Social Monitoring Report Project No.: 47017-003 November 2016 Tajikistan: Wholesale Metering and Transmission Reinforcement Project Prepared by: AF Mercados EMI for Barki Tojik for the Asian Development Bank (ADB) 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. Your attention is directed to the “terms of use” section of this website. 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. List of Abbreviations Abbreviations Description ADB Asian Development Bank AF Affected Family agric. Agricultural AP Affected Person BT Barqi Tojik CBO Community Based Organization CC Civil Code DMS Detailed Measurement Survey ECD Europe and Central Asia ESD Barqi Tojik PMU Environment and Social Department (now Monitoring Department) GRC Grievance Redress Committee IOL Inventory of losses IR Involuntary Resettlement ha hectare/s hh household/s HVTL High Voltage Transmission Line kg Kilogram LA land Acquisition LARP Land Acquisition and Resettlement Plan LC Land Code MEWR Ministry of Energy and Water Resources NGO Non-Governmental Organization p.y. per year p.p. per person p.m. per month PAP Project Affected Persons PMU Project Management Unit ROW Right Of Way RT Republic of Tajikistan SME Small and Medium-sized Enterprise/s t Tower TJS Tajik Somoni TL Transmission Line USD United States Dollars ZOI Zone of Influence 2 Local Terms Aryk Irrigation channel Dekhan farm Farm under private management organized either individually, by a family or collectively Hakim Chairperson of District Hukumat District Administration Jamoat Sub-District, Sub-District Administration Kolkhoz Soviet time collective farm Land committee Responsible body of District for all land related questions Mahalla Village / Neighborhood Mahalla Board of Mahalla Organization (with all citizens in the Mahalla area as committee members Oblast Region Rais Chairperson (Tajik term, e.g. Raisi Mahalla) Rayon District Sotih 100 m2 Sovkhoz Soviet time state owned farm CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS Currency Unit – TJS (Tajikistan Somoni) As of 2015 US$1.00 = TJS 6.9902 As of 2016 US$1.00 =7.8696 NOTE In this report, i. "$" refers to United States Dollars (USD) ii. “TJS” refers to Tajikistan Somoni 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. 3 GLOSSARY OF TERMS Affected Persons Term used to describe all people that are affected by the project impacts. In the context of a RP it refers to those that are economically or physically displaced by the project. It is increasingly being replaced by the term ―Displaced Person‖ following ADB Safeguard Policy 2009 – but is still in common use in the field. Compensation Payment in cash or kind for an asset to be acquired or affected by a project at replacement cost at current market value. Displaced Persons Sometimes referred to as Affected Persons (APs). In the context of involuntary resettlement, displaced persons are those who are physically displaced (relocation, loss of residential land, or loss of shelter) and/or economically displaced (loss of land, assets, access to assets, income sources, or means of livelihoods) as a result of (i) involuntary acquisition of land, or (ii) involuntary restrictions on land use or on access to legally designated parks and protected areas. Economic Displacement Loss of land, assets, access to assets, income sources, or means of livelihoods as a result of (i) involuntary acquisition of land, or (ii) involuntary restrictions on land use or on access to legally designated parks and protected areas. Entitlement The range of measures comprising cash or kind compensation, relocation cost, income rehabilitation assistance, transfer assistance, income substitution, and relocation which are due to/business restoration which are due to APs, depending on the type and degree nature of their losses, to restore their social and economic base. Hukumat District administration Jamoat The Sub-district administration Land acquisition The process whereby a person is compelled by a public agency to alienate all or part of the land s/he owns or possesses, to the ownership and possession of that agency, for public purposes, in return for fair compensation. Meaningful Consultation A process that (i) begins early in the project preparation stage and is carried out on an ongoing basis throughout the project cycle; (ii) provides timely disclosure of relevant and adequate information that is understandable and readily accessible to affected people; (iii) is undertaken in an atmosphere free of intimidation or coercion; (iv) is gender inclusive and responsive, and tailored to the needs of disadvantaged and vulnerable groups; and (v) enables the incorporation of all relevant views of affected people and other 4 stakeholders into decision making, such as project design, mitigation measures, the sharing of development benefits and opportunities, and implementation issues. Non-titled Those who have no recognizable rights or claims to the land that they are occupying and includes people using private or state land without permission, permit or grant i.e. those people without legal title to land and/or structures occupied or used by them. ADB’s policy explicitly states that such people cannot be denied compensation. Poor Official government statistics for share of people living under poverty line is not available. The method used to determine poverty, based on the World Bank's under $41 per person per month measure. This figure was calculated with respect to climate conditions and other set of factors. The local equivalent was calculated based on the official exchange rate. Physical Displacement Relocation, loss of residential land, or loss of shelter as a result of (i) involuntary acquisition of land, or (ii) involuntary restrictions on land use or on access to legally designated parks and protected areas. Replacement cost The method of valuing assets to replace the loss at current market value, or its nearest equivalent, and is the amount of cash or kind needed to replace an asset in its existing condition, without deduction of transaction costs or for any material salvaged. Significant impact 200 people or more will experience major impacts, which are defined as; (i) being physically displaced from housing, or (ii) losing ten per cent or more of their productive assets (income generating). Vulnerable Any people who might suffer disproportionately or face the risk of being marginalized from the effects of resettlement and includes; (i) female-headed households with dependents; (ii) disabled household heads; (iii) poor households (within the meaning given previously); (iv) landless; (v) Elders households with no means of support; (vi) households without security of tenure; (vii) ethnic minorities; and (viii) marginal farmers (with landholdings of five acres or less). 5 TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ......................................................................................................................................... 7 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................................... 8 1. GENERAL ............................................................................................................................................................ 8 2. LARP BACKGROUND ............................................................................................................................................ 9 3. LARP IMPLEMENTATION ..................................................................................................................................... 11 4. COMPENSATIONS AND ENTITLEMENTS; ................................................................................................................... 11 5. COMPENSATION BUDGET PLANNED VERSUS BUDGET DELIVERED; ................................................................................. 11 6. PUBLIC CONSULTATIONS ..................................................................................................................................... 12 7. GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISM ........................................................................................................................ 12 8. DISCLOSURE ...................................................................................................................................................... 12 9. ASSESSMENT ON COMPLIANCE ............................................................................................................................. 13 APPROACH AND METHODOLOGY........................................................................................................................13 ASSET INVENTORY AND COMPENSATION PAYMENTS .........................................................................................14 1. COMPENSATION AND ENTITLEMENTS MATRIX .........................................................................................................