External Monitoring Report - EMDP Implementation # 5 Semi-Annual Report July 2014 2709-PRC: Yunnan Integrated Road Network Development Project (Longrui Expressway) Prepared by Beijing Zhongkehongce Consulting Company. i Table of Contents I. INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................................... 1 A. PROJECT BRIEF AND CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS .................................................................................................................1 B. THIS REPORT .................................................................................................................................................................1 II. METHODOLOGY...................................................................................................................................... 1 III. EMDP IMPLEMENTATION STATUS ............................................................................................................. 2 IV. FIELD FINDINGS ...................................................................................................................................... 7 A. EMPLOYMENT OF ETHNIC MINORITY PEOPLE .....................................................................................................................7 B. TECHNICAL TRAINING .....................................................................................................................................................8 C. NON-FARM EMPLOYMENT SKILL TRAINING .......................................................................................................................8 D. SUPPORT TO ETHNIC MINORITY COMMUNITIES .................................................................................................................8 E. LAND ACQUISITION AND RESETTLEMENT ...........................................................................................................................9 F. INCOME RESTORATION OF LAND LOSS EM HHS .................................................................................................................9 G. LEVEL OF SATISFACTION OF INTERVIEWED EM HHS............................................................................................................9 H. IMPLEMENTATION OF C&P PLAN .....................................................................................................................................9 V. COMPLEMENTARY MEASURES OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS........................................................................ 10 A. CONSTRUCTION OF BEAUTIFUL VILLAGES ........................................................................................................................10 B. REVOLVING FUNDS TO HIV/AIDS AFFECTED POOR WOMEN .............................................................................................10 C. FARMLAND REHABILITATION ..........................................................................................................................................11 VI. INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENT AND CAPACITY ..................................................................................... 11 VII. GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISM .................................................................................................... 11 VIII. CONCLUSION .................................................................................................................................... 11 IX. ANNEXES ............................................................................................................................................. 12 ANNEX 1: SAMPLE LIST OF LOCALS AND EM PEOPLE HIRED IN 2013 ...........................................................................................12 ANNEX 2: TRAININGS BY COUNTY LEVEL LINE AGENCIES IN 2014................................................................................................13 ANNEX 3: LAR IN 16 EM NATURAL VILLAGES ..........................................................................................................................14 List of Figures and Tables Figure 1: Longrui Expressway and Aligned Counties and Townships .................................. iii Figure 2: Construction Progress ........................................................................................ iii Figure 3: Reporting Longrui Expressway Construction Progress in Lisu Language ............. iv Figure 4: Lisu Women Working as Unskilled Labors in Longling ......................................... iv Figure 5: Training of EM People in Affected Villages ........................................................... v Figure 6: Interviewing EM APs in Mangshi during Monitoring .............................................. v Figure 7: HIV/AIDS and Anti-drug Awareness in EM Villages in Mangshi & Ruili ................. vi Figure 8: International Workshop on Zhaowuding, Dai’s Patriarchs .................................... vi Figure 9: Celebrating Jingpo’s Munaozong Song Festival ................................................. vii Figure 10: New Villages Under Bountiful Village Construction Program ............................. vii Table 1: EM Villages Surveyed ...........................................................................................2 Table 2: EMDP Implementation Progress (as of July 2014) .................................................3 Table 3: Employment of Unskilled Labors by Contractors in 2014 ........................................7 Table 4: Implementation of C&P Plan .................................................................................9 ii Figure 1: Longrui Expressway and Aligned Counties and Townships May 2014 May 2014 Figure 2: Construction Progress iii lo: rui, mo. do j. gu xy, me bo ci, t m 时间 ：2014-07-31 09:49 作者 ：余 林秀 翻译 来 源： 德宏 团结 报 lao> Tw: Po> 1 hao, be 2 hao, bA m go: zE. d: m] rui,-li, nA> yi. kw m go: zE. d: m be hD:-x>-mD: kw m j. gu mi> Ku: dU: m ye me: TE Ti ho: m ny] lo: rui, a< di fD; m> mo. do j. gu xy, me kw a KL< ye x< m ye me 4 xU: V. lo] ye me: TE 4 xU: m> ny lo: rui, a< di fD; m> mo. do j. gu xy, me nA; nA: xy, b. l fi n, m kw KL. lL: du a wu, jo lo} 6 v. kw be tD:-ho: mU: kw mu: v. m: n: v. l m pL< du] lo: rui, mo. do. j. gu xy, me: ny n: n: xy, xy,] xy, xy, n: n: be t< lo} j. gu xy, me TE m tA< bA Fe, t< m vy; nyi nA' kw xy, b. l fi] j: gL t< m le be xy, ji. le fi n, m pL< du] mo. do. j. gu xy, me ye su n y ye:-n sD> lo: rui, a< di fD; m> mo. do j. gu xy, me gu mo< m pu, mD su le j: gL l m> be tD: -ho cLu yi< TE Ti me kw gw: xU m pu, mD su le ye j> to, j> l m kw be mu: v. d: m v. l si KL. lL: l m xU: wu tA< Ti xU: le Ti xU: to, hw< le si] lo: rui, mo. do j. gu TE m tA< nA; nA xy, b. l fi bA lo} Figure 3: Reporting Longrui Expressway Construction Progress in Lisu Language (Dehong Solidarity Daily) Jan. 2014 Figure 4: Lisu Women Working as Unskilled Labors in Longling iv Employment Skill Training, Mangshi, Jan. 2014 Pest Management Training, Mangshi, July 2014 Tea Cultivation Training, Mangshi, March 2014 Tobacco Grading, Mangshi, April 2014 Figure 5: Training of EM People in Affected Villages Figure 6: Interviewing EM APs in Mangshi during Monitoring v Jan 2014 Jan 2014 Jan 2014 Figure 7: HIV/AIDS and Anti-drug Awareness in EM Villages in Mangshi & Ruili Ruili, April 2014 Ruili, April 2014 Figure 8: International Workshop on Zhaowuding, Dai’s Patriarchs vi Green Leaf Feast Mangshi, Feb 2014 2014 Figure 9: Celebrating Jingpo’s Munaozong Song Festival Mangzhang Natural Vill. Mangzhai Vill. (a project vill), Hansha Vill, Ruili City Fengping Township, Mangshi City Figure 10: New Villages Under Bountiful Village Construction Program vii I. Introduction A. Project Brief and Construction Progress 1. The proposed Longrui expressway component includes a 128.96 km expressway, 6.0 km of link roads to 7 interchanges and a 34.44 km Class II road. The expressway starts at the end of the Baoshan-Longling Expressway in Longling County, passes Mangshi (Mangshi City) and ends at Mengmao Township of Ruili City. A new Class II road will continue from the end of the expressway to Nongdao Border Port (China–Myanmar border). 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. Figure 1 shows the Longrui Expressway in Yunnan Province. 2. By June 2014, civil works of the expressway had been basically completed (see Figure 2): (i) 97% of roadbed excavation; (ii) 85% of roadbed filling; (iii) 98% of slope protection works; (iv) 100% of soft foundation treatment; (v) 98% of bridge piles; (vi) 98% of culverts and crossings; passes; (vii) 85% of tunnels; and etc. 3. The expressway is expected to open for traffic by the end of 2015. B. This Report 4. This report, the fifth semi-annual monitoring report,1 presents the status and quality of EMDP implementation from 2011 to July 2014. II. Methodology 5. The monitoring of EMDP implementation was combined with that for RP implementation. The monitor visited the project area in Jan and July 2014 July had met/interviewed about 150 persons, including APs in 16 ethnic minority (EM) natural villages, 5 contractors, staff of LREC, staff of prefecture and county/city coordination offices, as well as township officials. The visited EM (natural) villages, are listed in the table below. As indicated in the table, the 16 natural covered 4 ethnic minority groups of Dai, De’ang, Jingpo and Lisu. The monitored interviewed 5~10 HHs in each natural village through group