800 as of 2012, with less than 1,600 people on each of the outer islands; and (iii) decreasing outer island population. As agreed in the Memorandum of Understanding signed with the GOT (15 May 2016) the overall project is structured as follows: Construction of the Nukulaelae facilities, and minor rehabilitation (ramps) at Nanumaga and Niutao as works to be completed by the end of 2018; Feasibility study to relocate the harbor site at Nanumaga and Niutao with construction commencing once funding is sourced; and Preparation of a Master Plan Project implementation . A Project Support and Master Planning Consultant (PSMPC) has been recruited to support the Ministry of Communication and Transport (MCT) Project Management Unit (PMU) deliver the project. The PSMPC project’s scope of works is aligned with the objectives and outputs and can be summarized as follows: Assist the government and the PMU with procurement, engineering, supervisory and managerial aspects of project implementation, including safeguards monitoring; Construction supervision services (as Engineer to the FIDIC contract) for the construction of a workboat harbor in Nukulaelae and the reconstruction of boat ramps at Nanumaga and Niutao; Institutional strengthening activities, including assessment and capacity enhancement, with a focus on sustainable maintenance and asset management responsibilities within relevant agencies in the GOT; and The preparation of a marine transport master plan for inter-island transport, to guide future decision-making in the transport sector. 4 Tuvalu: Outer Island Maritime Transport Infrastructure Project Semi- Annual Safeguard Monitoring Report: July to December 2018 Purpose of the report . This semi-annual safeguard monitoring report covers the period 01 July to 31 December 2018. It is prepared by the PMU and submitted to the GOT and ADB. The report is prepared in accordance with the safeguard monitoring and reporting requirements set out in the Project Administration Manual, Project Grant Agreement as well as the ADB Safeguard Policy Statement 2009 (SPS). 2 ACTIVITIES IN THE PERIOD AND MONITORING RESULTS 2.1 Main Activities and Achievements This report documents the Environmental and Social Safeguards activities. The institutional strengthening and the Transport Master planning works of the PSMPC are office based services and are not reported on further in this report. The construction contract was awarded to China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) in 2017 and the sub-contractor Nawae Constructions is undertaking all the physical work related to the contract. The overall Project is being implemented over an extended period and ADB has nominated project completion by December 2019. Throughout the first half of 2018 there was a series of construction programs issued whilst the contractor was pre casting the concrete units in Lae PNG and marshalling the plant and equipment together for the voyage to Tuvalu. The program showed delays in mobilization due to delays in shipping major equipment for the project. The program delays at that time were due to delays in shipping the major equipment for the project. The last version of the contractor’s construction program (Rev 10) was issued on 30th August 2018 and sets out a planned mobilization and landing onto Nukulaelae as the 9th – 11th October 2018 and demobilizing as the last activity on 31st March 2019. However, delays in loading and clearing the barges resulted in the program slipping further behind time. The contractor’s landing craft and construction barge mobilized in early October 2018 later arrived into Funafuti on the 23rd and 24th October respectively. Both vessels moored in the lagoon and underwent customs and quarantine clearance and then finally arrived at Nukulaelae on 18th November. Construction work properly started on the island on 20th November 2018. The second barge (Maralina) arrived in Funafuti in December 2018. Construction activities undertaken in the period up to 31 December 2018 included the landing/offloading, clearing and grubbing, and the commencement of dredging and excavation. Geotextile was placed to prevent erosion issues in the cleared areas of the foreshore zone. Dredging and excavation controls were established and silt curtains on both sides of the dredging zone were erected. A major incident occurred on the 31st December 2018 during extremely strong winds and swell conditions. The construction barge Georgios was pulled off its mooring and waves pushed the vessel onto the reef. The barge was refloated early the next morning at the next high tide. The contractor has stated that there was no damage to the vessel, nor any discharges or spills of 5 Tuvalu: Outer Island Maritime Transport Infrastructure Project Semi- Annual Safeguard Monitoring Report: July to December 2018 fuels or any substances during the incident. An interim Incident Report was completed and submitted. Preliminary inspection of the reef flat apparently showed very little damage. Cardno has been requesting an update of the contractor’s construction program (Rev 10) as it is substantially out of date. To date, the Contractor has not obliged with this update siting various reasons for not producing an updated program. The ongoing delays with the Nukulaelae construction works has significantly reduced Cardno’s and the Government of Tuvalu’s confidence in the contractor’s ability to complete the works within the contract period and maintain quality. Additionally, the delayed start will result in more difficult sea, wind and rain conditions for the construction which is likely to cause further delays to the completion of the works. The latest construction program has demobilizing as the last stated program
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