Western Balkans Investment Framework Infrastructure Project Facility Technical Assistance 6 (IPF6) TA 2012054 R0 WBF WB18-SRB-TRA-01 Orient/East-Med Corridor (Road R7): Detailed Design and Tender Documents for the construction of Highway E-80 in Serbia (SEETO Route 7): Niš (Merošina) to Pločnik (Beloljin), Section 1: km 0+477.675 - km 5+670.055 RESETTLEMENT ACTION PLAN November 2020 Financed under a specific grant agreement no 2017/388-041 from EU IPA II Multi-Beneficiary Programme for Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Kosovo*, Montenegro and Serbia * Throughout this document, this designation is without prejudice to positions on status and is in line with UNSCR 1244 and ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo Declaration of Independence IPF6 Consortium 1 Western Balkans Investment Framework (WBIF) Infrastructure Project Facility Technical Assistance 6 (IPF6) TA 2012054 R0 WBF Orient/East-Med Corridor (Road R7): Detailed Design and Tender Documents for the construction of Highway E-80 in Serbia (SEETO Route 7): Niš (Merošina) to Pločnik (Beloljin), Section 1: km 0+477.675 - km 5+670.055 WB18-SRB-TRA-01 RESETTLEMENT ACTION PLAN Version Date of issue Contributors Approver Comments 1.0 03/10/20 Ksenija Petovar Neil Bolland Incorporates comments of 2.0 03/11/20 Ksenija Petovar Neil Bolland EBRD and EIB dated 21/08/20 3.0 20/11/20 Ksenija Petovar Neil Bolland Incorporates comments of EIB dated 13/11/20 The Infrastructure Project Facility (IPF) is a technical assistance instrument of the Western Balkans Investment Framework (WBIF) which is a joint initiative of the European Union, International Financial institutions, bilateral donors and the governments of the Western Balkans which supports socio-economic development and EU accession across the Western Balkans through the provision of finance and technical assistance for strategic infrastructure investments. This technical assistance operation is financed with EU funds . 1 CONTENTS 2 Contents CONTENTS .................................................................................................................................................. 2 SUB-PROJECT DATA SUMMARY .................................................................................................................. 5 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ............................................................................................................................. 6 1 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................. 9 1.1. PROJECT DESCRIPTION .......................................................................................................................... 10 1.2. OBJECTIVE AND PRINCIPLES OF THE RESETTLEMENT ACTION PLAN ................................................................ 11 1.3. METHODOLOGY .................................................................................................................................. 12 1.4. STATUS OF EXPROPRIATION PROCESS AT TIME OF PREPARATION OF THIS RAP ................................................. 13 1.5. COMMENCEMENT OF EXPROPRIATION ..................................................................................................... 13 1.6. INFORMATION ON EXPROPRIATION.......................................................................................................... 13 1.7. SOCIAL SURVEY ................................................................................................................................... 13 2.1. THE NATIONAL LAND POLICY - THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA EXPROPRIATION LAW ............................................... 15 2.2. PUBLIC INTEREST AND PURPOSE OF EXPROPRIATION ................................................................................... 16 2.3. EXPROPRIATION PROCESS ...................................................................................................................... 16 2.4. VALUATION ........................................................................................................................................ 16 2.5. INFORMATION AND CONSULTATION REQUIREMENTS ................................................................................... 17 2.6. INFORMATION OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE .................................................................................................... 17 2.7. OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS AND PROVISIONS.............................................................................................. 17 2.8. EBRD PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS .................................................................................................... 21 2.9. EIB SOCIAL STANDARDS ....................................................................................................................... 21 2.10. GAP ANALYSIS BETWEEN RELEVANT NATIONAL LEGISLATION AND EBRD PRS AND EIB SOCIAL STANDARDS ......... 22 3 INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS AND IMPLEMENTATION TEAM ..........................................................38 3.1. RESPONSIBILITY FOR IMPLEMENTATION .................................................................................................... 38 3.2. INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITIES .................................................................................................................... 38 4.1. DATA ON CADASTRE MUNICIPALITIES ....................................................................................................... 40 4.2. LOCAL CONTEXT AND DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS AND PROCESSES ....................................................... 40 5 AFFECTED PEOPLE AND PROJECT IMPACTS .............................................................................................51 5.1. OVERVIEW OF PROJECT IMPACTS ............................................................................................................ 51 5.2. CENSUS/INVENTORY ............................................................................................................................ 52 5.3. SOCIO-ECONOMIC SURVEY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF MEROŠINA ................................................................... 53 5.4 OWNERS ...................................................................................................... ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED. 5.5 DEMOGRAPHIC FEATURES OF HOUSEHOLDS AND HOUSEHOLDS` SIZE ..................................................................... 54 5.3 PERMANENT RESIDENCE OF THE OWNER AND RESPECTIVE SUCCESSORS .................................................................. 56 5.4 EMPLOYMENT STATUS ................................................................................................................................. 56 5.5 SOCIO-ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT OF AFFECTED HOUSEHOLDS ................................................................................ 57 5.6 MONTHLY INCOME ..................................................................................................................................... 57 5.7 AGRICULTURE LAND IN PROPERTY OF HOUSEHOLDS ............................................................................................ 60 5.8 PHYSICAL DISPLACEMENT ............................................................................................................................. 66 5.9 VULNERABILITY .......................................................................................................................................... 68 5.10 INVESTMENT PLANS PATTERNS ..................................................................................................................... 70 5.11. COMMUNITY PERCEPTION OF THE PROJECT .............................................................................................. 71 6. RESETTLEMENT COMPENSATION STRATEGIES ..................................................................................72 6.1 KEY PRINCIPLES ................................................................................................................................... 72 6.2 CUT-OFF DATE ................................................................................................................................... 72 6.3 ELIGIBILITY ......................................................................................................................................... 72 6.4 COMPENSATION PRINCIPLES FOR STRUCTURES ........................................................................................... 82 6.5 COMPENSATION PRINCIPLES FOR CROPS ................................................................................................... 82 7. GRIEVANCE MANAGEMENT AND REDRESS .......................................................................................83 3 7.1. BENEFICIARY FEEDBACK AND GRIEVANCE REDRESS ...................................................................................... 83 7.2. RAISING GRIEVANCES ........................................................................................................................... 83 7.3. GRIEVANCES ADMINISTRATION ............................................................................................................... 84 7.4. GRIEVANCE AND BENEFICIARY FEEDBACK REPORTING .................................................................................. 84 7.5. CONSTITUTION OF CFD ........................................................................................................................ 85 7.6. CONSTRUCTION GRIEVANCES ................................................................................................................