Public Disclosure Authorized LIBERIA ELECTRICITY CORPORATION (LEC) AND RURAL AND RRENEWABLE ENERGY AGENCY (RREA) Public Disclosure Authorized Liberia Electricity Sector Strengthening and Access Project (LESSAP) Resettlement Policy Framework Public Disclosure Authorized Draft Report November 2020 SQAT: January 12, 2021 Public Disclosure Authorized Contents LIST OF ACRONYMS ................................................................................................ 1 1 BACKGROUND ........................................................................................... 2 1.1 Project Description ......................................................................................... 3 1.2 Objective and Rationale of the Resettlement Policy Framework .................. 7 1.3 Project Locations, Beneficiaries and Project Affected People ...................... 8 1.4 Institutional Capacity ................................................................................... 10 1.5 Baseline Information Required for Projects ................................................. 10 1.5.1 Overview ........................................................................................................ 10 1.5.2 Montserrado County ...................................................................................... 12 1.5.3 Grand Bassa County ...................................................................................... 12 1.5.4 Margibi County .............................................................................................. 13 1.5.5 Bomi County .................................................................................................. 14 1.5.6 Grand Cape Mount County ............................................................................ 15 2 PRINCIPLES AND OBJECTIVES GOVERNING RESETTLEMENT .... 17 2.1 Principles ...................................................................................................... 17 2.2 Objectives..................................................................................................... 17 2.3 Scope of ESS5 Application .......................................................................... 18 3. PROCESS FOR PREPARING RESETTLEMENT PLANS ....................... 19 3.1 Screening, Preparing and Approving Resettlement Plans ........................... 19 3.2 Identification Stage ...................................................................................... 20 3.3 RAP Preparation .......................................................................................... 21 3.4 RAP Approval/Clearance/Disclosure .......................................................... 22 3.5 Disclosure..................................................................................................... 23 4 LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL BACKGROUND .................................. 24 4.1 Overview ...................................................................................................... 24 4.2 The Land Tenure Legislation of Liberia ...................................................... 24 4.4 World Bank ESS5 ........................................................................................ 27 4.5 Institutional Framework for Land Acquisition and Resettlement ................ 30 5 POTENTIAL PROJECT IMPACTS ON ASSETS AND LIVELIHOODS 33 5.1 Overview ...................................................................................................... 33 5.2 Project Impacts on Assets and Livelihoods ................................................ 33 5.3 Specific Impacts on Assets and Livelihoods ................................................ 34 5.4 Land Tenure Systems ................................................................................... 34 6 ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR ENTITLEMENT ..................................... 35 6.1 Identification of Affected Groups/Individuals ............................................. 35 6.2 Eligibility Criteria of Affected Groups/Individuals ..................................... 35 6.3 Assistance to vulnerable people ................................................................... 36 6.4 Cut-Off Date for Entitlements...................................................................... 38 7 VALUATION METHODS AND ENTITLEMENTS ................................. 39 7.1 Basis of Valuation ........................................................................................ 39 7.2 Valuation Principles ..................................................................................... 39 7.3 Methods of Valuing Assets .......................................................................... 40 7.4 Valuation and Compensation of Crops and Trees ....................................... 41 7.5 Valuation and Compensation of Buildings and Structures .......................... 42 7.6 Valuation and Compensation of Agricultural Land ..................................... 42 7.7 Valuation and Compensation of Urban Land .............................................. 43 7.8 Valuation for Easements .............................................................................. 43 7.9 Valuation and Compensation of Loss for Economic Activities ................... 44 7.10 Disturbance and Transportation Allowances ............................................... 44 8 ORGANIZATION, PROCEDURES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ............. 45 8.1 Institutional and Implementation Arrangements.......................................... 45 8.2 Compensation Procedure ............................................................................. 46 8.3 Implementation Responsibilities .................................................................. 46 8.4 Valuation/Assessment Team ........................................................................ 47 8.5 RAP Entitlements Delivery .......................................................................... 47 8.6 Compensation Payment Processing ............................................................. 47 8.7 RAP Implementation Linkage to Construction ............................................ 48 8.8 Role and Responsibilities of the Social Safeguard Specialist or Social Development Officer .................................................................................................. 48 8.9 Project Level and National Level Institutional Arrangements for Resettlement ............................................................................................................... 50 9 CONSULTATION AND DISCLOSURE PROCEDURE ........................... 53 9.1 Objectives of Consultation ........................................................................... 53 9.2 Consultation on the Resettlement Policy Framework .................................. 53 9.3 Consultation on Resettlement Action Plan .................................................. 53 9.4 Methods for Consultation with Affected Groups/Individuals...................... 54 9.5 Consultation Procedures .............................................................................. 54 9.6 Disclosure of the RPF and RAP ................................................................... 55 10 GRIEVANCE MANAGEMENT AND REDRESS MECHANISMS ......... 56 10.1 Potential Grievances and Disputes ............................................................... 56 10.2 Proposed Grievance Redress Mechanisms .................................................. 56 10.3 Administrative Arrangements ...................................................................... 57 10.4 Grievance Procedures .................................................................................. 58 11 BUDGET AND COMPENSATION ARRANGEMENTS .......................... 60 11.1 Budget and Resettlement Activities ............................................................. 60 12 MONITORING AND EVALUATION ARRANGEMENTS ..................... 61 12.1 General Objectives of Monitoring and Evaluation ...................................... 61 12.2 Monitoring ................................................................................................... 61 12.3 Evaluation .................................................................................................... 62 ANNEX 1: RAP Verification Form ........................................................................... 72 ANNEX 2: Project Land Requirement and Utilization Form .................................... 73 ANNEX 3: Annotated Outline for Preparing a RAP .................................................. 74 ANNEX 4: Major Tree Crops and Price per Tree – Ministry of Agriculture ............. 79 ANNEX 5: Real Estate Valuation Guideline, Liberia Revenue Authority ................ 80 ANNEX 6: Survey instruments (Sample Questionnaire) ........................................... 83 ANNEX 7: Socio-Economic Baseline Survey Questionnaire .................................... 85 ANNEX 8: Sample Grievance and Resolution Form ................................................. 87 LIST OF ACRONYMS AT&C Aggregate Technical and Commercial ASA Advisory Services and Analytics CAS Country Assistance Strategy CPF Country Partnership Framework ESIA Environmental and Social Impact Assessment ESS Environmental and Social Standard (of the World Bank) ESMT External Senior Management Team ESMU Environment and Social Management Unit GAC General Auditing Commission GOL Government of Liberia GRC Grievance Redress Committees GRM Grievance Redress Mechanism IIU Infrastructure Implementation Unit (of the Ministry of Public Works) LEC Liberia Electricity Corporation
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