Public Disclosure Authorized Fujian Meizhou Bay Navigation Improvement Project Public Disclosure Authorized Resettlement Action Plan Public Disclosure Authorized Meizhou Bay Harbor Administration Bureau of Fujian Province July 2012 Public Disclosure Authorized Contents 1 Overview of the Project ......................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Background of the Project ............................................................................................. 1 1.2 Components and Resettlement Impacts ........................................................................ 3 1.2.1 Bank-financed Projects .................................................................................. 3 1.2.2 Other Projects ................................................................................................. 4 1.3 Gross Investment and Financing Sources ..................................................................... 1 1.4 Measures to Reduce Resettlement Impacts ................................................................... 1 1.5 Project Preparation and Progress .................................................................................. 2 2 Project Impact Analysis ......................................................................................................... 3 2.1 Survey of Resettlement Impacts .................................................................................... 3 2.2 Identification of the Right to Use Sea Areas ................................................................. 3 2.3 Resettlement Impact Analysis ....................................................................................... 4 2.4 Socioeconomic Impact Analysis of the Project ............................................................. 6 2.4.1 Economis Impact Analysis ............................................................................ 6 2.4.2 Impacts on the aquaculture environment .................................................... 7 2.4.3 Impacts on navigation .................................................................................... 7 2.4.4 Impacts on fishing ........................................................................................... 8 3 Socioeconomic Survey of the Project ................................................................................. 9 3.1 Socioeconomic Profile of the Affected Cities/Districts/Counties ................................. 9 3.2 Socioeconomic Profile of the Affected Towns ............................................................ 10 3.3 Socioeconomic Profile of the Affected Villages ......................................................... 11 3.4 Basic Information of the AHs ..................................................................................... 14 3.4.1 Sampling Analysis of the Directly Affected Population ............................ 14 3.4.2 Sampling Analysis of the Population Affected by the Related Projects 15 3.5 Analysis of the Minority Population ........................................................................... 18 3.5.1 Minority Population in the Beneficiary Area .............................................. 18 3.5.2 Minority Population in the Affected Population ......................................... 18 3.6 Social Gender Analysis ............................................................................................... 20 3.6.1 Overall Development of Women in the Project Area ............................... 20 3.6.2 Survey on Women’s Development ............................................................. 20 4 Laws, Regulations and Policies ......................................................................................... 22 4.1 Laws and Policies on Resettlement ............................................................................. 22 4.2 Key Provisions of Laws, Regulations and Policies on Resettlement .......................... 22 4.2.1 Land Administration Law of the PRC ......................................................... 22 4.2.2 Fisheries Law of the PRC............................................................................ 22 4.2.3 Law of the PRC on the Administration of Sea Areas ............................... 23 4.2.4 Measures of Fujian Province for the Implementation of the Fisheries Law of the PRC ............................................................................................................. 24 4.2.5 Notice of the Fujian Provincial Government on Issuing the Measures of Compensation for the Use of Sea Areas of Fujian Province ................................. 25 4.2.6 Bank Policy on Involuntary Resettlement ................................................. 27 i 4.3 Policies and Compensation Rates of the Project ......................................................... 27 4.3.1 Policies of the Project .................................................................................. 27 4.3.2 Compensation rates ..................................................................................... 28 5 Income Restoration Measures for APs ............................................................................. 30 5.1 Objective of Resettlement ........................................................................................... 30 5.2 Income Restoration Measures ..................................................................................... 30 5.2.1 Income Loss Analysis .................................................................................. 30 5.2.2 Income Restoration Program ...................................................................... 30 6 Resettlement Budget and Management ........................................................................... 34 6.1 General Budget ........................................................................................................... 34 6.2 Fund Use Plan ............................................................................................................. 34 6.3 Disbursement, Management and Monitoring of Funds ............................................... 34 6.3.1 Disbursement of Funds ............................................................................... 34 6.3.2 Management and Monitoring of Funds ..................................................... 35 7 Institutional Framework ....................................................................................................... 36 7.1 Agencies for Resettlement Actions ............................................................................. 36 7.2 Institutional Responsibilities ....................................................................................... 36 7.3 Organizational setup and staffing ................................................................................ 38 7.4 Measures to Strengthen Institutional Capacity ............................................................ 38 8 Implementation Plan ............................................................................................................ 40 8.1 Principles for Progress Coordination between Resettlement and Project Construction 40 8.2 Schedule for Key Resettlement Tasks ......................................................................... 40 8.2.1 Principles for Schedule Preparation .......................................................... 40 8.2.2 Resettlement Schedule ............................................................................... 40 9 Public Participation and Grievance Redress .................................................................... 42 9.1 Strategy and Methods of Public Participation ............................................................. 42 9.2 Completed Public Participation and Consultation Activities ...................................... 42 9.3 Information disclosure ................................................................................................ 43 9.4 Public Participation Plan for the Next Stage ............................................................... 44 9.5 Appeal Procedure and Handling ................................................................................. 45 10 Monitoring and Evaluation........................................................................................... 47 10.1 Internal Monitoring ..................................................................................................... 47 10.1.1 Implementation Procedure .......................................................................... 47 10.1.2 Scope of Monitoring ..................................................................................... 47 10.1.3 Internal Monitoring Reporting ..................................................................... 47 10.2 Independent External Monitoring ............................................................................... 48 10.2.1 Independent Monitoring Agency ................................................................. 48 10.2.2 Monitoring Procedure and Scope .............................................................. 49 10.3 Post-evaluation ............................................................................................................ 49 11 Entitlement Matrix ......................................................................................................... 51 Appendixes .................................................................................................................................... 53 Appendix