Subproject : Rural Energy - Additional Financing - Phase 4 - Thai Nguyen Province Report : Ethnic Minorities Development Plan (EMDP) NORTH POWER CORPORATION Electric Network Project Management Board ------------------------------- Public Disclosure Authorized ETHNIC MINORITIES DEVELOPMENT PLAN (EMDP) Public Disclosure Authorized SUBPROJECT: THE RURAL ENEGY II PROJECT Public Disclosure Authorized ADDITIONAL FINANCING – PHASE 4- THAI NGUYEN PROVINCE Public Disclosure Authorized Hanoi, August 2012 THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 1 Subproject : Rural Energy - Additional Financing - Phase 4 - Thai Nguyen Province Report : Ethnic Minorities Development Plan (EMDP) TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1. Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 5 2. Particulars about ethnic minorities in the Project Site ........................................................... 5 2.1. General Description about the Project area ...................................................................... 5 2.2. Particulars about ethnic minorities in the Project area ..................................................... 6 2.3 Ethnic minorities affected by the Project ............................................................................. 9 3. Policy Framework ................................................................................................................ 14 4. The Project‘s impacts on ethnic minorities and mitigation measures .................................. 16 4.1. The Project’s impacts ....................................................................................................... 16 5. Implementation .................................................................................................................... 22 5.1. Vietnam Electricity............................................................................................................ 23 5.2. Power Network Project Management Board .................................................................... 23 5.3. Provincial People’s Committee ........................................................................................ 23 5.4. District (Communal) People’s Committee ........................................................................ 23 6. Implementation plan ............................................................................................................ 24 7. Supervision and evaluation .................................................................................................. 24 8. Budget and expenses ............................................................................................................ 24 APPENDIX 1: MAP OF PROJECT SITE............................................................................... 27 APPENDIX 2: SOCIAL EVALUATION ............................................................................... 29 APPENDIX 3: EMDP FRAMEWORK................................... Error! Bookmark not defined. APPENDIX 4: MINUTES OF MEETING ON ETHENIC MINORITY‘S DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND SCREENING TABLE ON ETHNIC MINORITIESError! Bookmark not defined. APPENDIX5: LIST OF DISTRICTS AND COMMUNES INVOLVING IN THE PROJECT…………………………………………………………………………………….38 THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 2 Subproject : Rural Energy - Additional Financing - Phase 4 - Thai Nguyen Province Report : Ethnic Minorities Development Plan (EMDP) List of Figures: o Table 1: Primiliary research on ethnic minorities in the Project area ............................... 10 Table 2: Temporary impacts on cultivated land .................................................................. 16 Table 3: Impacts on trees and crops ................................................................................... 18 Table 4: Permenantly occupied land of ethnic minorities ................................................... 19 Table 5. Performance program ........................................................................................... 22 Table 6: Cost estimates of EMDP perforfmance ................................................................. 25 THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 3 Subproject : Rural Energy - Additional Financing - Phase 4 - Thai Nguyen Province Report : Ethnic Minorities Development Plan (EMDP) Abbreviations: The Thang Long Power Development Joint Stock Company Consultant CPC Communal People‘s Committee DMS Detailed Measurement Survey DP(s) Displaced Person DPC District People‘s Committee EVN Vietnam Electricity EM(s) Ethnic Minority(s) GOV Government HH Household OP4.10 Action Plan of WB OP4.10 PPC Provincial People‘s Committee EMDP Ethnic Minorities Development Plan ROW Right Of Way WB World Bank MV Medium Voltage THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 4 Subproject : Rural Energy - Additional Financing - Phase 4 - Thai Nguyen Province Report : Ethnic Minorities Development Plan (EMDP) 1. Introduction The Rural Energy Project No. 2 (RE2) aims at facilitating the Vietnamese Government to launch poverty elimination campaign in rural areas by providing key infrastructures such as power and access to public services to improve life, production and business performance, concretely: - Develop a rural electrification strategy, specially focusing on power supply to mountainous and remote areas. - Rehabilitate, upgrade and expand the rural power system to satisfy power supply demand for the future socio-economic development. - Improve power supply reliability, reduce loss on power, and improve performance for production and business activities. - Re-unify the rural power grid system to improve reliability and power quality to be provided, including reduction of power loss due to technical or non-technical failure. The sub-project is constructed in 34 communes (wards and towns) under 09 districts (cities) of Thai Nguyen Province. The Project would construct total 40,672km km of MV wireline (35kV and 22kV), 55 transformer stations with total capacity of 8,320kVA and 191,503km for 0.4kV wirelines. (Refer to the Report on Investment for details about transformer stations) This document is compiled as required by the WB‘s policy OP4.10 on ethnic minorities and policies on ethnic minorities of the Vietnamese Government. EMDP is developed and launched to: (a) protect tradition and culture of ethnic minorities, (b) minimize the project‘s adverse impacts on ethnic minorities and (c) offer socio-economic benefits to the ethnic minorities groups. These guidelines aim at ensuring that the ethnic minorities are fully provided with information, consulted and engaged into the Project performance survey. Their engagement not only brings reliable benefits but also protect them against the Project‘s adverse impacts during construction. 2. Particulars about ethnic minorities in the Project Site 2.1. General Description about the Project area Thai Nguyen province‘s North borders with Bac Kan province, the West borders with provinces of Vinh Phuc and Tuyen Quang, the East borders with provinces of Lang Son and Bac Giang and the South borders with Hanoi capital. Thanks to its geological position as one of the political, economical and education centers of Viet Bac region in particular and the Northeastern mountainous midland area in general, Thai Nguyen is the socio-economic exchange gateway between the mountainous midland area and Northern delta area. The THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 5 Subproject : Rural Energy - Additional Financing - Phase 4 - Thai Nguyen Province Report : Ethnic Minorities Development Plan (EMDP) exchange is conducted through sector-shaped roadway, railway and river way systems which Thai Nguyen is the hub. Together with central position of Viet Bac, Thai Nguyen is also converging culture of ethnics in the Northern mountainous area, acting as a center of culture and education activities of the extensive mountainous area in the North. Thanks to its strategic position of Viet Bac, Thai Nguyen is the cultural center of ethnic groups in the mountainous area in the North, acting as the center of cultural and education activities of the entire extensively mountainous area in the North. Thai Nguyen has 07 districts, 01 town and 01 city including 180 communes, wards and towns with 125/180 high and mountainous communes. The remaining are delta and midland communes. Thai Nguyen has 354,110 hectares of natural land area in which 94,563 hectares, 152,275 hectares and 20,539 hectares of agricultural land area; non-agricultural land area and unused land area, making up 26.70%, 43% and 5.8% of natural land area, respectively; the unused land area and stone springs and rivers are 78,535 hectares, accounting for 22.17%. Climate In winter, climate in Thai Nguyen is divided into 3 clear areas: Colder area is situated in the North of Vo Nhai district. Medium cold area covers districts of Dinh Hoa, Phu Luong and the South of Vo Nhai district. Warm area covers districts of Dai Tu- Thai Nguyen city, Dong Hy, Phu Binh, Pho Yen and Song Cong town. The temperature varying between the hottest month (June: 28.9 °C) with the coldest month (January: 15.2 °C) is 13.7 °C. Total sunny hours in the year fluctuates from 1,300 to 1,750 hours and it is relatively even distributed to months in the year. Climate in Thai Nguyen is divided into 2 clear seasons. The rainy season lasts from May to October and dry season last from October to May. The annual average rainfall is approximately 2,000 to 2,500 mm; the peak is August