Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized RESETTLEMENT ACTION PLAN (RAP) FINAL March, 2012 Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized RESETTLEMENT ACTION PLAN Final Volume I: Main Report March 201 2 RESETTLEMENT ACTION PLAN Final Volume II: Annex M (Signatures PAHs) March 201 2 Resettlement Action Plan (Final) i Ambo - Woliso Road Project Detailed Engineering Design and Tender Document Preparation TABLE OF CONTENTS Page ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS PROJECT LOCATION MAP EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................... I 1. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................... 1 1.1. Objectives and Scope of the RAP ...................................................................................... 1 1.2. Methodology ...................................................................................................................... 1 1.3. The RAP Guideline Structures .......................................................................................... 2 2. SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITION OF THE PROJECT AREA ...................................... 4 2.1. Location and Population .................................................................................................... 4 2.2. Social Services ................................................................................................................... 8 2.2.1. Education ............................................................................................................. 8 2.2.2. Health Service ................................................................................................... 10 2.2.3. Water supply...................................................................................................... 14 2.2.4. Travel Pattern, Transport and Communication Services ................................... 14 2.2.5. Tourist Attraction Sites ..................................................................................... 14 2.3. Economic Activities ......................................................................................................... 15 2.4. Gender Issues ................................................................................................................... 18 3. LEGAL, POLICY AND ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY FRAMEWORK ....................... 21 3.1. Legal Background ............................................................................................................ 21 3.2. The Constitution .............................................................................................................. 21 3.3. Regional States Land Administration and Land Use Proclamation ................................. 22 3.4. The Environmental Policy of Ethiopia ............................................................................ 23 3.5. Proclamation Number 455/2005 ...................................................................................... 24 3.6. Ethiopian Roads Authority (Policy Framework) ............................................................. 24 3.7. Land use and the Right of Way ....................................................................................... 25 3.8. The World Bank Operational Policies (OP4.12) ............................................................. 26 3.9. Institutional Framework ................................................................................................... 31 3.9.1. Ministry of Finance and Economic Development (MoFED) ............................ 31 3.9.2. The Ethiopian Roads Authority (ERA) ............................................................. 31 3.9.3. Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) ...................................................... 31 3.9.4. General Remarks on Legal, Policy and Institutional Issues .............................. 32 4. PUBLIC CONSULTATION ................................................................................................. 33 4.1 Discussion with Woreda Administrative Officers ........................................................... 33 4.1.1 Attitude about the Project ................................................................................................ 33 4.1.2 Positive Expectations ....................................................................................................... 34 4.1.3 Negative Expectations ..................................................................................................... 34 4.1.4 The results of the public Consultations ............................................................................ 35 5. POTENTIAL SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF THE PROJECT ............................. 36 Associated Engineering Consultants Ethiopian Roads Authority March 2012 Resettlement Action Plan (Final) ii Ambo - Woliso Road Project Detailed Engineering Design and Tender Document Preparation 5.1. Socio-economic Profile of the PAPs ............................................................................... 36 5.2. Assets Possession ............................................................................................................. 37 5.3. Vulnerable Groups ........................................................................................................... 37 5.4. Compensation Preference ................................................................................................ 38 5.5. Historical, cultural and religious resources ...................................................................... 38 5.6. Social acceptability of the project road ............................................................................ 38 5.7. Socio-economic impacts of the project ............................................................................ 38 5.8. Social impacts in urban and rural areas ........................................................................... 43 5.8.1 Impact of the project on farmlands .................................................................... 43 5.8.2 Impact on fruit and non fruit bearing trees ........................................................ 43 5.8.3 Disruption to services ........................................................................................ 43 5.8.4 Impacts associated with ancillary works ........................................................... 44 5.8.5 Gender, Vulnerability and HIV/AIDS ............................................................... 45 6. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA ................................................................................................... 47 7. METHODS OF VALUING OF AFFECTED ASSETS ...................................................... 48 7.1. Guidelines for Expropriation ........................................................................................... 48 7.2. Valuing compensation for loss of houses and business ................................................... 49 7.2.1 Compensation for loss of houses and other structures ...................................... 54 7.2.2 Compensation for business ................................................................................ 54 7.3. Methods of valuing compensation for loss of Farmlands ................................................ 55 7.3.1 Compensation for Permanent Loss of Farmlands/Grazing Lands ..................... 59 7.3.2 Compensation for Temporary Loss of Farmlands /Grazing lands .................... 60 7.3.3 Compensation for fruit and none fruit bearing trees.......................................... 60 7.3.4 Compensation for Affected Services ................................................................. 61 8. ORGANIZATIONAL PROCEDURES FOR THE DELIVERY OF ENTITLEMENTS 62 8.1 Compensation Committee................................................................................................ 62 8.2 Awareness Creation Phase ............................................................................................... 67 8.3 Committee Formation Phase ............................................................................................ 67 8.4 Compensation Phase ........................................................................................................ 67 8.5 Time required for Compensation and Relocation ............................................................ 67 8.5.1 Reporting ........................................................................................................... 67 8.5.2 Budget Requirement for Compensation Committee ......................................... 68 9 GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISM ........................................................................... 69 9.1 General Arbitration Process ............................................................................................. 69 9.2 Grievance Process ............................................................................................................ 70 10 RAP IMPLEMENTATION COST ....................................................................................... 72 11 MONITORING AND EVALUATION ................................................................................. 74 11.1 Responsible Authority ..................................................................................................... 74 11.1.1 Objectives .......................................................................................................... 74 11.1.2 Performance Monitoring