take place during this of design works in order to develop a project? good cooperation. There was a case during Sahak Nazaryan According to the Armenian legislation, a project implemented the land which became non-usable is Mets Ayrum by another company also subject to acquisition by the HVEN. Community Leader when during land acquisition the adjacent land became non-usable, but this fact was ignored by the company. How to ensure that this would not happen during this project? Who are the land owners Suren Matosyan The project will be implemented based and how will they on the RA Laws and World Bank Haghpat receive compensation? guidelines, as well as based on the Community Leader Resettlement Policy Framework. For each community, a Resettlement Action Plan will be prepared. When the line corridor will be approved, the impacted lands will be specified, and at this stage public hearings with affected communities will be organized. NGOs will be also invited to participate in these public hearings. All impacted people have a right to compensation irrespective if they are titled owners or lease-holders or have customary land use rights. All the works will be monitored in parallel. Is it possible to provide Spartak Begjanyan No, according to the project the land the land for rent instead should be acquired by the HVEN. Neghots of selling it? Community Leader Houses in Neghots shall Spartak Begjanyan It is one of the main objectives of World not be over-spanned in Bank Policies that involuntary Neghots order to avoid any resettlement should be avoided, Community Leader resettlement. wherever feasible. Thus, bypassing the Neghots village is recommended in the ESIA study. However, it depends on the final technical design, if this will be feasible. Construction works shall Spartak Begjanyan This concern will be added to the Final be adjusted to harvesting ESIA study. In any case, damages to Neghots period in order to avoid crops during final land survey, Community Leader damages to crops. construction and maintenance works, have to be compensated, which will be fixed in the Resettlement Action Plan. Who will deal with the Anush Evoyan During project implementation all the trees to be cut down local legislation points shall be followed Aarhus Center within the corridor? up. According to national legislation, the (NGO) wood of State Forests belongs to the Forest Department. In Community Forest the community has to decide
take place during this project? of design works in order to develop a good cooperation. There was a case during a project implemented by another company when during land acquisition the adjacent land became non-usable, but this fact was ignored by the company. How to ensure that this would not happen during this project? Sahak Nazaryan Mets Ayrum Community Leader According to the Armenian legislation, the land which became non-usable is also subject to acquisition by the HVEN. Who are the land owners and how will they receive compensation? Suren Matosyan Haghpat Community Leader The project will be implemented based on the RA Laws and World Bank guidelines, as well as based on the Resettlement Policy Framework. For each community, a Resettlement Action Plan will be prepared. When the line corridor will be approved, the impacted lands will be specified, and at this stage public hearings with affected communities will be organized. NGOs will be also invited to participate in these public hearings. All impacted people have a right to compensation irrespective if they are titled owners or lease-holders or have customary land use rights. All the works will be monitored in parallel. Is it possible to provide the land for rent instead of selling it? Spartak Begjanyan Neghots Community Leader No, according to the project the land should be acquired by the HVEN. Houses in Neghots shall not be over-spanned in order to avoid any resettlement. Spartak Begjanyan Neghots Community Leader It is one of the main objectives of World Bank Policies that involuntary resettlement should be avoided, wherever feasible. Thus, bypassing the Neghots village is recommended in the ESIA study. However, it depends on the final technical design, if this will be feasible. Construction works shall be adjusted to harvesting period in order to avoid damages to crops. Spartak Begjanyan Neghots Community Leader This concern will be added to the Final ESIA study. In any case, damages to crops during final land survey, construction and maintenance works, have to be compensated, which will be fixed in the Resettlement Action Plan. Who will deal with the trees to be cut down within the corridor? Anush Evoyan Aarhus Center (NGO) During project implementation all the local legislation points shall be followed up. According to national legislation, the wood of State Forests belongs to the Forest Department. In Community Forest the community has to decide
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