GEORGIA ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION NETWORK DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS Environmental and Social Impact Assessment Volume 6 Stakeholder Engagement Plan Prepared for: GSE SLR Ref:901.12.1 Version No: #2 - Final Disclosure Authorized June 2020 Georgian State Electrosystem (GSE) Environmental and Social Impact Assessment SLR Ref No:901.12.1 Volume 6 Stakeholder Engagement Plan June 2020 BASIS OF REPORT This document has been prepared by SLR Consulting Limited with reasonable skill, care and diligence, and taking account of the manpower, timescales and resources devoted to it by agreement with GSE (the Client) as part or all of the services it has been appointed by the Client to carry out. It is subject to the terms and conditions of that appointment. SLR shall not be liable for the use of or reliance on any information, advice, recommendations and opinions in this document for any purpose by any person other than the Client. 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Georgian State Electrosystem (GSE) Environmental and Social Impact Assessment SLR Ref No:901.12.1 Volume 6 Stakeholder Engagement Plan June 2020 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION AND PROJECT OVERVIEW........................................................................ 7 1.1 Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 7 1.2 Purpose and objectives of the SEP ............................................................................................ 7 1.3 Scope of this SEP ....................................................................................................................... 8 1.4 Structure of the SEP .................................................................................................................. 8 1.5 Project Overview ....................................................................................................................... 9 REGULATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS .............................................................................. 12 2.1 National Requirements ........................................................................................................... 12 2.2 International Requirements .................................................................................................... 13 PROJECT STAKEHOLDERS ............................................................................................... 15 3.1 Stakeholder identification and analysis ................................................................................... 15 3.2 Approaches for stakeholder engagement activities ................................................................ 23 3.3 Stakeholder Register ............................................................................................................... 27 PREVIOUS STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES ...................................................... 28 4.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 28 4.2 ESIA Scoping Meetings ............................................................................................................ 28 4.3 ESIA Scoping Report ................................................................................................................ 34 4.4 ESIA Baseline engagement ...................................................................................................... 35 4.5 ESIA Disclosure & Consultation ............................................................................................... 45 4.6 Early Land Registration process .............................................................................................. 47 FUTURE STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMME ..................................................... 48 5.1 Stakeholder engagement approach ........................................................................................ 48 5.2 Stakeholder engagement during design and implementation of the Resettlement Action Plan50 5.3 Engagement Activities prior to the Construction Phase ......................................................... 53 5.4 Engagement Activities during Construction Phase ................................................................. 54 5.5 Engagement Activities during Operational Phase ................................................................... 57 GRIEVANCE MECHANISM ............................................................................................... 59 6.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 59 6.2 Grievance process ................................................................................................................... 59 6.3 Grievance Records and Documentation ................................................................................. 62 Final Disclosure Authorized. Georgian State Electrosystem (GSE) Environmental and Social Impact Assessment SLR Ref No:901.12.1 Volume 6 Stakeholder Engagement Plan June 2020 6.4 Closure of Grievances ............................................................................................................. 62 6.5 Workers Grievance Mechanism .............................................................................................. 64 6.6 GSE Contact Information ........................................................................................................ 65 RESPONSIBILITIES AND RESOURCES ............................................................................... 66 7.1 Responsibilities ....................................................................................................................... 66 7.2 Resources ................................................................................................................................ 67 MONITORING AND REPORTING ..................................................................................... 69 8.1 Monitoring .............................................................................................................................. 69 8.2 Reporting during Construction ................................................................................................ 70 8.3 Reporting during Operation .................................................................................................... 71 DOCUMENT REFERENCES TABLES Table 1.1 Outline of Project Components .......................................................................................... 10 Table 2.1 International Lenders’ E&S Safeguard Policies on Stakeholder Engagement .................... 13 Table 3.1 List of stakeholders, their interest in the Project and engagement methods to be used .. 17 Table 4.1 -Municipality Scoping meeting locations and dates ........................................................... 29 Table 4.2 - Meetings held with Government departments and agencies ......................................... 30 Table 4.3 - Meetings held with NGOs ................................................................................................ 33 Table 4.4 – List of interviews conducted as part of the socio-economic baseline surveys ................ 37 Table 7.1 - Resources and responsibilities ......................................................................................... 66 Table 8.1 - SEP indicators to be documented in the E&S performance reports ................................ 69 FIGURES Figure 1 - Project components and Municipalities crossed by the Project ........................................ 11 Figure 2 – Flowchart of public consultations ..................................................................................... 49 Figure 3 – Grievance Resolution Mechanism ..................................................................................... 63 APPENDICES Appendix 01 - Progress regarding the local EIA process and local disclosure Appendix 02 – Issues raised during Scoping meeting with Municipalities Appendix 03 – Minutes of meetings with government agencies Appendix 04 – Complaints and Grievance Submission Form Final Disclosure Authorized. Georgian State Electrosystem (GSE) Environmental and Social Impact Assessment SLR Ref No:901.12.1 Volume 6 Stakeholder Engagement Plan June 2020 Acronyms Acronym Description APA Agency of Protected Area CLO Community Liaison Officer CSR Corporate Social Responsibility EBRD European Bank