FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA Public Disclosure Authorized ETHIOPIAN ELECTRIC POWER (EEP) FINAL RAP DOCUMENTFOR FINCHA-SHAMBU AND AZEZO-CHILGA 230 KV TRANSMISSION LINE PROJECTS Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Prepared by:- Environmental, Health, Safety and Quality (EHS&Q) March 2019. Table of Contents GLOSSARY OF TERMS ........................................................................................................................ IV EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................................................. 1 1. INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................. 8 1.1. GENERAL BACKGROUND .............................................................................................. 8 1.2. DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT .............................................................................................. 9 1.3. OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY ........................................................................................... 13 1.4. METHODOLOGY ..................................................................................................................... 13 1.5. POTENTIAL PROJECT IMPACTS ............................................................................................. 14 1.5.1. Potential Impacts of the Project ......................................................................................... 14 1.5.2. Anticipated Positive Impacts and Enhancement Measures .............................................. 14 1.5.3. Negative/Adverse Impacts and Mitigation Measures ................................................... 15 2. SOCIO-ECONOMIC BACKGROUND AND DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT LOCATION ..................................................................................................................................... 18 2.1. PROJECT LOCATION AND ADMINISTRATIVE SET-UP ........................................................... 18 2.2. BASELINE SOCIOECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS ................................................................. 19 2.2.1. Population and Household Size .................................................................................... 19 2.2.2. Ethnic Composition and Religion ................................................................................. 19 2.2.3. Land use system ............................................................................................................. 20 2.2.4. Livestock ......................................................................................................................... 21 2.2.5. Crop production ............................................................................................................. 21 2.2.6. Physical Infrastructures and Social Services................................................................ 22 2.2.7. Women in the project area ............................................................................................. 24 GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE (GBV) ............................................................................................... 25 Risk Level ................................................................................................................................... 25 Mitigation Measures ................................................................................................................ 26 3. POLICY, LEGAL, INSTITUTIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORKS ........ 27 3.1. NATIONAL LEGAL FRAMEWORKS ......................................................................................... 27 3.1.1. Land ownership policy in Ethiopia ............................................................................... 27 3.1.2. Rural Land Administration and Land Use Proclamation, No456/2005 ...................... 28 3.1.3. Expropriation of Land Holdings for Public Purposes and Payment of Compensation, Proclamation No. 455/2005 ......................................................................................................... 28 3.1.4. FDRE Council of Ministers Regulation (Regulation No. 135/2007) ........................... 30 3.1.5. National Policy on Women ............................................................................................ 30 3.1.6. Child Labor, public and workers safety (Proclamation No.377/2003) ......................... 31 3.1.7. World Bank Policy on Involuntary Resettlement [OP 4.12] ......................................... 31 3.1.8. Gap analysis/Comparison of the National and WB on resettlement and compensation 33 4. INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK .................................................................................. 38 4.1. MINISTRY OF FINANCE .......................................................................................................... 38 4.2. ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE COMMISSION (EFCCC) ........................ 38 4.3. MINISTRY OF WATER, IRRIGATION AND ELECTRICITY ....................................................... 38 4.4. ETHIOPIAN ELECTRIC POWER (EEP) ................................................................................... 38 4.5. EEP ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL OFFICE (EEP ESO) ................................................... 39 4.6. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, SAFETY AND QUALITY/EHS & QUALITY/ ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL OFFICE OF EEP ................................................................................................ 39 4.7. TRANSMISSION AND SUBSTATION, UPGRADING AND REHABILITATION PROJECT OFFICE 40 5. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA AND ENTITLEMENTS ........................................................ 41 5.1. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA AND DELIVERY OF ENTITLEMENTS................................................. 41 i Final RAP Document for Fincha - Shambu and Azezo - Chilga 230 kV TLPs 5.2. ENTITLEMENT MATRIX ......................................................................................................... 41 6. SOCIO ECONOMIC SURVEY OF PAPS ........................................................................ 46 6.1. NUMBER OF PAPS .................................................................................................................. 46 6.2. RELIGIOUS BACK GROUND OF PAPS ..................................................................................... 46 6.3. EDUCATION ............................................................................................................................ 47 6.4. SETTLEMENT PATTERN ......................................................................................................... 47 6.5. ECONOMIC CONDUCTION AND LIVELIHOOD ACTIVITIES ..................................................... 47 6.6. VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS ................................................................................................. 48 7. VALUATION AND COMPENSATION FOR LOSS AND RESETTLEMENT MEASURES .................................................................................................................................... 49 7.1. VALUATION FOR PERMANENT LOSS OF AGRICULTURAL LAND ........................................... 51 7.2. VALUATION FOR TEMPORARY DISPOSSESSION OF AGRICULTURAL LAND ......................... 52 7.3. VALUATION FORMULA FOR PERENNIAL CROPS .................................................................... 52 8. PROPERTIES AFFECTED BY THE PROJECT AND ITS COST ESTIMATE .............. 53 8.1. GENERAL OVERVIEW .............................................................................................................. 53 8.2. IMPACTS ON HOUSES AND STRUCTURES ................................................................................. 54 8.3. IMPACTS ON AGRICULTURAL LAND ....................................................................................... 56 8.4. IMPACT OF THE PROJECT ON TREES .................................................................................... 57 8.5. IMPACTS ON GRAZING LAND.................................................................................................. 59 9. IDENTIFICATION OF ALTERNATIVE SITES AND SELECTION OF RESETTLEMENT SITES, SITE PREPARATION AND RELOCATION ....................................... 60 10. LIVELIHOOD/INCOME RESTORATION ..................................................................... 61 11. PUBLIC AND STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATION AND DISCLOSURE ...................... 63 11.1 OBJECTIVES OF PUBLIC AND STAKEHOLDERS CONSULTATION ............................................. 63 11.2. APPROACH AND METHODOLOGY .......................................................................................... 63 11.3. STAKEHOLDERS’ ANALYSIS .................................................................................................. 64 11.4. PUBLIC AND STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATION ......................................................................... 64 11.5. SUBSEQUENT CONSULTATION .............................................................................................. 69 12. GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISM ........................................................................ 70 13. ORGANIZATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY ........................................................................ 75 14.RAP IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE ................................................................................... 78 15. RAP IMPLEMENTATION COST AND BUDGET .................................................................... 82 16. RAP SUPERVISION, MONITORING AND