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Yunnan Integrated Road Network Development Project (Longrui Expressway) External Monitoring Report - EMDP Implementation # 4 Semi-Annual Report Jan 2014 2709-PRC: Yunnan Integrated Road Network Development Project (Longrui Expressway) Prepared by Beijing Zhongkehongce Consulting Company. Table of Contents I. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................. 1 II. METHODOLOGY ............................................................................................................................................. 1 III. EMDP IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS IN 2013 ................................................................................................. 2 IV. FIELD FINDINGS.............................................................................................................................................. 4 A. EMPLOYMENT OF ETHNIC MINORITY PEOPLE ............................................................................................................... 4 B. TECHNICAL TRAINING .............................................................................................................................................. 7 C. NON‐FARM EMPLOYMENT SKILL TRAINING ................................................................................................................. 8 D. SUPPORT TO ETHNIC MINORITY COMMUNITIES ............................................................................................................ 8 E. LAND ACQUISITION AND RESETTLEMENT IN VISITED EM NATURAL VILLAGES ..................................................................... 8 F. INCOME RESTORATION OF LAND LOSS EM HHS ......................................................................................................... 10 G. LEVEL OF SATISFACTION OF INTERVIEWED EM HHS .................................................................................................... 10 H. IMPLEMENTATION OF C&P PLAN ............................................................................................................................ 10 V. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION ....................................................................................................... 11 ANNEXES .............................................................................................................................................................. 12 ANNEX 1. REGULAR LIAISON MEETING/CONSULTATION BETWEEN CONTRACTOR NO.5 AND XIANGGUNTANG COMMUNITY ............... 12 ANNEX 2. CELEBRATING JINGPO’S MULAOZONGGE FESTIVAL IN DEHONG ................................................................................ 12 ANNEX 3. ANTI‐DRUG AND HIV/AIDS AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS IN ETHNIC MINORITY COMMUNITIES.......................................... 13 ANNEX 4. ROAD SAFETY AWARENESS IN ZHEFANG TOWNSHIP ............................................................................................... 14 ANNEX 5. FIELD TRAINING IN MANGSHI –COLD HAZARD MANAGEMENT OF ORIENT TOBACCO ................................................... 14 ANNEX 6. FIELD TRAINING IN RUILI – RICE‐FISH CULTURE .................................................................................................... 15 ANNEX 7. FIELD TRAINING IN MANGSHI – FIELD MANAGEMENT OF RICE ................................................................................. 15 ANNEX 8. TRAINING ON NON‐FARM EMPLOYMENT SKILLS IN RUILI ........................................................................................ 16 ANNEX 9. LISU WOMEN WORKING FOR THE PROJECT .......................................................................................................... 17 ii I. Introduction 1. Longrui Expressway component include a 128.96km of expressway, 5.0km of link roads to 7 interchanges and a 34.44km of Class II road. The expressway and Class II road traverse 4 state farms and 42 villages/communities of 14 townships/subdistricts in Longling County, Mangshi City and Ruili City, where Han, Dai, Jingpo, De’ang, Lisu and A’chang ethnic minority communities live together in harmony. As per ADB’s requirement, an ethnic minority development plan was prepared and started implementation along with the construction of the expressway since mid-2012. 2. This report, the fourth semi-annual monitoring report,1 presents the status and quality of EMDP implementation during 2013. II. Methodology 3. The methods for this monitoring report included collecting secondary information, site visit and household interviews. During 20 Dec 2013-10 Jan 2014, the monitor visited 12 natural villages of the 3 project county/cities, which covered 4 ethnic minority groups of Dai, De’ang, Jingpo and Lisu. The surveyed natural villages are listed in Table1.The consultants interviewed 5~10 HHs in each natural village through group meetings/discussions. Two natural villages, Xiaomidi and Chudonggua, were specifically targeted as they are dominated by two less populated ethnic minority groups of De’ang and Lisu respectively. Table 1: EM Villages Surveyed County/City Township Administrative village Natural village Ethnic group Mangshi Santaishan Chudonggua 1. Chudonggua De’ang Mangshi Yunmao 2. Shuicaozi Dai Zhefang Zhemao 3. Nongnong Dai Hula 4. Nongmen Dai Humen 5. Batuo Dai Fengping Mangsai 6. Manghong Dai 7. Layuan Mixed Ruili Mengmao Mangling 8. Huoma Jingpo 9. Kanan Jingpo 10. Mangling Dai Jiele 11. Jiele Dai Longling Longxin Huangcaoba 12. Xiaomidi Lisu 4. The discussions when meeting ethnic minority villagers focused on their level of satisfaction with EMDP & RP implementations, income restoration of land loss ethnic minority HHs, status and actions regarding employment opportunities provided to ethnic minorities, help to affected villages by local governments, LREC and contractors etc. In addition, the monitor also discussed various issues with the Dehong Coordination Office, LREC, city/county coordination offices and 5 contractors regarding employment of EM people and support to EM communities during 2013. 1 The first and second monitoring reports were termed as social monitoring reports that combined both RP and EMDP implementation monitoring. At the demand of the ADB social specialist responsible for this project in August 2013, separated mentoring reports were prepared. 1 5. In addition, the consultant also visited 5 contractors to check if priorities are given to APs and ethnic minority people for employment as unskilled labors. III. EMDP Implementation Progress in 2013 6. The EMDP implementation in 2013, reported by LREC, is presented in the table below. Table 2: EMDP Implementation Progress in 2013 Proposed Actions Progress in Jan-July 2013 1. PROJECT BENEFITS AND ENHANCEMENT MEASURES 60% of unskilled construction labor 12756 person months of locals were employed in 2013, of which, 58.9%, employment to local people including ethnic 45.4% and 39.2% are APs, ethnic minority people and women (see attached minorities, and 20% to women including photo in Annex 9). ethnic minority women, which will be included in the civil works contracts Use local construction materials and 100% suppliers Contracting logistic services (water, Yes vegetable, etc ) of construction workers to ethnic minorities Give tunnels, bridges EM names Temporally yes (to be formalized upon project completion) Set up ethnic minority item shop in the To be set up once established service centers Regular meetings with communities to One formal meeting in each natural village, 180 in total (Longling: 28, maintain good relationship with communities Mangshi: 96, Ruili: 56). See attached photo in Annex 1. Special actions for EM communities by Yes, many actions. See Section IV-C of this report. construction companies 2. MITIGATION MEASURES TO ADDRESS SOCIAL RISKS 2.1 Minimize land acquisition and house demolition effect Design the expressway to avoid damage of Done by 2011 farmland, water source, irrigation system Proper compensation and relocation Yes, all APs are satisfactory and no outstanding issue Sustainable livelihood development and 300 training sessions carried out in 2013, totally 15,000 person-times of APs training participated in the trainings. Restore of temporarily occupied farmland, Will do from 2014 on for temporally occupied land, irrigation systems kept on irrigation system functioning. 2.2 Minimize effect of separating of house from farmland Build appropriate and adequate passes Over 300 passes available during construction (underpass or overpass) 2.3 Minimize effect on EM culture Monitor to ensure there are no impacts on All avoided cultural relics or holy trees EM cultural awareness program for Each contractor carried out 2 times awareness sessions construction workers Liaise with community leaders to respect Yes, ongoing local customs and taboo Avoid work-camps near De'ang villages Avoided. 2.4 Minimize risk of communicable diseases HIV/AIDS Awareness for ‐ all project construction workers ‐ Twice of awareness sessions for each contractor, 44 in total for constructors, ‐ nearby villages, ‐ Once in each community (natural village), 180 in total, see attached ‐ local commercial sex workers photos in Annex 3. 2 Proposed Actions Progress in Jan-July 2013 (CSWs) ‐ Ongoing activity Malaria prevention and control among construction workers ‐ proper sanitation at work sites; ‐ All camps are in good sanitation conditions as per national ‐ use of mosquito nets, spraying requirement buildings ‐ Each worker has a mosquito net, regular spraying buildings ‐ treatment for affected workers ‐ Campus are
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