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SFG2531 V2 REV PEOPLE’S COMMITTEE OF QUANG BINH PROVINCE COASTAL CITIES SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT PROJECT Public Disclosure Authorized SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT (Draft Version) DONG HOI CITY SUB-PROJECT Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized DONG HOI, 2016 PEOPLE’S COMMITTEE OF QUANG BINH PROVINCE COASTAL CITIES SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT PROJECT ============================== SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT COASTAL CITIES SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT PROJECT – DONG HOI CITY, QUANG BINH PROVINCE SUB-PROJECT INVESTOR REPRESENTATIVES Quang Binh, 2016 OVERVIEW OVERVIEW Social impact assessment (SIA) is a tool for planners to learn how people impact and are impacted by development activities. It is conducted to identify key stakeholders and establish a suitable framework for their participation in the selection, design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the project. SIA also aims to ensure that the objectives and motivation for change can be accepted by the majority of people who are expected to benefit from the project and to early identify the existence ability as well as possible risks of a project. Some issues to learn in social assessment include: (1) the impacts of the project on different groups, especially women and vulnerable groups; (2) mitigation measures to minimize the adverse impacts of the project; (3) social risks which may affect the success of the project; (4) necessary organizational arrangements for the participation and allocation of projects; setting ting an adequate plans to build required capacity at all corressponding levels The social assessment uses a variety of different methods and techniques to obtain sufficient and accurate information about residents in the project area, including: analyzing and evaluating documents related to the project; quantitative survey questionnaire by random sampling; qualitative survey with in-depth interview techniques, group discussion and public consultation. This report is called Society Impact Assessment (SIA) - Dong Hoi City Sub-project, Quang Binh province, under Coastal Cities Sustainable Environment Project. The report is considered as a standard document in line with requirements and procedures of World Bank (WB). The report provides information and results of SIA of the project for preparing documents on safeguard policies such as Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF), Resettlement Policy Framework (RPF), Resettlement Action Plan (RAP). SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT Coastal Cities Sustainable Environment Project – Dong Hoi City Sub-project 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS OVERVIEW __________________________________________________________________ 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS ________________________________________________________ 2 LIST OF TABLES _____________________________________________________________ 5 LIST OF FIGURES ___________________________________________________________ 6 ABBREVIATIONS ____________________________________________________________ 7 1. INTRODUCTION ___________________________________________________________ 8 1.1 Project Introduction ___________________________________________________ 8 1.2 Project objectives ______________________________________________________ 9 1.3 Project components ___________________________________________________ 10 2. OBJECTIVES AND METHODS OF SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT _____________ 18 2.1 Objectives of SIA _____________________________________________________ 18 2.2 Methodology _________________________________________________________ 18 2.3 Process of organizing socio-economic survey ______________________________ 20 3. OVERVIEW OF PROJECT AREA ____________________________________________ 22 3.1 Geographical location _________________________________________________ 22 3.2 Climate, meteorology conditions ________________________________________ 22 3.3 Economic Conditions __________________________________________________ 24 3.4 Population and workforce ______________________________________________ 25 3.5 Educatio and Healthcare _______________________________________________ 27 3.6 Flood situation _______________________________________________________ 28 4. RESULTS OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC SURVEY IN PROJECT AREA _________________ 31 4.1 Occupations _________________________________________________________ 31 4.2 Information of survey participants ______________________________________ 32 4.3 Household size _______________________________________________________ 33 4.4 Education ___________________________________________________________ 34 4.5 Household assets _____________________________________________________ 35 4.6 Households income and income group division ____________________________ 36 4.7 Household Medical and Public Health ____________________________________ 38 4.8 Vulnerable Households/ People _________________________________________ 39 4.9 Transportation _______________________________________________________ 40 4.10 Current drainage situation _____________________________________________ 41 4.11 Current drainage and watewater treatment situation _______________________ 42 4.12 Current situation of solid waste collection ________________________________ 44 4.13 Power supply, telecommunications ______________________________________ 45 4.14 Cultural, historical and religious buildings ________________________________ 45 SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT Coastal Cities Sustainable Environment Project – Dong Hoi City Sub-project 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS 4.15 HIV-AIDS in the project area and surroundings ___________________________ 46 4.16 Gender in the main political issues _______________________________________ 47 4.17 Participation in family and community’s activities _________________________ 48 5. DESIRES AND PAYMENT POSSIBILITY _____________________________________ 49 5.1 Desired investment sectors _____________________________________________ 49 5.2 Desires and willingness to give opinions and monitor the process of implementation of subproject ______________________________________________________________ 50 5.3 Desires and payment possibility for connecting with the wastewater drainage system ____________________________________________________________________ 52 5.4 Desires and payment possibility for ugrading school and public toilets _________ 53 5.5 Desires to receive information from the project ____________________________ 53 6. POTENTIAL POSITIVE IMPACTS OF THE PROJECT ________________________ 55 6.1 Enhancing wastewater collection and treatment capacity, contributing to improve flooding and environmental pollution __________________________________________ 55 6.2 Improving flood drainage and anti-landslide on the banksof Cai river, ensuring the flood drainage capacity and safety for residents _________________________________ 56 6.3 Enhancing capacity and awareness for local communities ___________________ 56 6.4 Ensuring technical and financial sustainability after project completion _______ 56 6.5 Reducing social and environmental impacts of the project on affected residents _ 56 6.6 Developing the social welfare for vulnerable groups and strengthening social capital for the residents in project area, focusing on women and the poor ____________ 57 7. POTENTIAL NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF THE PROJECT _______________________ 58 7.1 Unemployment and income of farmers suffering from land acquisition ________ 58 7.2 Poverty _____________________________________________________________ 58 7.3 Access limit and temporary impacts on economic activities __________________ 59 7.4 Impacts on public safety and health ______________________________________ 59 7.5 Social evils ___________________________________________________________ 60 7.6 HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases _________________________ 60 7.7 Other social impacts __________________________________________________ 60 a. Traffic congestion ____________________________________________________ 60 b. Dust, air emission and noise ____________________________________________ 61 8. MITIGATION MEASURES __________________________________________________ 65 (see Consultation and communications plans with community involvement) ___________ 69 9. THE ACTION PLAN _______________________________________________________ 71 9.1 Gender Action Plan (GAP) _____________________________________________ 71 9.2 Community Health Action Plan (CHAP) _________________________________ 75 9.3 Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) ________________________________________ 78 9.4 The implementation of ESIA ___________________________________________ 78 SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT Coastal Cities Sustainable Environment Project – Dong Hoi City Sub-project 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS 9.5 Consultation and communications plans with community involvement ________ 78 9.6 Complaint mechanism and resolution ____________________________________ 80 9.7 Information disclosure, social accountability and monitoring ________________ 82 a. Consultation and information disclosure _________________________________ 82 b. Social Accountability __________________________________________________ 85 c. Monitoring with involvement ___________________________________________ 85 9.8 Budget for expected mitigation action plans _______________________________ 86 10. ROLE OF STAKEHOLDERS _______________________________________________ 87 10.1 Roles of related parties involved in project management and implementation ___ 87 a. Roles of management agencies __________________________________________ 87 b. Roles of associations and communities ___________________________________