Social Monitoring Report

Project Number: 48443-002 Covering Period: Effectiveness-December 2020 Document No.: 1 Document Date: May 2021

People’s Republic of : Xiangjiang River Watershed Existing Solid Waste Comprehensive Treatment Project

A combined EMDP and SGAP monitoring report

Prepared by: Hunan Provincial Government for the Asian Development Bank.

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Social monitoring report

1st Annual Report As of 30 December 2020

Of

Ethnic Minority Development Plan and Social & Gender Action Plan

People’s Republic of China: Hunan Xiangjiang River Watershed Existing Solid Waste Comprehensive Treatment Project

May 2021

Prepared by the ADB-financed Project Management Office of the Hunan Provincial Government for the Asian Development Bank.

CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (as of 30 April 2021) Currency unit – yuan (CNY) CNY1.00 = $0.1546 $1.00 = CNY6.4672

ABBREVIATIONS

3R – reduce, reuse, and recycle ADB – Asian Development Bank ACWF – All China Women’s Federation DI – design institute EMDP – ethnic minority development plan EM – ethnic minority EMG – ethnic minority group EMT – ethnic minority township EMAC – ethnic minority autonomous county EMP – environmental management plan EMRAO – Ethnic Minority and Religion Affairs Office ESB – Environment Sanitation Bureau FGD – focus group discussion GDP – gross domestic product GRM – Grievance redress mechanism HH – household HIV – human immunodeficiency virus HPMO – Hunan project management office IA – Implementing agency IP – indigenous peoples LSSB – Labor and Social Security Bureau MSW – Municipal solid waste PA – Project areas PRC – People’s Republic of China PMO – project management office SPS – Safeguard Policy Statement STI – sexually transmitted infection TA – technical assistance XRW – Xiangjiang River watershed YME – Yao minority township

NOTE In this report, "$" refers to United States dollars.

Contents

1 Background of the Project ...... 1 1.1 Introduction to the Project ...... 1 1.2 Summary of Indigenous Peoples and Gender Equity and Mainstreaming ...... 4 1.3 Report Period and Data Source ...... 5 1.4 Methodologies ...... 5 1.5 Reporting Process ...... 5 1.6 Objectives and Scope of the Monitoring ...... 5 2 Project Progress ...... 6 2.1 Changning City ...... 6 2.2 Dong’an County...... 6 2.3 ...... 6 2.4 ...... 6 2.5 County ...... 7 2.6 ...... 7 2.7 City ...... 7 2.8 City ...... 7 2.9 City ...... 8 2.10 City ...... 8 3 Institution arrangement ...... 10 3.1 Persons in Charge of EMDP and SGAP ...... 10 3.2 Capacity Building ...... 11 4 Grievance Redress Mechanism ...... 13 5 Participation and consultation ...... 14 6 Monitoring Results of EMDP ...... 16 7 Monitoring Results of GAP ...... 22 8 Conclusion and Next Step ...... 26 8.1 Conclusion ...... 26 8.2 Next step ...... 26 Appendix 1 photos and signature tables for the participation/consultation meetings ...... 27

1 Background of the Project 1.1 Introduction to the Project

The Xiangjiang River and its watershed are part of the larger Dongting Lake watershed. Both watersheds are integral elements of the downstream Yangtze River watershed. The Yangtze River Economic Belt (YREB) covers nine provinces and two specially administered cities in the Yangtze River Basin. It accounts for over 40% of the PRC’s population and has 40% of the freshwater resources. It also serves as the drinking water resource for 400 million people, provides 60% of the total fisheries production, has 20% of the total wetland area, and contributes about 45% of the PRC’s economic output. The PRC’s YREB Development Plan, 2016-20301 stipulates the prioritization of ecological protection and promotion of green development as the guiding principle for the YREB development. As upstream watersheds, the Xiangjiang River and Dongting Lake play a pivotal role in the water quality of the Yangtze River watershed and in the general maintenance of healthy rivers and waterways. Therefore, the Xiangjiang River watershed is a key water resource in the overall strategic planning for water security in the Yangtze River, and its ecological improvement in turn promotes ecosystem restoration, environmental protection, and water resources management of the YREB and its watersheds. In addition, in order to protect the water quality of the Xiangjiang River watershed, and dispose of the existing landfills, the Hunan Provincial Government applied for a loan of $150 million with the ADB in 2018 to implement the Project, which has a gross investment of $258 million, and will be implemented from April 1, 2019 to December 31, 2023. The Project is expected to reduce pollutant emissions in the Xiangjiang River watershed1, and benefit a population of 6.9 million. The Project has 6 outputs. Output 1: Substandard municipal solid waste landfills closed. This output will close and restore nine substandard landfills, demonstrating at each site the installation of a capping layer and drainage, a leachate collection system, a landfill gas collection and treatment system, and the restoration of vegetation and landscaping.2 Output 2: Substandard municipal solid waste landfills mined and remediated. This output will demonstrate the remediation of two substandard landfill sites through mining, which will include the excavation and transport of waste materials to adjacent sanitary landfill sites. This output will include the closure and restoration of the Xiaowujia site (in Lanshan) and the Zixing site. Output 3: New urban-rural integrated municipal solid waste management systems established. 3 This output will establish best practice and well-defined urban-rural MSW management systems in seven project areas. It will support Hunan’s strategy for integrated MSW management by piloting the construction of collection and transfer stations in selected locations to demonstrate differing scale and approaches. It will

2 The sites included are Dong’an; Doupi (in Hengyang); Guiyang; Hengshan; Jiufenshan (in Lanshan); Lengshuijiang; Shanglingqiao; Zhugemiao (in Yongzhou); and Tietang (in Changning). 3 The project will support the (i) construction of large-scale MSW treatment facilities, including collection and transfer stations; and (ii) procurement of MSW equipment.

include the procurement of the associated collection and transport equipment and fleet vehicles.4 Output 4: Sanitary landfill facilities upgraded. This output will upgrade the facilities in four sanitary landfill sites. This output will include upgrading and expanding leachate treatment facilities, installing leachate residual treatment facilities, improving site drainage, upgrading landfill cover and associated improvements, and refurbishing and upgrading site infrastructure.5 Output 5: A new kitchen waste treatment and management system established. This output will assist the Yongzhou City Government to establish a kitchen waste treatment and management system for commercial facilities. It will include the collection, transport and treatment, and associated operation and maintenance (O&M) and management systems. This output will support these initiatives by developing a well-prepared regulatory framework, appropriate institutional arrangements, a selection of appropriate technology, and a financially sustainable operational model. Output 6: Capacity for environmentally sustainable municipal solid waste management enhanced. This output will support capacity development and institutional strengthening to ensure the successful implementation of the Project. This will include technical support for project management and implementation, and training. This output will prepare operationally focused studies on MSW policies and best practice, accompanied by research on innovation and technology and pilot projects as inputs to developing knowledge products and guidelines and/or procedures to guide future investments in Hunan.6 The project outputs are summarized in Table 1-1. Table 1-1 Summary of Project Outputs

Output IA Description Proposed Remark Treatment 1. Substandard MSW Landfills Closed Area (10,000 Year Built Condition m2) / Volume / No (10,000 m3) Longer Used Changning Changning City Tietong 4.03 / 50.0 2001 / Simply On-site MSW Landfill 2012 closed closure Dong'an Dong'an County MSW 2.39 / 25.44 1993 / Simply On-site Landfill 2012 closed closure Guiyang Guiyang County MSW 4.60 / 68.0 1982 / Simply On-site Adjacent

4 It will serve urban and rural populations in Changning (0.99 million), Hengyang (1.12 million), Lanshan (0.26 million), Leiyang (1.20 million), Lengshuijiang (0.34 million), Yongzhou (1.32 million), and Zixing (0.36 million). 5 The sites included are Hengyang, Lanshan, Leiyang, and Lengshuijiang. 6 The range of system for MSW management and the variations in landfill conditions and engineering solutions will allow wide-ranging engineering and operational lessons to be collated and disseminated in Hunan and in the PRC.

Output IA Description Proposed Remark Treatment Landfill 2012 closed closure to tailing site Hengshan Hengshan County MSW 2.60 / 39.0 1997 / In Landfill Present operation Hengyang Doupi 2.2 / 25.2 1991 / Simply On-site MSW Landfill 2014 closed closure Lanshan Lanshan County 2.24 / 22.4 1999 / Simply On-site Jiufengshan 2013 closed closure MSW Landfill Lengshuijiang Lengshuijiang City MSW 3.70 / 58.5 1996 / Simply On-site Fly ash Landfill 2011 closed closure sites Yongzhou Yongzhou City 2.00 / 14.3 1995 / Simply On-site Lengshuijiang 2008 closed closure Shanglingqiao MSW Landfill Yongzhou Yongzhou City Lingling 8.00 / 210.0 1999 / Simply On-site Zhugemiao MSW Landfill 2010 closed closure Substandard MSW Landfills Mined and Remediated Lanshan Lanshan County 0.55 / 5.0 1986 / Equipment Mining Not in use Xiaowujia MSW Landfill 1998 yard Zixing Zixing City MSW Landfill 1.2 / 5.0 2000 / Simply Mining Next to 2010 closed sanitary landfill New Urban-Rural Integrated MSW Urban / Rural Total Condition Management Systems Established Township Population (10,000) Hengyang Hengyang County Urban- 1 / 25 109.4 No rural Integrated Rural Integrated MSW collection Changning Changning City Urban- 2 / 18 91.8 No rural Integrated Rural Integrated MSW collection Leiyang Leiyang City Urban-Rural 1 / 24 120.1 No rural Integrated Integrated MSW collection Yongzhou Yongzhou City Urban- 3 / 19 131.6 No rural Integrated Rural Integrated MSW collection Lanshan Lanshan County Urban- 1 / 13 43.01 No rural Integrated Rural Integrated MSW collection Zixing Zixing City Urban-Rural 2 / 11 35.8 No rural Integrated

Output IA Description Proposed Remark Treatment Integrated MSW collection Lengshuijiang Lengshuijiang City MSW 4 / 6 37.03 No transfer 400 t/d Transfer Station station station 4. Sanitary Landfill Facilities Upgraded Area (10,000 Start / Daily

m2) / Service Capacity Life (t/d) Output IA Description Proposed Remark Treatment Capacity

(10,000 m3) Hengyang Hengyang County Lida 15.77 / 215 2013 / 25 300 Upgrading Sanitary Landfill Upgrade Leiyang Leiyang City Nanjing 13.33 / 400 2008 / 20 380 Upgrading Sanitary Landfill Upgrade Lanshan Lanshan County Qijiacun 6.61 / 122 2014 / 19 150 Upgrading Sanitary Landfill Upgrade Lengshuijiang Lengshuijiang City 20.0 / 473 2011 / 35 250 Upgrading Zengjiachong Sanitary Landfill Upgrade New Kitchen Waste Treatment and Service Area / Design Current Management System Established Population Capacity Condition (10,000) (t/d) Yongzhou Yongzhou City Kitchen Yongzhou / 100 (short) No New center Waste Treatment 52.26 / treatment (Lengshuijiang) 200 (long) / 68.0 (Lingling) Capacity for Environmentally Sustainable MSW Management Enhanced Project implementation support Institutional strengthening and training Capacity development and studies on W MS m2 = square meter, m3 = cubic meter, MSW = municipal solid waste, t/d = ton per day. 1.2 Summary of Indigenous Peoples and Gender Equity and Mainstreaming

Indigenous Peoples category of the project is B. Category of Gender Equity and Mainstreaming is EGM.

1.3 Report Period and Data Source

The period of this report is from April 2019 to December 2020. The report was prepared by Hunan provincial PMO with the assistance of consultant. All data was provided by the IAs. 1.4 Methodologies

The following methods were used: Literature review—learning the socioeconomic profile, gender and ethnic minority by collecting relevant documents, local policies and statistics Field visit--during the Sep 7 to Sep 11, the social specialist visited project sites in 7 cities, including Yongzhong City. Interview--during the site visiting, the social specialist interviewed related social staff of each municipal PMOs and some local farmers.

1.5 Reporting Process

This the 1st monitoring report on EMDP and SGAP. 1.6 Objectives and Scope of the Monitoring

An ethnic minority development plan (EMDP) and a Social and Gender Action Plan(SGAP) have been prepared in Sep 2018 to ensure that ethnic minority people can equally benefit from the Project, and that any negative impacts on them are either reduced or mitigated, and ensure the local females involved can benefit from the project. The overall objectives of this EMDP are to ensure that (i) the Project provides the opportunity for the local residents, including ethnic minority groups (EMGs), to reap project benefits; (ii) benefits for the ethnic minorities are at least equal to the mainstream ethnic group (the Han) in the People’s Republic of China (PRC); (iii) the ethnic minorities’ full participation in the project design and implementation; and (iv) the Project does not cause adverse impacts on ethnic minorities, or if such adverse impacts are unavoidable, they are at least mitigated or reduced.

2 Project Progress

2.1 Changning City

The preliminary design of Changning City Urban-Rural Integrated MSW was completed and approved in March 2020. The gross investment in this component is 114.2276 million CNY, including construction costs of 46.8387 million CNY, equipment purchase costs of 42.7697 million CNY, installation costs of 3.5888 million CNY, and other costs of 21.0304 million CNY.

The preliminary design of Changning City Tietang MSW Landfill （C-CN01）was approved in 2019. The gross investment in this component is 62.9681 million CNY, including construction costs of 52.4609 million CNY, other costs of 5.8651 million CNY, and contingencies of 4.6421 million CNY. The updated DDR was cleared by ADB in Nov 2020. And the biding document has submitted to Hunan provincial PMO for approval. As of Dec 30, 2020, the 4 contracts of Changning City Urban-Rural Integrated MSW and Changning City Tietong MSW Landfill had not been awarded. 2.2 Dong’an County

As of Dec 30,, 2020, the design workload of Dong'an County MSW Landfill has varied greatly from the estimated workload, and the preliminary design has been approved. None of the 3 contracts (one for civil works, one for goods and one for consulting) has been awarded. And the construction land plan has been approved by Dongan Gov in Aug 2020. 2.3 Guiyang County

As of Dec 30,, 2020, the fund availability of this subproject was 0.11%, the civil works contract was expected to be bid for in Q1 2021, and the preliminary design had been approved in Apr 2020, with the addition of vertical seepage control. 2.4 Hengshan County

Due to temporary adjustments of the project and related approval procedures, the overall progress of the project is slow. In August 2020, the Hengshan County Government applied to the Provincial Project Office to adjust and change the implementation content of the sub-projects, and then applied to add two equipment contract packages to the original project. At present, the relevant change application has not been officially approved by ADB. From December 7 to 11, 2020, the ADB remote loan review team reviewed the ADB loan project for the comprehensive treatment of the existing garbage dump in the Xiangjiang River Basin of Hunan Province and the ADB loan project, and proposed that the ADB loan subproject in Hengshan County must first obtain domestic approval at first. At present, various domestic approval procedures are being processed.

2.5 Hengyang County

The gross investment in this subproject is 202 million CNY, and it mainly includes: 1) Doupi MSW Landfill: waste pile shaping, closure, rainwater and sewage separation, leachate treatment, gas collection and treatment, and landscaping, with a planned investment of 59 million CNY; 2) Hengyang County Urban-Rural Integrated MSW: construction of 28 waste transfer stations in the county town and townships, and purchase of 83 collection and transfer vehicles, with a planned investment of 120 million CNY; 3) Hengyang County Lida Sanitary Landfill Upgrade: construction of a group of leachate treatment facilities, and upgrading some existing facilities, with a planned investment of 19 million CNY, including 5 contracts (two goods contracts: leachate treatment system upgrading and transfer facility purchase; 3 construction contracts: existing waste disposal, landfill upgrading and transfer station construction). The overall progress of this subproject is slow. The preliminary design of the Doupi MSW Landfill has been approved but the EIA is under preparation. The civil work construction biding notice of Doupi MSW Landfill will be issued in April 2021. The preliminary design of Hengyang County Urban-Rural Integrated MSW and Hengyang County Lida Sanitary Landfill Upgrade have not approved and the contents of Hengyang County Lida Sanitary Landfill Upgrade will be adjusted. 2.6 Lanshan County

As of Dec 30,, 2020, the preliminary design had been approved. The changes include: 1) addition of vertical seepage control to the Jiufenshan MSW Landfill; 2) change in workload of the Xiaowujia MSW Landfill; 3) cancellation of the integrated building and concentrate treatment, change of the leachate treatment process from the membrane method to Fenton, and addition of anti-seepage rehabilitation for the Urban-Rural Integrated MSW; 4) reduction of some township transfer stations, and adjustment of the capacity of the central station in the county town to 500t/d. No construction has begun. .

2.7 Leiyang City

As of Dec 30,, 2020, fund availability was 14.5%, and no construction had begun. The preliminary designs of the 2 components have not been approved. The updated DDRs/RP for this component will be prepared in June 2021. 2.8 Lengshuijiang City

This subproject consists of the Heiniling MSW Landfill, Sanitary Landfill Upgrade and MSW Transfer Station, with a total ADB loan of $17.5 million. As of Dec 30,, 2020, the progress of this subproject was as follows: In April 2018, the feasibility study report was approved by the provincial development and reform commission; In June 2019, the EIA report was approved by the Municipal Ecology and Environment Bureau;

In May 2019, the Loudi Municipal Finance Bureau entered into an on-lending agreement with the provincial finance department; In October 2019, the preliminary design of the Heiniling MSW Landfill was reviewed; In December 2019, the construction drawings of the Heiniling MSW Landfill were reviewed; In March 2020, the bidding documents of the Heiniling MSW Landfill were reviewed by the ADB, bidding approval was underway, and preliminary design documents were being prepared for the two other components. No construction has begun. 2.9 Yongzhou City

This subproject consists of 7 contracts, including 4 construction ones and 3 goods ones. The 4 construction contracts are: 1) Shanglingqiao MSW Landfill, including landfill closure of 33,300 m2 and disposal of existing MSW of 800,000 m3; 2) Zhugemiao MSW Landfill, including landfill closure of 53,900 m3 and disposal of existing MSW of 800,000 m3; 3) Yongzhou City Kitchen Waste Treatment, including purchase of kitchen waste collection and transfer vehicles, and kitchen waste treatment equipment, and construction of the kitchen waste treatment plant; 4) Yongzhou City Urban-Rural Integrated MSW: construction of large waste transfer stations, and purchase of relevant equipment, vehicles and sanitation management systems. 3 goods contracts: management equipment for Yongzhou City Urban-Rural Integrated MSW and Yongzhou City Kitchen Waste Treatment, and Yongzhou City smart sanitation management system As of Dec 30,, 2020, the design and review of the EIA report, preliminary design and construction drawings, budgeting, and financial review had been completed for the Zhugemiao MSW Landfill and the Shanglingqiao MSW Landfill; geological survey, site selection and land planning had been completed for Yongzhou City Kitchen Waste Treatment, and the preliminary design submitted to HURD for approval; the purchase of waste transfer and separation equipment, and the site selection and LA for 7 waste transfer stations had been completed for Yongzhou City Urban-Rural Integrated MSW. Domestic counterpart funds of 28.795 million CNY had been withdrawn in total. 2.10 Zixing City

The gross investment in the Zixing subproject is 116 million CNY, and it mainly includes: 1) Zixing City Changyilong Sanitary Landfill Upgrade: including landfill and leachate treatment system upgrading, and the construction of a capacity of 900,000 m3 for Stage 2 of Phase 1 of the landfill (not covered by the feasibility study); 2) Zixing MSW Landfill: with a floor area of 20,000 m2, and the transfer of the Tangyilong simple landfill with a filled volume of 350,000 m3; 3) Zixing City MSW Collection and Transfer: construction of 4 town collection stations of 30t/d, reconstruction of 6 urban collection stations of 120-150t/d; purchase of vehicles, intelligent sanitation management system, and the regulation of irregular rural waste sites, etc., including 5

contracts (3 for goods: leachate treatment system upgrading, waste transfer equipment purchase and intelligent sanitation, and two for construction: existing MSW disposal and upgrading, and waste collection and transfer). Zixing City Changyilong Sanitary Landfill Upgrade: Geological survey, construction drawing design, budgeting, and EIA have been completed, and bidding will be conducted in July. Zixing MSW Landfill: Preliminary design and construction drawing review, EIA, bidding document preparation, and budgeting have been prepared. Zixing City MSW Collection and Transfer: Surveying, LA, preliminary design preparation, and EIA have been completed, the preliminary design is being reviewed, and the bidding documents being prepared.

3 Institution arrangement

The EMDP and SGAP have been implemented by IAs or HPMOs. There are 11 impacted and benefited districts/counties/level-cities, but only 10 IAs since the urban districts of Lingling and Lengshuitan are all under the responsibility of one IA in Yongzhou Prefectural City.

3.1 Persons in Charge of EMDP and SGAP

The IAs have appointed dedicated staff to be responsible for social, gender and ethnic minority affairs, as shown in Table 3-1. There are 10 staff members (2 females) and 10 leaders (4 females) directly related to the Project.

Table 3-1 Information of the persons in charge of EMDP and SGAP

Ethnic No. City / county Title Name Gender Mobile phone E-mail group 1 Deputy Director Wan Yong Male Han Hunan PMO Resettlement and 2 Tang Jun Female Han social affairs 3 PMO Director Hou Zhenghui Male Han 18973565293 Zixing Resettlement and 4 Liao Qian Female Han 13270652660 [email protected] social affairs 5 PMO Director Liu Zhanyan Female Han 13789379668 Changning Resettlement and 6 Tan Huiyun Male Han 15873465999 social affairs 7 PMO Director Tang Huiyun Female Han 13807467590 [email protected] Yongzhou Resettlement and 8 Deng Shangzhe Male Han 18075819187 [email protected] social affairs 9 PMO Director Luo Shiyou Male Han 13762461898 Hengyang Resettlement and 10 Tan Xiao Male Han 13786460366 social affairs 11 PMO Director Yu Langui Female Han 13787663626 Dong’an Resettlement and 12 Zhang Hailing Female Han 13918360875 social affairs 13 PMO Director Deng Xianlan Male Han 19973522766 gycg4470163@163. com Guiyang Resettlement and 14 Peng Huiwen Male Han 15096120002 [email protected] social affairs 15 PMO Director Chen Wensheng Male Han 13974710799 Leiyang Resettlement and 16 Xiao Xia Female Han 17770992330 [email protected] social affairs 17 PMO Director Yi Hua Male! Han 15973899326 Lengshuijiang 18 Resettlement and Yang Zhou Male Han 13973828172 [email protected]

social affairs 19 PMO Director Xie Xiangyang Male Han 15973899326 Lanshan Resettlement and 20 Peng Wensheng Male Han 18373888891 [email protected] social affairs

3.2 Capacity Building

From April 2019 to Dec 2020, 12 training sessions were held for the Project, with 378 trainees in total, including 143 females, accounting for 37.83%. The PMOs invited social experts to offer pre-implementation support in April 2020, who trained the social staff of the PMOs in June 2020 and Aug 2020.See Table 3-2.

Table 3-2 Training Offered by the Hunan and Local PMOs from Jul 2019 to Dec 2020

Participants Amount No. Topic Time Location Organizer Trainees Scope Source Total Females (CNY) Procurement, Project kick-off Sep. 16- 1 Hunan PMO PMO staff finance, project 84 20 Hunan PMO meeting 25, 2019 management June 4, Bidding BOQ and Bidding document 2 2020 Changsha Hunan PMO document technical spec. 7 3 Hunan PMO preparation (1 day) preparation staff preparation Integrated June 30, Finance, project operational 2020 management, training (financial Local PMOs, bidding, 3 management, Changsha Hunan PMO 38 11 Hunan PMO design agencies environmental bidding, (1 day) management, environment, and social safeguards resettlement) March Dong’an County Dong’an Dong’an 30, Urban Basic operational Basic operational 4 2020, Administration & PMO staff 6 2 training PMO training PMO 14:30- Law Enforcement 15:30 Bureau March EMP Lanshan Resettlement, Lanshan County 30, PAS PMO social Sanitation and 5 2020, LanshanPMO PMO staff 12 5 development and Landscaping 15: 30- LAR environment Service Center 16: 30 March Zixing Zixing Zixing City Urban 31, Basic operational Administration & 6 2020, PMO staff 10 5 training Law Enforcement PMO PMO 8:30- Bureau 9:30 March Lengshuijiang City Lengshuijiang 31, Urban Basic operational 7 2020, Administration & PMO staff NCB samples 11 5 training PMO 9:40- Law Enforcement 10:40 Bureau 8 Basic operational March Guiyang County Guiyang PMO staff 10 5 Guiyang

Participants Amount No. Topic Time Location Organizer Trainees Scope Source Total Females (CNY) training 31, Urban 2020, Administration & PMO PMO 10:40- Law Enforcement 11:40 Bureau March Leiyang City Leiyang Leiyang 27, Urban Basic operational 9 2020, Administration & PMO staff 20 4 training PMO PMO 8:30- Law Enforcement 9:30 Bureau March Hengyang County Hengyang Hengyang 27, Urban Basic operational 10 2020, Administration & PMO staff 27 13 training PMO PMO 9:40- Law Enforcement 10:40 Bureau March Changning City Changning Changning 27, Housing Urban- Basic operational 11 2020, Rural PMO staff 10 5 training PMO PMO 10:40- Development 11:40 Bureau Changning PMO, Technical Basic operational June and labor and Construction 12 PMO guidance on 100 50 3000 PMO training 2020 social security workers construction bureau Implementation Aug 31, 13 Lanshan PMO Lanshan PMO PMO staff 8 4 Lanshan PMO training 2020 ADB gender and Social staff of Hunan social Oct 6, Hunan Provincial Hunan Provincial 14 each municipal 28 10 2000 Provincial development 2020 PMO PMO PMOs PMO policy ADB gender and social Social staff of Dec, 12, Hunan Provincial 15 development Wechat each municipal 7 1 0 0 2020 PMO policy and data PMOs collection Total 378 143 3000

The assigned staff are responsible to liaise with the relevant local government agencies, township governments, or village committees under the coordination of the leaders of the subproject PMOs. This can ensure that appropriate measures are taken in a timely and satisfactory manner. The HPMO will also be responsible for monitoring and reporting progress, issues, and results to the executing agency.

4 Grievance Redress Mechanism

Given that the EMDP and SGAP were and will be implemented based on adequate participation of minority/female residents, no substantial dispute will arise. However, a grievance redress mechanism (GRM) has been established for minority residents/females to resolve any unforeseeable problems occurring in the implementation phase in an effective and transparent manner. Minority/female residents can express their dissatisfactions with project implementation arrangements or suffering from unfair treatments caused by the project implementation through the GRM. The GRM are applied to the both the implementation of EMDP and SGAP. The affected minority and females can directly contact the PIUs at first. The contact name and contact manner is same as table 2-1. The aggrieved ethnic minority and females can also put forward grievance to the external monitoring and evaluation agency as the external agency reports it to PMO. Or the aggrieved ethnic minorities/females can put forward grievance to the project team of ADB for negotiated resolution. If not properly resolved, the aggrieved ethnic minority/female may submit a complaint to ADB’s Office of Special Project Facility or Office of Compliance Review in accordance with ADB’s Accountability Mechanism (2012)7.

7 For further information, see http://www.adb.org/Accountability-Mechanism/default.asp

5 Participation and consultation

In line with the projet progress, a total of 9 consulation meetings have been conducted during 2020. A total of 316 persons participated, including 155 females and 37 minorities. The cost is more than 10000 CNY. The Dongan Project Office held a consultation meeting on June 8, 2020 On May 20, 2020, a preliminary consultation meeting was held in the Lanshan County Project Office. A total of 18 people attended, including 7 ethnic minorities and 9 women, at a cost of 1000 CNY. On June 10, 2020, the Guiyang County Project Office held a preliminary consultation meeting. A total of 14 people participated. During the period, 6 were women and 4 were low-income families. On June 4, 2020, the Lengshuijiang Project Office determined the location of garbage bins, waste collection, transportation and sanitation treatment, and garbage disposal consultation meeting. A total of 36 people participated, of which 18 were women and 8 were low-income families. It costs 3,000 CNY to recognize and support the government's decision. On June 23, 2020, an awareness and education program on environmental protection and 3R principles of domestic waste management was carried out in the conference room of Lengshuijiang Sanitation Department. A total of 30 people participated, 16 of whom were women. Low-income families on the 8th, cost 3,000, enhanced Participation and learning awareness. On July 13, 2020, in the meeting room of the Lengshuijiang Environmental Sanitation Department, a public consultation meeting on the tax and fee standard of urban domestic waste was attended by 42 people, 22 of whom were women and 9 were from low-income families. The cost is 3,000, which agrees with the existing tax and fee standards.

On July 21, 2020, a public consultation meeting on the design of landfill pollution control and prevention requirements in the meeting room of the Lengshuijiang Waste Treatment Center. A total of 42 people participated, of which 21 were women and 13 were from low-income families. The cost is 6,000, to support the transformation and upgrading. On March 6, 2020, a related meeting was held in the meeting room of the Changning Project Office. A total of 30 people attended, 9 of whom were ethnic minorities, 15 were women, and 6 were low-income families, with a cost of 30,000 CNY. On April 13, 2020, a public consultation was held in the meeting room of Luoqiao Town. A total of 100 people participated, 30 of whom were

ethnic minorities, 50 were women, and 20 were low-income and low- income families at a cost of 10,000 CNY.

6 Monitoring Results of EMDP Table 5-1 Ethnic Minority Development Action Plan

Main Task and/or Targets and Timeframe Responsibility Funds and Compliance Issues Proposed Actions Indicators Resources status Detail for Yes/No/ activities Further Action1 Output 1: On-site closures of existing solid waste landfills  Ensure EMs’ Targets: 2018–2023 HPMO, PMOs and IAs To be Will participation on  Participants of Lanshan County Project comply conduct it awareness in public and Lenshuijiang budget when activity and consultations Districts FB, ESB, Yongzhou public and social consultant and consultation on awareness Lanshan designs of activities with project closure of 40% EM in conducted landfills and Lanshan greening and County,a and environment 30% in protection for Lengshuitan residents in of villages/commu Yongzhou; nities near the Indicators: project landfills • No. and % of participants disaggregated by sex and ethnicity; 2017 Baseline: 0 Output 2: Mining of two existing MSW landfills  Conduct Targets: 2018–2023 Project yes On May 20, 2020, a HPMO, subproject awareness  Public budget preliminary PMOs, IAs in Lanshan activity and consultations County and consultation public and Lenshuijiang District, meeting was held in consultation on awareness local sanitation the Lanshan County designs of activities with department of closure of EM Project Office. A subprojects; FB, ESB, total of 18 people landfills and participants of social consultant; greening and 40% in attended, including environment Lanshan 7 ethnic minorities protection for County and and 9 women, at a residents in 30% in cost of 10,000 communities Lengshuitan near the District of CNY.Farmer project landfills Yongzhou representatives Indicators: • No. of around the participants landfill, disaggregated by sex and selected by the ethnicity; village. Main Baseline: 0 topics is on their

Main Task and/or Targets and Timeframe Responsibility Funds and Compliance Issues Proposed Actions Indicators Resources status Detail for Yes/No/ activities Further Action1 willingness to construct the landfill. As the site is far from the village ,all farmers support the project.

Output 3: Urban-rural integrated MSW management systems  public Targets: Subproject PMOs, IAs Government To be Will consultations  Public 2018–2023 in 11 comply conduct it for identifying consultations districts/counties/cities; when location of and PB, CB, EMRAO; DI, Yongzhou garbage bins, campaigns in Local ESB and garbage YMTs with at Assisting agencies: EB Lanshan collection, least 50% EM and PIC project transportation participants; social/gender/ethnic conducted and sanitary Participants in minority disposal, and public develo solid waste hearings with pment specialist disposal 30% EM  Select two participants (at demonstrative least one for YMTs in each of the 6 Project areas YMTs) in (at least one Lanshan from Lan County and County) to 20% in conduct public Lengshuitan environment District of and sanitation Yongzhou; management Indicators: campaign, • Number and % including solid of participants waste in the public management consultations, and 3R (lecture disaggregated or picture by sex and low- exhibition, etc.) income groups  Conduct public• Number and % hearings in of participants case raising in the campaign MSW disaggregated management by sex and tariff for EMs to ethnicity voice their• No. and % of concerns hearing participants disaggregated by sex and

Main Task and/or Targets and Timeframe Responsibility Funds and Compliance Issues Proposed Actions Indicators Resources status Detail for Yes/No/ activities Further Action1 ethnicity Baseline: 0 Output 4: Existing Sanitary Landfills Upgrading  Conduct public Targets: 2018–2023 HPMO, PMO, IAs of Project Yes On June 3, 2020, a consultant and  Public Lanshan County and budget public consultation participation on consultations Lenshuijiang District, and publicity event local ESB, EB, social the design of with 40% EM was held in Daqiao existing participants in consultant; contractors Yao Township. A landfills’ Lanshan upgrading to County and total of 20 people address local 30% in participated, 7 of residents’ Lengshuitan whom were ethnic concerns; District of minorities, 2 of  Conduct Yongzhou whom were low-  awareness Participants income groups, and activity on in awareness environment activity with 10 of them were protection for 40% EM women. Farmer residents in participants in communities Lanshan representatives near the County and around the project landfills. 30% in Lengshuitan landfill, District of selected by the Yongzhou Indicators: village. Main • Number and % topics is on of participants in the public their consultations, willingness to disaggregated by sex and construct the ethnicity landfill. As the • Number and % of participants in site is far from awareness the village ,all activities, farmers disaggregated by sex and support the ethnicity project. Baseline: 0

Output 5: Kitchen Waste Treatment  Conduct Targets: To be Will awareness  Participants 2018–2023 HPMO, PMO, IAs of comply conduct it building in awareness Lanshan County and when programs and activity with Lenshuijiang District, Yongzhou publicity on 30% EMs in local ESB, social and kitchen waste Lengshuitan consultant, EB; Lanshan treatment and District of Contractors project sorting by Yongzhou conducted posters, Indicators: booklets, • Number and % leaflets, etc. of participants in awareness

Main Task and/or Targets and Timeframe Responsibility Funds and Compliance Issues Proposed Actions Indicators Resources status Detail for Yes/No/ activities Further Action1 activities, disaggregated by sex and ethnicity • Numbers of publicity materials, such as posters, booklets, leaflets, etc. Baseline: 0 Output 6: Capacity Development and Institutional Strengthening  Staff of PMOs Targets: $5,000 and IAs are  100% staff HPMO, PMO, IAs of yes Has assign trained to of PMOs and 11 special person in ensure IAs receive districts/counties/cities, charge of EMDP effective training on local ESB, social implementation implementation project consultant, EB, ACWF,

of the project, management EMRAO particularly on and Trainings has also monitoring implementatio been conducted EMDP n, particularly  EMDP in social implementation safeguards, data will be including collected in the EMDP PPMS to implementatio ensure n monitoring of  Hire one the EMDP, etc. national  Recruitment of social/ethnic PIC’s national minority social/gender/ development ethnic minority specialist development under PIC specialist  HPMO and each county  PMOs assign PMO assign 1

at least one staff to ensure social/gender/ implementatio ethnic minority n of EMDP for development safeguards staff to be and responsible for social/gender EMDP and ethnic implementation minorities and reporting development in the project Indicators: progress • No. of staff of reports PMOs and IAs receive training on project management and implementation, disaggregated

Main Task and/or Targets and Timeframe Responsibility Funds and Compliance Issues Proposed Actions Indicators Resources status Detail for Yes/No/ activities Further Action1 by sex • Input of national social/ethnic minority development specialist • No. of staff assigned in the HPMO and each county PMO to ensure implementation of EMDP for safeguards and social/gender and ethnic minorities development Baseline: 0 For Outputs 1–5: Generating Job Opportunities (all components)  During Targets: 2018-2023 PMO, IAs of LanshanProject To be Will construction  10% ethnic County andbudget comply conduct it stage, 912 full minorities Lenshuijiang District, when civil positions, 273 (Lanshan) and Contractors, LSSB, works of skilled and 639 5% in EMRAO ， Local ESB Yongzhou unskilled, be Lengshuitan and antiepidemic and created District of station Lanshan  During Yongzhou for project operation skilled and conducted stage, 683 full unskilled jobs positions, during 275 skilled and construction 408 unskilled and operation (workers at stage garbage  100% of job transfer vacancy stations), be information created advertised to  Timely EMs advertise job  100% EM vacancies; employees contractors trained on give priority to public health ethnic and HIV/AIDS, minorities for STIs, and hiring in civil sexual works harassment  Conduct prevention publicity Indicators: activities on• Number and % HIV/AIDS/STI of employees and sexual during harassment to construction contractors and stage, workers disaggregated

Main Task and/or Targets and Timeframe Responsibility Funds and Compliance Issues Proposed Actions Indicators Resources status Detail for Yes/No/ activities Further Action1  Ensure by sex and implementation ethnicity of core labor• Number and % standards (i.e., of employees equal pay for during equal work, no operation child labor, stage, etc.) and safety disaggregated guidelines are by sex and stated in the ethnicity contracts • Number and %  Public health of job and HIV vacancies prevention opened to EMs awareness • Number of EM conducted to trainees community (disaggregated residents by sex and target groups) in public health and HIV prevention awareness Baseline: 0

ACWF = All China Women’s Federation, CB = Civic Bureau, DI = design institute, EB = Environment Bureau, EM = ethnic minority, EMDP = ethnic minority development plan, EMRAO = Ethnic Minority and Religion Affairs Office, ESB = Environment and Sanitation Bureau, FB = Finance Bureau, IA = implementing agency, LSSB = Labor and Social Security Bureau, PB = Public Bureau, PIC = Public Information Center, PPMS = project performance management system, YMT = Yap minority township. a EM population accounts for 6.21% in Lanshan County, 2.27% in of Yongzhou, 1.3% in Zixing City, and percentage below 1% in Changning City, of Yongzhou, Guiyang County, and no EMs in the rest 5 counties/cities of Hengyang County, Leiyang City, Dong’an County, Hengshan County, and Lengshuijiang City.

7 Monitoring Results of GAP Activity Target and Indicator Responsible Timeline Budget Comment or Party Complianc Reasons for Issues for e status Compliance, Further Yes/No/ Partial Action1 Partial Compliance/Non- Compliance Output 1: Substandard MSW landfills closed Output 2: Substandard MSW landfills mined and remediated 1. Ensure local • Number and percentage of 1. PMO and 2018-2021 Project budget at Yes residents’ participants, with 50% women IAs around In line with participation in participants and 20% low- 2. ESBs CNY10,000/event the projet public consultation income households in public 3. POC and progress, a on the designs of consultations a design total of 9 the project agencies consulation components 2017 baseline: 0 meetings have been conducted during 2020. A total of 316 persons participated, including 155 females and 37 minorities. The cost is more than 10000 CNY.

Output 3: New urban-rural integrated MSW management systems established 1. Identify location of • Number and percentage of local 1. PMO and 2018-2022 Project budget at To be comply Will conduct it waste bins, waste residents consulted, with 50% IAs around when the component collection, women participants and 20% 2. ESBs and CNY10,000 started transportation and low-income households design sanitary disposal, • Number and type of gender- agencies At around and MSW disposal sensitive education materials 3. POC and CNY30,000- in consultation with developed community 50,000/event residents • Number and percentage of local committees 2. Conduct residents in awareness Government awareness raising program, with 40% women budget and education participants and 20% low- (no additional programs on income households cost) environmental • At least 50% women protection, MSW participants and 20% low- management, and income households in public 3Rs principle in consultations communities 3. Ensure participation in public consultations for MSW tariff in 10 project counties and county- level cities 2017 baseline: 0 Output 4: Sanitary landfill facilities upgraded 1. Ensure people’s • Number and percentage of 1. PMO and IAs 2018-2023 Project budget at To be comply Will conduct it participation in participants, with 50% women 2. ESBs (whole around when the component public consultation participants and 30% low- 3. POC and construction CNY10,000 started on the design of the income households design period) demand of pollution agencies control and 2017 baseline: 0 prevention from the

landfills Output 6: Capacity for environmentally sustainable MSW management enhanced 1. Recruit social • Social development and gender 1. PMO and 2018-2023 No additional development and consultants recruited with at implementing (whole project cost gender specialists as least total inputs of 10 person- agencies implementation part of the project months 2. Local on period) management • A focal person in each IA governments consultant team managing and coordinating of the 10 project 2. Ensure there is at SGAP and EMDP activities counties/county- least one staff member • 100% staff of IAs receive SGAP level cities in each IA responsible training 3. Community for social, gender, and • Collection of sex-disaggregated committees ethnic minority issues indicators and semiannual 3.Train IA staff to progress reports on SGAP ensure effective 2017 baseline: 0 implementation of the project, particularly SGAP 4.Collect sex- disaggregated data through the PPMS to ensure monitoring, evaluation, and reporting of the SGAP and EMDP For all outputs: Job opportunities and measures to reduce potential risks generated 1. Generate 913 jobs, • 30% of which are first made 1. PMO and IAs 2018-2023 Project Partly Will provide including 273 full- available to women and 20% to 2. Contractors (whole construction cost comply the job time managerial low-income households (2017 and Labor construction paid by opportunities and technical baseline for female construction Bureau period) contractors, and for the local positions; and 640 workers: 0) 3. Community operation cost peoples part-time unskilled committees 2020- paid by IAs, no when the civil jobs during • 30% of which are first made and ACWF ongoing (from additional cost in works started construction stage available to women and 20% to operation of the project

2. Generate 682 jobs, low-income households in any including 275 full- operation (2017 baseline for subprojects) Administrative time skilled and women employees: 25%) cost of CDC for 407 part-time public health unskilled jobs • Terms of construction contract materials and On December 1, during operation and implementation trainings, no 2020, a public stage additional cost in health and AIDS 3. Include HIV/AIDS • Public health and HIV/AIDS, the project prevention training and STI clauses STIs, and sexual harassment course was into contract prevention training courses and launched in the bidding documents number of trainees Lengshuijiang 4. Conduct public (disaggregated by sex and Project Office. A health and target groups) total of 42 people HIV/AIDS, STIs, participated, and sexual including 21 harassment women. prevention education program

8 Conclusion and Next Step

8.1 Conclusion

Consultations with communities have taken place and will continue at different points in the implementation of the EMDP and SGAP, not only to inform people about the components or specific activities, but also to enable people in the community to ask questions, make suggestions, state preferences, and express concerns.

Special attention has been paid to the participation of women, ethnic minorities. Trainings on ADB ethnic and minority have been conducted.

The PMO and implementing agencies has disclose the EMDP/GAP in their offices as well as the community offices.

8.2 Next step

More gender and ethnic minorities related figures will be collected and reflected in the next report.

As the civil works of some components will be conducted since 2021, more employment activities for female and ethnic minorities will be implemented according the EMDP and SGAP.

Appendix 1 photos and signature tables for the participation/consultation meetings

Guiyang consultation meeting

Dongan consultation meeting

Dongan training signature table

Lanshan Consultation meeting

Yongzhou consultation meeting