Social Safeguards Due Diligence Report April 2021 Cambodia: Third Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Services Sector Development Program Main Report and Appendixes 1 and 2 Prepared by Ministry of Rural Development for the Royal Government of Cambodia and the Asian Development Bank. This social safeguards due diligence report is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of ADB's Board of Directors, Management, or staff, and may be preliminary in nature. Your attention is directed to the "terms of use" of this website. In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area. Social Safeguards Due Diligence Report April 2021 Resubmitted 12 May 2021 Cambodia: Third Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Services Sector Development Project Main Report Prepared by Ministry of Rural Development for the Royal Government of Cambodia and the Asian Development Bank. This social safeguards due diligence report is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of ADB's Board of Directors, Management, or staff, and may be preliminary in nature. Your attention is directed to the “terms of use” of this website. In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area. CONTENTS ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ........................................................................ 3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................ 1 1. INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................... 5 1.1 PROJECT DESCRIPTION ........................................................................... 6 1.2 SUBPROJECT DESCRIPTIONS ................................................................. 6 1.3 PROPOSED WSS IMPROVEMENT .......................................................... 20 1.4 TYPES AND DESCRIPTIONS OF PROPOSED FACILITIES .................... 26 2. SOCIAL DUE DILIGENCE ......................................................................... 28 2.1 OBJECTIVE OF DUE DILIGENCE ............................................................. 28 2.2 ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY AND LIMITATIONS .............................. 28 2.3 DUE DILIGENCE ASSESSMENT RESULTS ............................................ 30 2.3.1 CIVIL WORKS ............................................................................................ 31 2.3.2 LIVELIHOODS IMPACTS AND LOSS OF INCOME .................................. 31 2.3.3 INDIGENOUS PEOPLES/ETHNIC MINORITIES ....................................... 31 2.3.4 LAND ACQUISITION AND COMPENSATION ........................................... 34 2.3.5 REHABILITATION OF COMMUNITY PONDS ........................................... 36 2.3.6 PROVISION OF DRILLED WELLS ............................................................ 40 2.3 7 LAND CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT FORMS ........................................ 40 2.3.8 WOMEN’S PARTICIPATION AND GENDER EQUITY .............................. 41 2.3.9 VULNERABLE/ DISABLED PEOPLE AND POOR HOUSEHOLDS........... 41 2.3.10 COMMUNITY SUPPORT ........................................................................... 43 2.3.11 ROLES AND FUNCTIONS OF VDCS ........................................................ 44 2.3.12 ROLES AND FUNCTIONS OF WSUGS .................................................... 45 3. CONSULTATION, PARTICIPATION, AND INFORMATION DISCLOSURE 45 4. GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISM ..................................................... 54 5. SAFEGUARDS MANAGEMENT, REPORTING AND MONITORING ........ 56 6. CONCLUSION ........................................................................................... 57 7. LIST OF APPENDICES .............................................................................. 60 1 LIST OF TABLES Table 1: Summary of Subproject location and number of villages Error! Bookmark not defined. S.I. .............................................................................................................................................. 7 Table 2: Beneficiaries in Rohat Tuek subproject ................................................................ 8 Table 3: Proposed beneficiaries in Kampong Lpov subproject ........................................ 9 Table 4: Proposed beneficiaries in Ta Taok subproject .................................................. 10 Table 5: Proposed beneficiaries in Chhean Laeung subproject .................................... 10 Table 6: Proposed beneficiaries in Krang Lvea subproject ............................................ 11 Table 7: Proposed beneficiaries in Dambouk Rung subproject ..................................... 12 Table 8: Proposed beneficiaries in Chaeung Daeung subproject ................................. 12 Table 9: Proposed beneficiaries in Boeng Nimol subproject .......................................... 13 Table 10: Proposed beneficiaries in Krang Snay subproject .......................................... 14 Table 11: Proposed beneficiaries in Nearey subproject .................................................. 14 Table 12: Proposed beneficiaries in Chrach subproject .................................................. 15 Table 13: Proposed beneficiaries in Putrea subproject ................................................... 16 Table 14: Proposed beneficiaries in Tasu subproject ...................................................... 16 Table 15: Proposed beneficiaries in Bak Chenchien subproject ................................... 17 Table 16: Proposed beneficiaries in Prongil subproject .................................................. 18 Table 17: Proposed beneficiaries in Pongro Leu subproject .......................................... 18 Table 18: Proposed beneficiaries in Ruessei Lok subproject ........................................ 19 Table 19: Location of Existing and Proposed Community Water Supply Facilities .... 22 Table 20: Proposed Improvement of WSS for Public Institutions .................................. 25 Table 21: Proposed Water Supply Facilities ..................................................................... 26 Table 22: Dimensions of proposed community ponds..................................................... 26 Table 23: Safeguard Categories for Investment Proposals in 17 Subprojects in Batch 2 Civil Works ........................................................................................................................... 30 Table 24: Proportion of IPs in the 17 subprojects in Batch 2 .................................. 32 Table 25: Location of Proposed 834 Drilled Wells by Village ......................................... 35 Table 26: Size of Community Ponds Expanded and Land Plots Allocated .................. 37 Table 27: Vegetation in area around proposed community ponds ................................ 38 Table 28: Date of meetings with District Offices of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction ................................................................................................... 39 Table 29: Summary of socio-economic data in 17 subprojects ..................................... 42 Table 30: Dates of Community Consultations by Subproject ......................................... 45 Table 31: Participants in due diligence assessment consultations ............................... 47 Table 32: Summary of Questions and Answers during the Consultation Meetings .... 51 Table 33: Date of Establishment of GRM Committees in Each Province .................... 54 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1: Location Map of the Batch 2 Subprojects .................................................... 7 Figure 2: GRM Leaflet .............................................................................................. 55 2 ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ADB Asian Development Bank CPF Community Participation Framework GRM Grievance Redress Mechanism HH Household ID Poor Cambodian Government classification of poor households IP Indigenous Peoples IPPF Indigenous Peoples Plan Frameworks IR Involuntary Resettlement IRF Involuntary Resettlement Framework MRD Ministry of Rural Development O&M Operation and Maintenance PCU Project Coordination Unit PIC Project Implementation Consultant PPT Provincial Project Team SDDR Social Due Diligence Report SPS Safeguard Policy Statement TRWSS-SDP Third Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Services Sector Development Program VDC Village Development Committee WSS Water and Sanitation Supply WSUG Water and Sanitation User Group 3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1. The Third Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Services Sector Development Program (TRWSS-SDP), consisting of an investment project and reform program, seeks to significantly contribute to the achievement of the national target for having universal access to rural water supply and sanitation in Cambodia by 2025. The Project outcome is universal access to safe and uninterrupted rural water supply and sanitation services in the participating districts, to be pursued through three outputs as follows: • Rural water supply infrastructure and services