GEORGIA ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION NETWORK DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS Environmental and Social Impact Assessment Volume 6 Stakeholder Engagement Plan Prepared for: GSE SLR Ref:901.12.1 Version No: #1 July 2019 Georgian State Electrosystem (GSE) Environmental and Social Impact Assessment SLR Ref No:901.12.1 Volume 6 Stakeholder Engagement Plan July 2019 BASIS OF REPORT This document has been prepared by SLR Consulting Limited with reasonable skill, care and diligence, and taking account of the manpower, timescales and resources devoted to it by agreement with GSE (the Client) as part or all of the services it has been appointed by the Client to carry out. It is subject to the terms and conditions of that appointment. SLR shall not be liable for the use of or reliance on any information, advice, recommendations and opinions in this document for any purpose by any person other than the Client. 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Georgian State Electrosystem (GSE) Environmental and Social Impact Assessment SLR Ref No:901.12.1 Volume 6 Stakeholder Engagement Plan July 2019 CONTENTS ACRONYMS PREAMBLE INTRODUCTION AND PROJECT OVERVIEW........................................................................ 1 1.1 Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 1 1.2 Purpose and objectives of the SEP ............................................................................................ 1 1.3 Project Overview ....................................................................................................................... 2 1.4 Structure of the SEP .................................................................................................................. 4 REGULATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS ................................................................................ 5 2.1 Georgian Requirements ............................................................................................................ 5 2.2 International Requirements ...................................................................................................... 6 PROJECT STAKEHOLDERS ................................................................................................. 8 3.1 Stakeholder identification and analysis ..................................................................................... 8 3.2 Vulnerable groups and gender issues among affected people ............................................... 15 3.3 Categories of key stakeholders to engage with through the Project ...................................... 15 3.4 Stakeholder Register ............................................................................................................... 18 RESPONSIBILITIES AND RESOURCES ............................................................................... 19 4.1 Responsibilities ....................................................................................................................... 19 4.2 Resources ................................................................................................................................ 20 STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN ................................................. 22 5.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 22 5.2 ESIA Scoping Meetings ............................................................................................................ 22 5.3 ESIA Scoping Report ................................................................................................................ 28 5.4 ESIA Baseline engagement ...................................................................................................... 29 STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMME .................................................................. 31 6.1 Stakeholder engagement approach ........................................................................................ 31 6.2 ESIA Disclosure & Consultation Phase ..................................................................................... 33 6.3 Resettlement Action Plan consultation ................................................................................... 34 6.4 Engagement Activities during Construction Phase ................................................................. 35 6.5 Engagement Activities during Operational Phase ................................................................... 37 . Georgian State Electrosystem (GSE) Environmental and Social Impact Assessment SLR Ref No:901.12.1 Volume 6 Stakeholder Engagement Plan July 2019 GRIEVANCE MECHANISM ............................................................................................... 39 7.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 39 7.2 Grievance process ................................................................................................................... 39 7.3 Grievance Records and Documentation ................................................................................. 42 7.4 Closure of Grievances ............................................................................................................. 42 7.5 Workers Grievance Mechanism .............................................................................................. 44 7.6 GSE Contact Information ........................................................................................................ 44 MONITORING AND REPORTING ..................................................................................... 46 8.1 Monitoring .............................................................................................................................. 46 8.2 Reporting during Construction ................................................................................................ 47 8.3 Reporting during Operation .................................................................................................... 48 DOCUMENT REFERENCES TABLES Table 1.1 Outline of Project Components ............................................................................................ 3 Table 2.1 International Lenders’ E&S Safeguard Policies on Stakeholder Engagement ...................... 6 Table 3.1 List of stakeholders and their interest in the Project ......................................................... 10 Table 3.2 Key Stakeholders ................................................................................................................ 15 FIGURES Figure 1 Project Components Figure 2 Project Development Flowchart Figure 3 Grievance Management Process APPENDICES Appendix 01: Progress regarding the local EIA process and local disclosure Appendix 02: Issues raised during Scoping meetings with Municipalities Appendix 03: Minutes of meeting from Scoping Meeting with Government Departments Appendix 04: Complaints and Grievance Submission Form . Georgian State Electrosystem (GSE) Environmental and Social Impact Assessment SLR Ref No:901.12.1 Volume 6 Stakeholder Engagement Plan July 2019 Acronyms Acronym Description APA Agency of Protected Area CLO Community Liaison Officer CSR Corporate Social Responsibility EBRD European Bank for Reconstruction and Development EIA Environmental Impact Assessment EPC Engineering-Procurement-Construction EPP Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan E&S Environmental & Social ESIA Environmental & Social Impact Assessment ESMS Environmental & Social Management System EU European Union GEL Georgian Lari GSE Georgian State Electrosystem HPP Hydropower Project HS Health & Safety IFC International Finance Cooperation MEPA Ministry of Environment Protection and Agriculture Georgia NACHP National Agency for Cultural Heritage Preservation of Georgia NGO Non-Governmental Organization NTS Non-Technical Summary OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development PAP Project Affected People PS IFC Performance Standards SEP Stakeholder Engagement Plan . Georgian State Electrosystem (GSE) Environmental and Social Impact Assessment SLR Ref No:901.12.1 Volume 6 Stakeholder Engagement Plan July 2019 Preamble This document is the Stakeholder Engagement Plan (SEP) of the Georgian Electricity Transmission Network Development projects (Project). It forms Volume 6 of the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) Report. The Project being