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Social Monitoring Report Semiannual Report December 2018 People’s Republic of China: Henan Hebi Qihe River Environmental Improvement and Ecological Conservation Project Prepared by the Henan Hebi City Project Management Office and the Asian Development Bank. CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (as of 31 December 2018) Currency unit – Chinese Yuan (CNY) CNY1.00 = $6.8780 $1.00 = CNY0.1454 ABBREVIATIONS ADB – Asian Development Bank CSC – Construction supervision company ddR – Due diligence report EIA – Environmental impact assessment EMP – Environmental Management Plan FB – Forestry bureau GAP – Gender action plan grm – Grievance redress mechanism HCG – Hebi City Government hpg – Henan Provincial Government HRUDB – Housing and Rural-Urban Development Bureau HSCDM – Hebi Sponge City Development and Management Co., Ltd IA – Implementing agency MLS – Minimum Living Security MNR – Ministry of Natural Resources MOF – Ministry of Finance LA Land Acquisition M&E Monitoring and Evaluation PIU Project implementation unit PMO Project management office RP Resettlement plan sdap Social development action plan sps Safeguard Policy Statement (of ADB) WEIGHTS AND MEASURES km – kilometer m2 – square meter mu – 1 Chinese mu = 666.7 square meters NOTE In this report, "$" refers to US dollars. This social monitoring 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. Loan 3401-PRC: Henan Hebi Qihe River Environmental Improvement and Ecological Conservation Project Internal Resettlement and Social Monitoring Report No.2 (As of the end of 2018) Submitted by Henan Hebi City Project Management Office Revised in March 2019 Contents 1. Project Overview .................................................................................................................. 1 1.1. Project Introduction ................................................................................................. 1 1.2. Project Implementation and Resettlement Progress ...................................... 1 1.3. Recruitment of External Monitoring Agencies ................................................. 2 1.4. Resettlement Report for New Subprojects ........................................................ 2 2. Resettlement Progress of Sub-Projects ......................................................................... 4 2.1. Introductions of subprojects ................................................................................. 4 2.2. LAR Impacts and Changes of Two Subprojects Not Started ........................ 5 2.3. LAR Impacts and Implementation Progress of Four Subprojects Completed by Counterpart Funds ................................................................................... 6 2.4. Resettlement Implementation Progress ............................................................. 9 3. Legal Framework and Policies and Compensation Rates ....................................... 12 3.1. Laws, Regulations and Policies Applicable to Resettlement ..................... 12 3.2. Compensation Rates ............................................................................................. 12 4. Implementation Status of Livelihood Restoration and Resettlement Measures 15 4.1. Implementation Status of Livelihood Restoration measures ..................... 15 4.2. Implementation status of House Demolition and Resettlement ................ 16 4.3. Compensation Budget and Progress ................................................................ 16 5. Organizational Structure and Capacity Building ....................................................... 18 5.1. Organizational Structure ...................................................................................... 18 5.2. Training and Capacity building ........................................................................... 19 6. Public Participation and Grievance Redress .............................................................. 22 6.1. Public Participation ............................................................................................... 22 6.2. Grievance redress .................................................................................................. 23 7. Implementation Status of Social and Gender Development Plans ....................... 26 8. Conclusion and Recommendation ................................................................................ 34 8.1. Resettlement Progress ......................................................................................... 34 8.2. Resettlement Agencies and Capacity Building .............................................. 34 8.3. Implementation Status of GAP and SDAP ....................................................... 34 8.4. Resettlement Budget ............................................................................................. 35 8.5. Grievance redress mechanism (GRM) .............................................................. 35 8.6. Next Steps ................................................................................................................ 35 ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ADB Asian Development Bank CNY Chinese Yuan (Yuan) CSC Construction supervision company DDR Due diligence report EIA Environmental impact assessment EMP Environmental Management Plan FB Forestry bureau GAP Gender action plan GRM Grievance redress mechanism HCG Hebi City Government HPG Henan Provincial Government HRUDB Housing and Rural-Urban Development Bureau HSCDM Hebi Sponge City Development and Management Co., Ltd IA Implementing agency MLS Minimum Living Security MNR Ministry of Natural Resources MOF Ministry of Finance LA Land Acquisition mu 1 Chinese mu = 666.7 square meters M&E Monitoring and Evaluation PIU Project implementation unit PMO Project management office RP Resettlement plan SDAP Social development action plan SPS Safeguard Policy Statement (of ADB) 1. Project Overview 1.1. Project Introduction Located in the north of Henan Province, Hebi City has a total population of 1.6 million and encompasses 83 km, 52% of the entire Qihe River. Originating from Shanxi Province, the Qihe River flows into the Weihe River and then Hai River and finally into the Bohai Sea. The Qihe River basin in Hebi City has been selected as a national pilot for achieving “Water Ecological Civilization”. Therefore, Hebi Municipality Governmetn applied a loan from Asian Development Bank (ADB) to finance the Henan Hebi Qihe River Environmental Improvement and Ecological Conservation Project (hereafter refer as “the Project”). The implementation of the Project will solve the major issues affecting the ecological integrity of the Qihe River Basin as a whole, such as ecosystem degradation, lack of flood control capacity, environmental pollution and weak inter-departmental coordination capacity. The Project has four outputs: (i) restored vegetation and wetlands in the upper Qihe River Basin; (ii) improved flood management capacity of the lower Qihe River; (iii) enhanced wastewater and solid waste management in the Qihe River basin; and (iv) strengthened technical and institutional support system, and capacity for integrated management of the Qihe River basin. The project consists of eight subprojects: 1) Upper Qihe River Ecological Protection Subproject, 2) Restoration and management of pilot Qihe River National Wetland Park, 3) Qihe Mainstream Watercourse Improvement in Qi County, 4) Four Tributary Watercourse Improvement in Qi County, 5) Five Canal Watercourse Improvement in Qibin District, 6) Qibin District Wastewater Management, 7) Qi County Wastewater/Solid Waste Management, and 8) Institutional and technical support system for integrated management of the Qihe River Basin improved. The total investment of the project is $325.4 million, of which $150 million was applied from the Asian Development Bank, and other funds were provided by the local government. The impact of the project will be to restore ecological services in the Qihe River basin and improve the quality of life. The outcome of the project is to demonstrate integrated environmental management in the Qihe River basin. The project will improve water security and flood management and enhance the delivery of ecological services. 1.2. Project Implementation and Resettlement Progress Six of the above eight sub-projects have land acquisition and resettlement impacts. The progress of each subproject project and resettlement is summarized in Table 1-1. Table1-1 Progress of Subprojects and Resettlement (as of the end of 2018) NO Name Implementation Progress Note 1 Agency (IA) Resettlement Project Progress Progress Restoration and Qibin District Forestry Completed by Due diligence has management of pilot Bureau counterpart funds been conducted by #2 Completed Qihe River National Qi County Forestry from Feb, 2015 to external monitoring Wetland Park Bureau Aug, 2017) agency Qihe Mainstream Qi County Water The physical quantity Baseline survey and Watercourse Resources Bureau of land acquisition the first external #3 Not started Improvement in Qi Xun County Water and demolition has monitoring have County Resources Bureau been verified. been completed Qi County Water Four Tributary