Greater Mekong Subregion Capacity Building
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Social Monitoring Report Semestral Report (January 2019 to June 2019) August 2019 Myanmar: Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) Capacity Building for HIV/AIDS Prevention Project Prepared by the Project Management Unit of the Ministry of Health and Sports for the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and the Asian Development Bank. ABBREVIATIONS ADB Asian Development Bank DOPH Department of Public Health EMPs Environment Management Plans GAP Gender Action Plan HSMP Health and Safety Management Plan IOM International Organization for Migration MoHS Ministry of Health and Sports PMU Project Management Unit RPs Resettlement Plans SEMP Social and Environmental Management Plan UNOPS United Nations Office for Project Service NOTE In this report, "$" refers to US dollars. This social monitoring report is a document of the grant recipient. 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. Contents Executive Summary ................................................................................................................... iii Project Overview, General safeguard matters .......................................................................... 1 A. Project Overview............................................................................................................... 1 B. Project Progress ................................................................................................................ 1 C. Safeguard Plans Implementation Arrangements ............................................................. 6 D. Updated EMPs and RPs, Incorporation of Safeguards Requirements into Project Contractual Arrangements ............................................................................................... 8 Environmental Performance Monitoring .................................................................................. 8 E. Status of Environmental Management Plan (EMP) implementation (Mitigation Measures) ......................................................................................................................... 8 F. Health and Safety ............................................................................................................ 10 G. Environment Effect Monitoring ...................................................................................... 11 Involuntary Resettlement Performance Monitoring ............................................................... 13 Indigenous People Performance Monitoring .......................................................................... 15 Public consultation, Information Disclosure, Capability Building ............................................ 16 Field Visits ............................................................................................................................ 18 Public Consultations and meetings ...................................................................................... 18 Training ................................................................................................................................ 18 Grievance Redress Mechanism ................................................................................................ 19 Conclusion ................................................................................................................................ 19 Attachments ............................................................................................................................. 20 Appendix 1. Summary of Monitoring Trip Report .......................................................... 20 Photographs ......................................................................................................................... 22 Executive Summary Summary of Social and Environmental Management Plan (SEMP)/ Resettlement Plan (RPs) Social Environmental Management Plan (SEMP) has been prepared and implementation of the SEMP is also ongoing for all the construction activities. The project will not involve any involuntary resettlement impacts. Therefore RP is not applicable for this project since this project is involved only in small scale construction activities on the pre-designated lands by MoHS and there are no any prevailing users for any other purposes. The project falls under Category C as per ADB guidelines. UNOPS SEMP was presented to the ADB midterm review team on 15th to 17th November 2018.During this reporting period, UNOPS presented and gave an update on the status of implementation of SEMP together with work progress to ADB review mission team on 06th June. Further to that, Site monitoring mission was conducted to 2 sites in Hpa-an and Mawlamyine DCC on 08 to 09 June 2019. Description of monitoring activities carried out UNOPS engineers are based in the field and their assigned task is to closely monitor the day-to-day construction activities related to SEMP and Health & Safety. The site engineer is doing Social and environmental and Health and Safety inspections at work sites on a monthly basis and records and report the findings. In addition, UNOPS team from Yangon, which comprises of International Engineers and Public Health Specialist, will have frequent visits to the construction sites. A core team from UNOPS Myanmar office has visited all the sites 8 times within this reporting period. MOHS representatives were involved during the site selection and design phase of the project as well as monitoring mission to the sites to inspect construction activities. Out of 33 targeted health facilities, 27 sites are completed and conducted joint inspection with MOHS. Two Healths, Safety, Social and Environmental (HSSE) training was conducted for the representatives of the contractors and UNOPS engineers who engaged with this project. UNOPS HQ HSSE officers also visited few sites in Mon and Kayin State and trained UNOPS engineers on ground. Key issues, any corrective actions already taken, and any grievances No any major issue was observed during this reporting period. Minor issues on the environment were either corrected or mitigated as necessary during the site selection, design and implementation phases. Key activities planned in the next reporting period Regular field visit will be carried out to monitor an effective implementation of SEMP and Safe guard policies. Field based training will also be conducted for the contractor’s iii personnel to enhance the awareness about the SEMP and Health & safety policies. Monthly HSE inspections will be carried out by UNOPS construction supervisors. Recommendations Safeguard policies should be applied and are closely monitored throughout the project implementation phase for the other remaining construction sites. iv Project Overview, General safeguard matters A. Project Overview 1. In 2014, the Government of the Union of Myanmar received a grant from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to fund a project titled ‘Greater Mekong Sub-region Capacity Building for HIV/AIDS Prevention’, which is funded by the Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction and administered by ADB. The project aimed to increase coverage and quality of HIV/AIDS services, support health system strengthening, and contributed to a better functioning health system through staff training, improved information flow and reporting, and improved procurement and supply management at central and township level. The geographical focus of the project is in the 5 townships of: Myawaddy, Hpa-an, Kawkareik (Kayin State), Mawlamyine (Mon State), Tarchileik (Shan State). 2. The project has 4 key outputs: output 1, implemented by UNAIDS aims to strengthen the planning and management capacity of the NAP at national, state and township levels to effectively deliver evidence informed HIV responses. This will be achieved through supporting policy development, organizational strengthening and capacity development. 3. Output 2, to implement by IOM will improve the capacity of service providers to ensure the delivery of a continuum of services including prevention, treatment and care. In addition, it will support the expansion of coverage to underserved populations through government–NGO partnerships for improved service delivery. 4. IOM has also being contracted to implement output 3, the key activity is to support the delivery of outreach services to initiate and sustain changes in behaviour to reduce the incidence of HIV and other health risks, including STIs, tuberculosis, in the targeted populations including the key affected populations, mobile and migrant populations among local groups and minor ethnic communities along the economic corridors and in cross-border areas. 5. Finally, output 4, which falls under the leadership of the NAP, will be implemented by the project management unit (PMU). The PMU is responsible for monitoring and managing the projects implementation. The PMU with the assistance of specialist consultants also coordinates the financial management and procurement requirements of the project. B. Project Progress 6. Progress on Output 1: UNAIDS is implementing Output 1 and progress is calculated at 15.70% as of 30 June 2019, against a weighted index of 18.00% in the project’s weighted 1 progress indicator.