ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH CENTER NORTH-SOUTH ROAD CORRIDOR INVESTMENT PROGRAM TRANCHE 3 (Talin-Lanjik and Lanjik-Gyumri), SUBSECTION 4 IMPLEMENTATION OF LAND ACQUISITION AND RESETTLEMENT PLAN COMPLIANCE REPORT August 22, 2017 (revised on October 09, 2017) NORTH-SOUTH ROAD CORRIDOR INVESTMENT PROJECT, TRANCHE 3 (TALIN-LANJIK, LANJIK-GYUMRI), LARP IMPLEMENTATION COMPLIANCE REPORT, SUBSECTION 4 CONTENTS I. Executive Summary ........................................................................................................................................... 4 II. Introduction ...................................................................................................................................................... 6 a) Background ................................................................................................................................................... 6 b) LARP Objectives and Scope ......................................................................................................................... 8 c) Legal Framework and Powers of Relocation Policy ..................................................................................... 8 d) Monitoring and Evaluation ........................................................................................................................10 III. EMA Methodology ......................................................................................................................................... 12 IV. LARP Implementation Procedures ................................................................................................................ 14 a) Institutional Framework and Management ...............................................................................................14 b) Public Consultations and APs Awareness ...................................................................................................15 c) Complaints & Grievance Redress Mechanism ............................................................................................16 d) Process of Compensation Provision ...........................................................................................................17 e) Expropriation and Measures Taken ...........................................................................................................18 f) Legalization and Special Cases ....................................................................................................................19 V. Determining the Actual Scope of the Impact ................................................................................................. 21 a) Permanent Loss of Land and Impact on Land Users ..................................................................................21 b) Impact on Crops and Trees .........................................................................................................................23 c) Impact on Buildings/Structures and Movable Improvements ...................................................................24 d) Impact on Business and Employment ........................................................................................................25 e) Relocation ...................................................................................................................................................25 f) Impact on Socially Vulnerable and Severe Impact ......................................................................................25 VI. Assessment of Provided Compensation ........................................................................................................ 27 a) Compensation for the Loss of Land ............................................................................................................27 b) Compensation for Crops.............................................................................................................................28 c) Compensation for Buildings/Structures and Movable Improvements .......................................................30 d) Compensation for Business and Employment ...........................................................................................31 e) Compensation Entitlements for Vulnerable groups ...................................................................................33 f) Entitlements for the Cases of Severe Impact ..............................................................................................34 VII. LARP Implementation Budget ...................................................................................................................... 36 VIII. Public Satisfaction ....................................................................................................................................... 40 IX. EMA Conclusion on LARP Implementation in Talin-Lanjik Section (ADB) ..................................................... 44 X. EMA Conclusion on LARP Implementation in Lanjik-Gyumri Section (EIB) .................................................... 45 Appendix 1.The summary description of ongoing expropriation cases in T3 LARP 4th Subsection .................. 47 Appendix 2. Tranche 3 road scheme with LARP implementation status per 6 subsections .............................. 49 Appendix 3. Description of impact and compensation changes during the LARP implementation of 4th subsection of Tranche 3 .....................................................................................................................................50 Appendix 4. Summary of LARP-completed sections of 4rd subsection as of October 09, 2017 ....................... 56 Economic Development and Research Center, www.EDRC.am 2 NORTH-SOUTH ROAD CORRIDOR INVESTMENT PROJECT, TRANCHE 3 (TALIN-LANJIK, LANJIK-GYUMRI), LARP IMPLEMENTATION COMPLIANCE REPORT, SUBSECTION 4 List of acronyms ADB Asian Development Bank AHs Affected Households AMD Armenian Dram AP Affected Person DMS Detailed Measurement Survey EDRC Economic Development and Research Center EIB European Investment Bank EMA External Monitoring Agency GoA Government of Armenia GFP Grievance Focal Person GRG Grievance Review Group GRM Grievance Redress Mechanism HH Household IC Implementing Consultant LARF Land Acquisition & Resettlement Framework LARP Land Acquisition & Resettlement Plan LSGBs Local Self- Governing Bodies MTCIT Ministry of Transport, Communication and Information Technologies NGO Non-Government Organization NSS National Statistical Service TPIO Transport Project Implementation Organization PC Public Consultation RA Republic of Armenia SNCO State Non-Commercial Organization SPS Safeguard Policy Statement T3 Tranche 3 North-South Road Corridor Investment Program Economic Development and Research Center, www.EDRC.am 3 NORTH-SOUTH ROAD CORRIDOR INVESTMENT PROJECT, TRANCHE 3 (TALIN-LANJIK, LANJIK-GYUMRI), LARP IMPLEMENTATION COMPLIANCE REPORT, SUBSECTION 4 I. Executive Summary • The present Compliance Report was developed based on the monitoring results of Tranche 3 Land Acquisition and Resettlement Plans (LARP) of North-South Road Corridor Investment Program (financed by the Asian Development Bank and European Investment Bank). • Tranche 3 covers Talin-Gyumri section with a total length of about 46.1 km: Talin-Lanjik section (km 71+500 - km 90+200) with total length of 18.7 km is financed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), while Lanjik-Gyumri section (km 90+200 - km 117+670) with total length of 27.4 km – by the European Investment Bank (EIB). As a consequence, the Government of Armenia approved two different LARPs which, nevertheless, are based on the same principles and policy provisions. • Tranche 3 is implemented in 6 Subsections. To that end, compliance reviews under external monitoring activities (according to the ToR) also are implemented per subsections by breakdown per ADB and EIB sections. This report covers 4th Subsection of the Tranche 3 (km 74+020 – km 74+900, km 76+400 – km 77+400, km 105+465 – km 108+620, km 109+620 – km 111+600), including both ADB and EIB financed sections, meantime it is agreed that each financed party reviews and approves only the parts/sections of the Compliance Report which present the results of their financed section 1.Tranche 3 Subsection 4 impacts are both in ADB and EIB finances parts. Project impact area for ADB section covers 99 land plots in 3 rural communities (including 1 state, 37 community and 61 private land plots) with total area of 174,521 sq. m. There are 80 affected households (AHs), including 21 of them who are vulnerable. Also, there are 16 informal tenants. 10 AHs are severely affected (due to loss of 10% and more of productive assets) by the Project; 3 of them are vulnerable. • Project impact area for EIB section covers 182 land plots in 3 rural communities (including 8 state, 79 community and 95 private land plots) with total area of 329,202 sq. m. There are 148 affected households (AHs), including 25 of them who are vulnerable. Also, there are there are 7 leaseholders and 34 informal tenants. 61 AHs are severely affected (due to loss of 10% and more of productive assets) by the Project; 10 of them are vulnerable. • Crops, business/employment and buildings/structures are also affected. There were no cases of impact on trees, neither were relocation cases (no physical displacement). • Compliance review covered LARP implementation processes, determination of impact scope and assessment of provided compensation, as well as the initiation of expropriation cases.