E1437 v. 2 vol. 3 Arab Republic of Egypt Public Disclosure Authorized Governorate of Alexandria Public Disclosure Authorized Alexandria Development Project Public Disclosure Authorized Integrated Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (IESIA) Final Report June 21, 2007 Public Disclosure Authorized HASKONINGvol. NEDERLAND 3 B.V. ENVIRONMENT 27 Yehia Ibrahim St., Apt 4 Barbarossastraat 35 Zamalek P.O. Box 151 Cairo 11311 Nijmegen 6500 AD Egypt The Netherlands +20 (2) 7351045 Telephone +31 (0)24 328 42 84 Telephone +20 (2) 7383091 Fax +31(24)323 1603 Fax [email protected] E-mail [email protected] E-mail www.nsce-inter.com Internet www.royalhaskoning.com Internet Arnhem 09122561 CoC Document title Alexandria Development Project Integrated Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (IESIA) Document short title IESIA, ADP Status Final Report Date June 21, 2007 Project name Integrated Environmental and Social Impact Assessment for the Alexandria Development Project Client Alexandria Governorate vol. 3 Abbreviations ABA Alexandria Businessmen Association ADP Alexandria Development Project ARP Abbreviated Resettlement Plan ASDCO Alexandria Sanitary Drainage Company AUDI Arab Urban Development Institute AWCO Alexandria Water Company CAA Competent Administrative Authority CDD Community Driven Development CDS City Development Strategy CEPT Chemically Enhance Primary Treatment DO Dissolved Oxygen DWTP Drinking Water Treatment Plant EEAA Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency EGP Egyptian Pound EHD Environmental Health Department EIA Environmental Impact Assessment EMU Environmental Management Unit (Governorate) EPAP Egyptian Pollution Abatement Project ESA Egyptian Survey Authority ESMP Environmental and Social Management Plan ETP Eastern Wastewater Treatment Plant FIAS Foreign Advisory Services Program GAFI General Authority for Free Zones and Investment GIS Geographical Information System GOPP General Organisation for Physical Planning GTZ Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit HSES Health, Safety, Environment (al) and Social IBRD International Bank for Reconstruction and Development IDA Industrial Development Authority ICA Investment Climate Assessment IESIA Integrated Environmental and Social Impact Assessment IFC International Financing Corporation IT Information Technology MALR Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation MCE Misr Consulting Engineers MEGP Million Egyptian Pounds MHUUD Ministry of Housing, Utilities and Urban Development MLI Ministry of Labour and Immigration MoH Ministry of Health MUSD Million United States Dollars NGO Non Governmental Organisation NSCE North South Consultants Exchange, Consultants, Egypt OSS One Stop Shop PE Population Equivalent PHRD Japan Policy and Human Resources Development PIP Project Implementation Plan PMU Project Management Unit PPP Public-Private-Partnership PSP Private Sector Participation Final Report - i - June 21, 2007 QA Quality Assurance RBO Regional Branch Office (EEAA) vol. 3 REPD Real Estate Publicity Department RFP Resettlement Policy Framework RHK Royal Haskoning, Consultants, the Netherlands ROW Right of Way RP Resettlement Plan SA Social Assessment SFD Social Fund for Development TOR Terms of Reference UNDP United Nations Development Program UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation UNICEF United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund WTP Western Wastewater Treatment Plant WWTP Wastewater Treatment Plant Final Report - ii - June 21, 2007 vol. 3 Rates of Exchange (June, 2007) USD/EGP 5.73 Final Report - iii - June 21, 2007 vol. 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page ABBREVIATIONS................................................................................................................................................ I RATES OF EXCHANGE .................................................................................................................................. III TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................................................................... IV LIST OF TABLES.............................................................................................................................................VII LIST OF FIGURES......................................................................................................................................... VIII 1 INTRODUCTION .........................................................................................................................................1 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY ..................................................................................................................1 1.2 PURPOSE OF THE IESIA ...........................................................................................................................2 1.3 SCOPE OF THE IESIA ...............................................................................................................................2 1.4 IESIA METHODOLOGY.............................................................................................................................3 1.5 METHODOLOGY FOR THE SOCIAL ASSESSMENT.......................................................................................7 2 POLICY, LEGAL AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORK......................................................................9 2.1 POLICY FRAMEWORK ...............................................................................................................................9 2.2 LEGAL FRAMEWORK ..............................................................................................................................12 2.2.1 World Bank guidelines..................................................................................................................12 2.2.2 EEAA requirements.......................................................................................................................13 2.2.3 National environmental legislation...............................................................................................14 2.2.4 Relevant international agreements signed by Egypt.....................................................................15 2.3 ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK .............................................................................................................18 2.3.1 Stakeholders..................................................................................................................................18 2.3.2 National level Institutions.............................................................................................................18 2.3.3 Governorate level institutions.......................................................................................................19 2.3.4 District level institutions...............................................................................................................20 3 PROJECT DESCRIPTION........................................................................................................................21 3.1 PROJECT RATIONALE..............................................................................................................................21 3.2 PROJECT COMPONENTS ..........................................................................................................................22 3.2.1 Structure of the Project.................................................................................................................22 3.2.2 Priority Economic Infrastructure in support of Local Economic Development (Component 1) 25 3.2.3 Improving the Local Investment Climate (Component 2) ..........................................................35 3.2.4 Urban Upgrading of Squatter Settlement (Component 3) ..........................................................39 3.2.5 Institutional development and technical support to project operations (component 4).............43 4 BASELINE DATA.......................................................................................................................................46 4.1 GENERAL OVERVIEW .............................................................................................................................46 4.2 PROJECT AREAS .....................................................................................................................................48 4.2.1 Development area of Lake Marriout.............................................................................................48 4.2.2 Area of rehabilitated access roads ...............................................................................................48 4.2.3 El Nahda and Merghem areas ......................................................................................................49 4.2.4 El Amrawy ....................................................................................................................................50 4.2.5 El Hadara El Gedida ....................................................................................................................51 4.2.6 Naga’ El Arab ...............................................................................................................................52 Final Report - iv - June 21, 2007 4.3 GEOLOGY...............................................................................................................................................53 4.4 CLIMATE................................................................................................................................................56vol.