FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA ETHIOPIAN ELECTRIC POWER (EEP) Public Disclosure Authorized ETHIOPIA RENEWABLE ENERGY GUARANTEE PROGRAM (REGREP) Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF) FINAL DRAFT Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Environmental, Health, Safety and Quality (EHS&Q) Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP) www.eep.gov.et April 2019 Addis Ababa Public Disclosure Authorized ETHIOPIAN ELECTRIC POWER / EEP/ Ethiopia Renewable Energy Guarantee Program (REGREP), April 2019 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................................................................. I LIST OF TABLES ..................................................................................................................................... IV LIST OF FIGURES ................................................................................................................................... IV LIST OF ANNEXES .................................................................................................................................. IV 1 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 1 1.1. GENERAL BACKGROUND .....................................................................................................................................1 1.2. THE RATIONALE FOR ESMF ................................................................................................................................2 1.3. OBJECTIVE OF THE ESMF ....................................................................................................................................3 1.4. SCOPE OF THE ESMF ...........................................................................................................................................3 1.5. PROGRAM COMPONENTS .....................................................................................................................................3 1.6. PROGRAM LOCATION ...........................................................................................................................................4 1.7. METHODOLOGY ...................................................................................................................................................4 2. DESCRIPTION OF THE PROGRAMS........................................................................................ 6 2.1 MULTIPHASE PROGRAMMATIC APPROACH ...............................................................................................................6 2.1.1 Rationale for using MPA come to an understanding ......................................................... 6 2.1.2 Program Results Chain ....................................................................................................... 6 2.1.3 Program Development Objective (PrDO) ........................................................................... 6 2.2 PROGRAM COMPONENTS ..........................................................................................................................................8 2.2.1 Scaling solar projects ......................................................................................................... 8 2.2.2 Scaling Wind Project .......................................................................................................... 9 2.2.3 Program Beneficiaries ...................................................................................................... 11 3 EXISTING POLICY, LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE FRAME WORKS .......................... 12 3.1 ETHIOPIA’S RELEVANT POLICY AND LEGAL FRAMEWORKS ...................................................................................12 3.1.1 The FDRE constitution ..................................................................................................... 12 3.1.2 Relevant Environmental and Sectoral Policies ................................................................ 14 3.1.2.3 LAND TENURE POLICY OF ETHIOPIA ...............................................................................................................15 3.1.3 Strategies .......................................................................................................................... 16 3.1.4 Regulations, Proclamations and Procedural Guidelines ..................................................... 17 3.2 APPLICABLE ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL SAFEGUARD POLICIES AND STANDARDS OF WORLD BANK GROUP ....25 3.2.1 Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 25 3.2.2 World Bank Group Environmental and Social Safeguards Requirements ...................... 26 3.2.3 Gender .............................................................................................................................. 30 3.2.4 Public Disclosure .............................................................................................................. 30 3.2.4.1 Citizen Engagement and Grievance Redress ............................................................... 31 3.2.5 The World Bank Group Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) General Guidelines .... 31 4 DESCRIPTION OF BASELINE ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS ............ 32 4.1 AFAR NATIONAL REGIONAL STATE ........................................................................................................................32 4.1.1 Bio–Physical Environment ............................................................................................... 32 i ETHIOPIAN ELECTRIC POWER / EEP/ Ethiopia Renewable Energy Guarantee Program (REGREP), April 2019 4.1.2 Socio-economic Base line ................................................................................................ 33 4.2 TIGRAY NATIONAL REGIONAL STATE ....................................................................................................................34 4.2.1 Bio-Physical Environment ............................................................................................... 34 4.2.2 Socio-economic Base line ................................................................................................ 35 4.3 AMHARA NATIONAL REGIONAL STATE ..................................................................................................................35 4.3.1 Bio-Physical Environment ............................................................................................... 35 4.3.2 Socio-economic Base line ................................................................................................ 36 4.4 THE OROMIA NATIONAL REGIONAL STATE ............................................................................................................37 4.4.1 Bio- Physical Environment .............................................................................................. 37 4.4.2 Socio-economic Base line ................................................................................................ 38 4.5 BENISHANGUL GUMUZ NATIONAL REGIONAL STATE .............................................................................................39 4.5.1 Bio-Physical Environmental Conditions .......................................................................... 39 4.5.2 Socio-economic Base line ................................................................................................ 40 4.6 GAMBELA NATIONAL REGIONAL STATE ................................................................................................................40 4.6.1 Bio-physical Environment ................................................................................................ 40 4.6.2 Socio-economic Base line ................................................................................................ 41 4.7 SOMALI NATIONAL REGIONAL STATE ....................................................................................................................42 4.7.1 Bio-physical Environment ................................................................................................ 42 4.7.2 Socio-economic Base line ................................................................................................ 43 4.8 THE SOUTHERN NATIONS, NATIONALITIES AND PEOPLES REGIONAL STATE .........................................................44 4.8.1 Bio-physical Environment ................................................................................................ 44 4.8.2 Socio-economic Base line ................................................................................................ 44 4.9 THE HARARI NATIONAL REGIONAL STATE ............................................................................................................45 4.9.1 Bio-physical Environment ................................................................................................ 45 4.9.2 Socio-economic Base line ................................................................................................ 45 4.10 DIRE DAWA ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL ...........................................................................................................46 4.10.1 Bio-Physical Characteristics ........................................................................................ 46 4.10.2 Socio-economic Base line ............................................................................................ 46 5 ENVIRONMENTAL