SFG3835 REV The Kyrgyz Republic Ministry of Transport and Roads Public Disclosure Authorized Central Asia Regional Links Project – Phase 3 (CARs-3) Public Disclosure Authorized Resettlement Policy Framework Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized February 2018 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1. Introduction ....................................................................................................... 8 1.1. Background ............................................................................................................. 8 1.2. RPF Objectives ....................................................................................................... 8 1.3. Resettlement Policy Framework Document ............................................................. 9 1.4. Expected Impacts and Scope of Land Acquisition ................................................. 10 Chapter 2. Project Description ......................................................................................... 13 2.1. Project Background ............................................................................................... 13 2.2. Project Context ..................................................................................................... 14 2.3. Rehabilitation of Regional Road Connections of Issyk-Kul Oblast ......................... 17 2.4 Tourist Service Centres (TSC) ............................................................................... 20 Chapter 3: Land Acquisition and Resettlement Framework .......................................... 22 3.1. Land Acquisition & Resettlement Processing Requirements ................................. 22 3.2. Legal and Policy Background ................................................................................ 22 3.2.1. Land Ownership ............................................................................................. 22 3.2.2. Land Acquisition and Resettlement in Kyrgyz Republic .................................. 23 3.2.3. World Bank Policy on Involuntary Resettlement ............................................. 25 3.3. Comparison of Kyrgyz Republic and World Bank Policy Requirements ................. 26 Chapter 4: Organizational Arrangement .......................................................................... 29 4.1. Organizational set up ............................................................................................ 29 4.2. Ministry of Transport and Roads of the Kyrgyz Republic ....................................... 30 4.3. Investment Projects Implementation Group ........................................................... 31 4.4. Land Acquisition and Resettlement Interdepartmental Commission ...................... 31 4.5. Resettlement Plan Preparation Consultant and Independent Assets Evaluator ..... 33 Chapter 5: Screening, Resettlement Plan Preparation and Implementation................. 34 5.1. Screening Resettlement Impacts ........................................................................... 34 5.2. Procedure for Resettlement Action Plan Preparation ............................................ 34 5.3. Review and Approval of Plans............................................................................... 37 5.4. Vulnerable Groups ................................................................................................ 37 5.5. Gender Impact and Mitigation Measures ............................................................... 38 Chapter 6: Policy Framework and Entitlements ............................................................. 39 6.1. Project Affected People – Eligibility ....................................................................... 39 6.2. Compensation Entitlements .................................................................................. 40 Chapter 7: Establishing Compensation Rates ............................................................... 44 7.1. Background ........................................................................................................... 44 7.2. Assessment of Compensation Unit Values ............................................................ 45 7.3. Provision of Land for Land Compensation ............................................................. 46 7.4. Resettlement Budget and Financing ..................................................................... 46 Chapter 8: Consultation, Participation and Documents Disclosure .............................. 48 2 8.1. Public Consultations and Disclosure of RPF ......................................................... 48 8.2. Objectives of Public Information and Consultation................................................. 51 8.3. Consultation during RAP Preparation and Implementation .................................... 51 8.4. Public Information Booklet ..................................................................................... 52 8.5. Disclosure ............................................................................................................. 53 Chapter 9: Grievance Redress Mechanism ..................................................................... 54 9.1. Objectives ............................................................................................................. 54 9.2. Grievance Redress Group (GRG) ......................................................................... 54 9.3. Local Contact Person ............................................................................................ 55 9.4. Functioning of the GRG within the Grievance Redress Mechanism ...................... 56 9.5. Technical Experts.................................................................................................. 57 9.6. Grievance Redress Process .................................................................................. 57 9.7. GRG Records and Documentation ........................................................................ 58 Chapter 10: Monitoring and Evaluation .......................................................................... 59 10.1. Monitoring and Evaluation ................................................................................... 59 10.2. Training in ‘RAP’ implementation ........................................................................ 60 Chapter 11: Implementation process .............................................................................. 61 Appendices ................................................................................................................ 63 Appendix-1: Summary of Public Consultations Appendix-2: Social Screening Sample Appendix-3: Sample Abbreviated Resettlement Action Plan Appendix-4: Sample Full Resettlement Action Plan Appendix-5: Complaints and Grievance Submission Form 3 ABBREVIATIONS SAEPF - State Agency for Environment Protection and Forestry GRG - Grievance Redress Group IPIG - Investment Project Implementation Group DMS - Detailed Measurement Survey RMU - Road Maintenance Unit AP - Affected People/Person AH - Affected Household EA - Executing Agency GRM - Grievance Redress Mechanism MOTC - Ministry of Transport and Communications MOTR - Ministry of Transport and Roads * MOF - Ministry of Finance IMA - Independent monitoring agency, NGO - Non-Governmental Organization NSC - National Statistical Committee JSC MIA - Joint Stock Company “Manas International Airport” PO - Public Organisations PIU - Project Implementation Unit RPF - Resettlement Policy Framework DP - Displaced Person ROW - Right-of-Way RAP - Resettlement Plan RAP - Resettlement Action Plan IOL - Inventory of Losses TOR - Terms of Reference TA - Technical Assistance RA - Road Administration TSC - Tourist Service Centre 4 GLOSSARY OF TERMS Compensation : Means payment in cash or in-kind at replacement cost for an as- set to be acquired by the Project or for loss of income associated with the project. Cut-off Date : Means the date that a population record or census, preferably at the project identification stage, serves as an eligibility cut-off date in order to prevent a subsequent influx of encroachers or others who wish to take advantage of such benefits. The cut-off date will be the date when the census for the RAP is completed. Assets built after the cut-off date or loss of livelihoods associated with assets built after the cut-off date are not eligible for compensa- tion. Detailed : Means the detailed inventory of losses that is completed after Measurement detailed design and marking of project boundaries on the Survey (DMS) ground. Displacement : Means either physical relocation or economic displacement whereby the impact of loss of incomes force people to relocate in order to initiate alternative strategies of income restoration. Encroachers : Means those people who move into the project area after the cut- off date and are therefore not eligible for compensation or other rehabilitation measures provided by the project. Entitlement : Means the range of measures comprising compensation, income restoration, transfer assistance, income substitution, and reloca- tion which are due to affected people, depending on the nature of their losses, to restore their economic and social base. Inventory of Losses : Means the pre-appraisal inventory of assets as a preliminary rec- ord of affected or lost assets. Land Acquisition : Means the process whereby a person is compelled by the local administration through the Executing Agency of the Project to alienate all or part of the land s/he owns or possesses in favor of the State in