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Public Disclosure Authorized Republic of Uzbekistan Medium-Sized Cities Integrated Urban development Project Public Disclosure Authorized ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized December, 2020 Tashkent Medium-Sized Cities Integrated Urban Development Project (MSCIUDP) TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ............................................................................................... 6 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ..................................................................................................................................... 8 1 PROJECT BACKGROUND AND SCOPE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK .................................................................................................................. 14 1.1 PROJECT DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVE AND POTENTIAL BENEFICIARIES .............................................. 15 1.2 PROJECT COMPONENTS AND PROPOSED INVESTMENTS ....................................................................... 16 1.3 SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK............... 16 2 REGULATORY AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL ASSESSMENT .................................................................................................................................. 18 2.1 UZBEKISTAN NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION AND PROCEDURES ................................... 18 2.2 LEGISLATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN IN THE SPHERE OF SOCIAL ASSESSMENT, LAND ACQUISITION AND RESETTLEMENT .................................................................................................................... 24 2.3 CULTURAL HERITAGE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK ............................................................................. 28 2.4 THE WORLD BANK SAFEGUARDS POLICIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL ASSESSMENT REQUIREMENTS .................................................................................................................................................. 29 2.5 THE COMPARISON OF NATIONAL AND WORLD BANK ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT REQUIREMENTS .................................................................................................................................................. 35 3 BASELINE ANALYSIS ........................................................................................................................... 46 4 ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL SCREENING AND ASSESSMENT GUIDELINES ............... 69 4.1 ENVIRONMENTAL SCREENING AND ASSESSMENT GUIDELINES........................................................... 69 4.1.1 POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ............................................................................................... 69 4.1.2 MAIN STAGES OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND THE ROLE OF INVOLVED PARTIES ................. 82 4.1.3 SUBPROJECT ENVIRONMENTAL SCREENING AND PROPOSED ESA INSTRUMENT ................................ 84 4.1.4 SCREENING OF SUB-PROJECT ACTIVITIES AND IDENTIFICATION OF EA INSTRUMENTS ..................... 85 4.1.5 THE ROLE OF DIFFERENT INVOLVED PARTIES IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL SCREENING, EA PROCESSES AND MONITORING OF THE SAFEGUARDS REQUIREMENTS IMPLEMENTATION .................................................. 93 4.2 SOCIAL SCREENING PROCESS AND IMPACTS MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES AND PROCEDURES .......... 96 4.2.1 POTENTIAL SOCIAL IMPACTS AND MITIGATION ................................................................................. 96 4.2.2 SCREENING PROCESS IN LAND ACQUISITION AND RESETTLEMENT ................................................. 101 4.3 RESETTLEMENT POLICY FRAMEWORK (RPF)................................................................................... 102 4.3.1 CATEGORIZATION OF RESETTLEMENT IMPACTS .............................................................................. 103 4.3.2 CONDITIONS TO BE FOLLOWED IN THE RESETTLEMENTS PROCEDURE ............................................ 104 4.3.3 ELIGIBILITY AND ENTITLEMENTS ....................................................................................................... 104 4.3.4 CUT-OFF DATES ................................................................................................................................... 106 4.3.5 ENTITLEMENT FRAMEWORK .............................................................................................................. 106 4.3.6 LIVELIHOOD RESTORATION/SUPPORT FOR VULNERABLE PAPS ....................................................... 107 4.3.7 SOURCES OF FINANCE FOR RESETTLEMENT AND LIVELIHOOD RESTORATION. ................................ 108 4.4 PRINCIPLES ON SOCIAL IMPACTS MANAGEMENT AND MITIGATION MEASURES .............................. 108 4.5 ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT ....................................................................... 112 4.5.1 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF CATEGORY B PROJECTS .............................................. 112 4.5.2 SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT............................................................................................................. 113 4.5.3 LABOR (LABOR INFLUX, FORCED AND CHILD LABOR) ...................................................................... 114 4.5.4 GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT .............................................................................................................. 115 4.6 SPECIFIC ESA REQUIREMENTS IN THE CASE OF TRIGGERING CULTURAL HERITAGE RISKS AND IMPACTS ............................................................................................................................................................ 116 5 ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL SUPERVISION, MONITORING AND REPORTING ........ 118 5.1 BASIC REQUIREMENTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL MONITORING AND REPORTING .............. 118 5.1.1 ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING ......................................................................................................... 118 5.1.2 ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING ........................................................................................................... 119 5.1.3 MONITORING OF RAP IMPLEMENTATION .......................................................................................... 119 5.1.4 REPORTING ON RAP ........................................................................................................................... 120 5.2 INTEGRATION OF THE ESMF INTO PROJECT DOCUMENTS ................................................................ 120 6 INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS AND CAPACITY FOR ESMF IMPLEMENTATION ... 121 2 Medium-Sized Cities Integrated Urban Development Project (MSCIUDP) 6.1 PROJECT COORDINATION .................................................................................................................... 121 6.2 PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION UNIT ..................................................................................................... 121 6.3 REGIONAL PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION UNITS ................................................................................. 121 6.4 CONTRACTORS’ RESPONSIBILITIES .................................................................................................... 122 6.5 ESA CAPACITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES ................................................................................................ 122 7 CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT AND ESMF DISCLOSURE ................................................................... 125 7.1 CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT ....................................................................................................................... 125 7.1.1 DEFINITIONS ........................................................................................................................................ 125 7.1.2 PROPOSED CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT MECHANISMS .............................................................................. 126 7.1.3 COMMUNITY CONTRACTING .............................................................................................................. 126 7.1.4 PUBLIC DISPLAYS OF INFORMATION .................................................................................................. 127 7.1.5 GENDER DIMENSION IN CE ................................................................................................................. 127 7.2 CONSULTATION WITH PROJECT AFFECTED PERSONS (PAPS) .......................................................... 127 8 PUBLIC DISCLOSURE ........................................................................................................................ 129 8.1 ESMF DISCLOSURE ............................................................................................................................. 129 8.2 ESMF PUBLIC CONSULTATIONS ......................................................................................................... 129 9 GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISM ............................................................................................ 131 10 ANNEXES ............................................................................................................................................... 133 ANNEX 1. EXTRACTS FROM THE REGULATION ON THE STATE ENVIRONMENTAL EXPERTISE ..................... 133 ANNEX 2. MAIN PARAMETERS OF THE PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION .............................................................. 136 • A CONTRACT WAS SIGNED WITH THE JV CORPORATE SOLUTIONS CONSULTING LIMITED (LEADING, UK) / ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS GROUPS (EGYPT) AND DIAMOND NETWORK LTD (UZBEKISTAN) FOR THE