SFG1751 REV SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Mekong Delta Integrated Climate Resilience and Sustainable Livelihood Project ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK Public Disclosure Authorized (Final) Public Disclosure Authorized March 2016 ABBREVIATIONS CPO Central Project Office CPMU Central Project Management Unit DARD Department of Agriculture and Rural Development DONRE Department of Natural Resource and Environment DPC District People’s Committee EA Environmental Assessment ECOP Environmental Codes of Practice EM Ethnic Minority People EMDP Ethnic Minority Development Plan EMPF Ethnic Minority Planning Framework EPP Environmental Protection Plan ESIA Environmental and Social Impact Assessment ESMP Environmental and Social Management Plan ESMF Environmental and Social Management Framework GoV Government of Vietnam ICMB 10 Infrastructure Construction Management Board No. 10 (ICMB 10) MARD Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development MONRE Ministry of Natural Resource and Environment PMU Project Management Unit PPC Provincial People’s Committee RAP Resettlement Action Plan REA Regional Environmental Assessment RPF Resettlement Policy Framework RSA Regional Social Assessment SIWRR Southern Institute of Water Resource Research WB The World Bank 2 Table of Content 1. INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................................... 5 1.1 PROJECT OVERVIEW ....................................................................................................................................... 5 1.2 PURPOSE OF THE ESMF ................................................................................................................................. 5 1.3 SCOPE OF THE ESMF ..................................................................................................................................... 6 2. PROJECT DESCRIPTION ........................................................................................................................... 7 2.1 PROJECT OBJECTIVE AND COMPONENTS ............................................................................................................ 7 2.2 PROJECT TARGET AREAS .................................................................................................................................. 9 2.3 ANTICIPATED SUBPROJECTS TYPES .................................................................................................................... 9 2.4 PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENT ..................................................................................................... 12 3. POLICY, LEGAL, AND ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK ........................................................................... 14 3.1 APPLICABLE NATIONAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS .............................................................................................. 14 3.2 WORLD BANK SAFEGUARD POLICIES TRIGGERED ............................................................................................... 16 3.3 GAP ANALYSIS AND GAP FILLING MEASURES .................................................................................................... 21 4. PROJECT POTENTIAL ENVIRONMETAL AND SOCIAL IMPACTS ............................................................... 26 4.1 REA AND RSA SUMMARY ............................................................................................................................. 26 4.2 POTENTIAL POSITIVE IMPACTS ....................................................................................................................... 28 4.3 POTENTIAL NEGATIVE IMPACTS ...................................................................................................................... 29 4.4 SUMMARY OF REGIONAL IMPACTS .................................................................................................................. 33 5. MEASURES TO MANAGE ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACTS....................................................... 34 6. PROCEDURES FOR REVIEW, CLEARANCE, AND IMPLEMENTATION OF SUBPROJECT SAEGUARD INSTRUMENTS ............................................................................................................................................... 37 6.1 OBJECTIVE AND APPROACH ........................................................................................................................... 37 6.2 SAFEGUARD SCREENING AND IMPACT ASSESSMENT............................................................................................ 38 6.3 DEVELOPMENT OF SAFEGUARD DOCUMENTS .................................................................................................... 38 6.4 REVIEW, APPROVAL, AND DISCLOSURE OF SAFEGUARD DOCUMENTS..................................................................... 40 6.5 IMPLEMENTATION, SUPERVISION, MONITORING, AND REPORTING ........................................................................ 40 7. IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS .................................................................................................... 40 7.1 RESPONSIBILITY FOR ESMF IMPLEMENTATION .................................................................................................. 40 7.2 REPORTING ARRANGEMENTS ......................................................................................................................... 41 7.3 INCORPORATION OF ESMF INTO PROJECT OPERATIONAL MANUAL ....................................................................... 42 8. CAPACITY BUILDING, TRAINING, AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ............................................................ 42 8.1 INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY ASSESSMENT............................................................................................................ 42 8.2 TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ........................................................................................................... 43 9. ESMF IMPLEMENTATION BUDGET ........................................................................................................ 44 10. GRIEVANCE AND REDRESS MECHANISM ............................................................................................... 44 10.1 SUBPROJECT GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISM (GRM) ................................................................................ 44 10.2 WB GRIEVANCE REDRESS SERVICE (GRS) ................................................................................................... 45 11. ESMF CONSULTATION AND DISCLOSURE .............................................................................................. 46 11.1 ESMF CONSULTATION ............................................................................................................................ 46 11.2 PUBLIC DISCLOSURE ................................................................................................................................ 46 ANNEX 1. PROJECT AREAS AND FIRST PHASE SUBPROJECTS ........................................................................................... 47 SUBPROJECT 2: ENHANCING THE ABILITY OF ADAPTATION AND WATER MANAGEMENT FOR THE UPPER PART OF BASSAC RIVER IN AN PHU DISTRICT AN GIANG PROVINCE ..................................................................................................................... 49 SUBPROJECT 4: INFRASTRUCTURE TO DEVELOP SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS FOR PEOPLE IN THE COASTAL AREA IN BA TRI, BEN TRE TO ADAPT TO CLIMATE CHANGE ................................................................................................................................ 53 3 SUBPROJECT 6: INFRASTRUCTURE TO CONTROL SPRING TIDE AND SALINITY TO SUPPORT AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES AND ADAPTING TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN DISTRICT OF CAU KE (TRA VINH PROVINCE), TRA ON AND VUNG LIEM (VINH LONG PROVINCE) ........... 57 SUBPROJECT 9: INFRASTRUCTURE TO PREVENT COASTAL EROSION AND TO SUPPORT AQUACULTURE PRODUCTION IN AN MINH AND AN BIEN DISTRICTS, KIEN GIANG PROVINCE ................................................................................................................ 60 ANNEX 2: SAFEGUARD SCREENING, CHECKLIST, AND FORMS ......................................................................................... 68 ANNEX 3 (A): GUIDELINE FOR SUBPROJECT ESIA AND ESMP PREPARATION .................................................................... 80 ANNEX 3 (B) GUIDELINE FOR IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF KEY INVESTMENT IN THE PROJECT ................................................... 94 ANNEX 3 (C) GUIDELINE FOR SOCIAL ASSESSMENT (IN ADDITION TO RAP AND EMDP) .................................................... 100 THIS GUIDELINE PRESENTS THE KEY FINDINGS FROM THE REGIONAL SOCIAL ASSESSMENT (RSA) FOR ADDRESSING CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL VULNERABILITY AND FOR SOCIAL VULNERABILITY OF THE COMPONENTS 2, 3, AND 4 OF THE PROJECT. THE FINDINGS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED DURING THE PREPARATION OF THE ESIA OR EMP FOR THE SUBPROJECT. ......................... 100 A. ADDRESSING CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL VULNERABILITY ............................................................................ 100 ANNEX 4 (A) ENVIRONMENTAL CODE OF PRACTICE (ECOP)........................................................................................ 103 ANNEX 4(B): SIMPLIFIED ENVIRONMENTAL CODE OF PRACTICE (ECOP) FOR SMALL WORKS ............................................. 116 ANNEX 5: PEST MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK (PMF) ...............................................................................................