ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK (ESMF) BURKINA FASO YELEEN RURAL ELECTRIFICATION PROGRAMME September 2018 i TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .............................................................................................................................. v DEFINITIONS OF TERMS ........................................................................................................................... vii PROGRAMME BACKGROUND AND DESCRIPTION..................................................................................... 1 Background and project description ..................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Environmental and social management framework (ESMF) .................................................... 3 ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL BASELINE................................................................................................. 3 National legislative and institutional provisions ................................................................................... 3 Renewable energy in Burkina Faso ....................................................................................................... 5 Solar potential in Burkina Faso ......................................................................................................... 6 Mini-Grids in Burkina-Faso ................................................................................................................ 7 Energy Access in the Haut-Basins and Boucle de Mouhoun Regions ................................................... 8 Baseline environmental and social characteristics ............................................................................... 9 Climate change context:...................................................................................................................... 12 Climate Vulnerability of country and beneficiary groups (Adaptation only) .................................. 13 Land tenure in Burkina Faso ................................................................................................................ 13 Background...................................................................................................................................... 13 Tenure Types ................................................................................................................................... 15 Other Land Administration Institutions (National Level) ................................................................ 15 Socio-economic baseline ..................................................................................................................... 16 Economic situation and poverty in Burkina Faso ............................................................................ 16 Role of rural areas in Economic transformation ............................................................................. 17 Poverty trends and food insecurity by Regions in Burkina Faso ..................................................... 18 Vulnerability in Burkina Faso........................................................................................................... 19 ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SUB-PROJECTS ...................................... 24 Project Environmental and social Categorization ............................................................................... 24 Negative Environmental and Social Impacts ....................................................................................... 25 Environmental, social and economic co-benefits, including gender-sensitive development impact 27 Economic co-benefits: ..................................................................................................................... 27 Social co-benefits: ........................................................................................................................... 27 Environmental co-benefits .............................................................................................................. 27 Gender-sensitive development impact: .......................................................................................... 28 MITIGATION MEASURES ......................................................................................................................... 28 ii Introduction......................................................................................................................................... 28 Approach to E&S Risk and Impact Mitigation ..................................................................................... 29 The AfDB Integrated Safeguard System (ISS) ...................................................................................... 31 1.1.1 The Integrated Safeguards Policy Statement .................................................................. 32 1.1.2 Operational Safeguards (OSs) ......................................................................................... 32 1.1.3 Environmental and Social Assessment Procedures (ESAPs) ........................................... 32 1.1.4 Integrated Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (IESIA) .................................. 33 ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES .................................................................. 34 AfDB Environmental and Social Assessment Procedures (ESAPs) ...................................................... 34 ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL MANAGEMENT ALONG THE PROGRAMME ......................................... 37 Identification and preliminary assessment (Environmental Screening and Scoping) ........................ 38 Environmental and social assessment (ESA) studies .......................................................................... 39 1.2 Environmental and social management for the programme ................................................. 40 Environmental and social Management Plans ................................................................................ 40 Instruments for the environmental and social management ......................................................... 41 Studies for environmental and social management ....................................................................... 42 1.3 Environmental and social monitoring ..................................................................................... 42 ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR MANAGING ENVIRONMENTAL AN SOCIAL REQUIREMENTS ......... 44 Clients role and responsibilities .......................................................................................................... 44 AfDB’s role and responsibilities .......................................................................................................... 44 Institutional arrangement for implementing project ESAPs ............................................................... 44 Roles and responsibilities of Main Implementing entity ................................................................ 45 Roles and Responsibilities by Project Component .......................................................................... 46 Responsibilities of Relevant Institutions and Organizations ........................................................... 48 STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT AND GRIEVANCE MANAGEMENT ........................................................... 50 Stakeholders’ consultation and engagement ..................................................................................... 50 Vulnerable group inclusion ................................................................................................................. 52 AfDB ISS requirements on vulnerable groups ................................................................................. 53 Objective and scope of vulnerable group identification ................................................................. 54 Differentiated measures for vulnerable groups’ inclusion in development ................................... 54 Gender Mainstreaming and Vulnerability Assessment .................................................................. 56 Indigenous people engagement.......................................................................................................... 57 Indigenous groups: differentiated measures .................................................................................. 58 Consultations related to involuntary displacement............................................................................ 59 iii Grievance redress mechanism (GRM)................................................................................................. 61 GRM at project level........................................................................................................................ 62 Appointing members of Grievance Redress Committees (GRC) ..................................................... 63 Procedures, complaints channels and time frame for Grievance Redress Mechanisms ............... 64 Suggested Stakeholders’ engagement ................................................................................................ 66 Suggested Framework for Disclosure of Information ......................................................................... 72 During the planning phase .............................................................................................................. 73 During the construction phase .......................................................................................................