A class action suit has been filed in court against the Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Ltd. for additional compensation to 557 people who previously received compensation for loss of land to the transmission line. The Compliance Advisor Ombudsman of the International Finance Corporation is mediating an out-of-court settlement of this dispute. Implementation of THE Management Action Plan 1 below summarizes the status of actions taken under the MAP. Please see Annex 1 for a more detailed description of activities. Table 1: Status of MAP Implementation Issues Actions (Initial Commitment) Status MAP General Institutional Capacity Management will follow up on: Establishment of a Project Monitoring Committee Completed Agency Coordination Committee) Strengthening of capacities of BEL Environment and Social Completed Unit (ESU) Guidance on Management will develop guidance on how to address Completed Environmental and Social environmental and social safeguard issues in legacy projects Safeguard Issues in Legacy that suffer significant interruptions in implementation. Projects Social Impact Assessment and Mitigation Measures Vulnerable Groups Management will follow up on BEL’s programs, with Completed timetable and targeted activities, to address needs of (OP4.12) vulnerable groups. Cultural and Spiritual Values Physical Cultural Management will follow up on Government of Uganda Completed (GoU) commitments to ensure that the required capacities Resources and Cultural and resources are in place for the Government Property Management – coordinated by the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Plan (OP4.11) Development (MEMD), and including Local Councils to – update and implement the Cultural Property Management Plan (CPMP), which was part of the 2002 Resettlement and Community Development Action Plan (RCDAP) by June 2009. BEL will update the Engineering, Procurement and Completed Construction (EPC) Contractor’s Code of Practice (which is covered in the 2007 CPMP developed by the Contractor) to include find” procedures. “chance Environment Assessment and Mitigation Measures Independent Panel of BEL will review the Environment and Social Independent Completed PoE reports and disclose them by end-2008. Experts (OP4.01 and OP13.05) Ongoing Supervision Activities
A class action suit has been filed in court against the Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Ltd. for additional compensation to 557 people who previously received compensation for loss of land to the transmission line. The Compliance Advisor Ombudsman of the International Finance Corporation is mediating an out-of-court settlement of this dispute. Implementation of THE Management Action Plan 1 below summarizes the status of actions taken under the MAP. Please see Annex 1 for a more detailed description of activities. Table 1: Status of MAP Implementation Issues Actions (Initial Commitment) Status MAP General Institutional Capacity Management will follow up on: Establishment of a Project Monitoring Committee Agency Coordination Committee) Completed Strengthening of capacities of BEL Environment and Social Unit (ESU) Completed Guidance on Environmental and Social Safeguard Issues in Legacy Projects Management will develop guidance on how to address environmental and social safeguard issues in legacy projects that suffer significant interruptions in implementation. Completed Social Impact Assessment and Mitigation Measures Vulnerable Groups (OP4.12) Management will follow up on BEL’s programs, with timetable and targeted activities, to address needs of vulnerable groups. Completed Cultural and Spiritual Values Physical Cultural Resources and Cultural Property Management Plan (OP4.11) Management will follow up on Government of Uganda (GoU) commitments to ensure that the required capacities and resources are in place for the Government – coordinated by the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development (MEMD), and including Local Councils – to update and implement the Cultural Property Management Plan (CPMP), which was part of the 2002 Resettlement and Community Development Action Plan (RCDAP) by June 2009. Completed BEL will update the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) Contractor’s Code of Practice (which is covered in the 2007 CPMP developed by the Contractor) to include “chance find” procedures. Completed Environment Assessment and Mitigation Measures Independent Panel of Experts (OP4.01 and OP13.05) BEL will review the Environment and Social Independent PoE reports and disclose them by end-2008. Completed Ongoing Supervision Activities
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