Strengthen environmental From March MOC, Provincial People’s management capacity 2015 Committees (PPCs), PMUs, DONREs, environmental staff and consultants, contractors, design consultants, benefited communities MOC, through POM Clarify roles and responsibilities of DONRE, city, provincial authorities Improve environmental screening On-going MOC, CPCs, environmental staff and assessment process Improve post-EIA environmental From March PPCs, PMUs, environmental staff, monitoring and supervision 2015 construction supervision consultants Promote community participation in as PMUs, design consultants, sub-project design and construction part of contractors, benefited/affected monitoring. project communities preparation Consider carefully environment WB, MOC, PPCs, PPMUs risks when appraising larger infrastructure sub-projects to mitigate potential reputational risks Gaps in the social management legal framework have been identified in regard to social screening and assessment, involuntary resettlement, participation and social accountability, including for Ethnic Minorities. In addition, weakness has been found in the existing capacity for effective management of social aspects at the provincial and city levels, leading to a lack of institutional sustainability. From the social management perspective, the following Program measures are recommended (and summarized in Table 3): Improve the transparency and accountability of implementing organizations through the maintenance of a database on corruption/fiduciary/procurement and Program implementation feedback and complaints. This should be included as an action in the Program Action Plan. Conduct social screening to maximize project benefits and minimize adverse impact to local communities especially on land acquisition. Specific information on social screening processes to be used under the Program should be included in the POM in order to make it a condition for Program negotiations. If land acquisition is unavoidable, provinces and cities will ensure that people affected by loss of land and assets will be compensated so that they are no worse off than before that loss. An appropriate mechanism will be developed to assess the value of lost land and other assets so that they are reflective of market value, and to determine adequate compensation (for legal users) and assistance (for illegal land users). This should be included as an action in the Program Action Plan. Agree on and approve detailed screening criteria and procedures regarding donation’ of land. This should be done prior to commencement of civil ‘voluntary works to ensure people are not worse off after the donation. Program funds may be
Strengthen environmental management capacity From March 2015 MOC, Provincial People’s Committees (PPCs), PMUs, DONREs, environmental staff and consultants, contractors, design consultants, benefited communities Clarify roles and responsibilities of DONRE, city, provincial authorities MOC, through POM Improve environmental screening and assessment process On-going MOC, CPCs, environmental staff Improve post-EIA environmental monitoring and supervision From March 2015 PPCs, PMUs, environmental staff, construction supervision consultants Promote community participation in sub-project design and construction monitoring. as part of preparation PMUs, design consultants, contractors, benefited/affected communities Consider carefully environment risks when appraising larger infrastructure sub-projects to mitigate potential reputational risks WB, MOC, PPCs, PPMUs Gaps in the social management legal framework have been identified in regard to social screening and assessment, involuntary resettlement, participation and social accountability, including for Ethnic Minorities. In addition, weakness has been found in the existing capacity for effective management of social aspects at the provincial and city levels, leading to a lack of institutional sustainability. From the social management perspective, the following Program measures are recommended (and summarized in Table 3): Improve the transparency and accountability of implementing organizations through the maintenance of a database on corruption/fiduciary/procurement and Program implementation feedback and complaints. This should be included as an action in the Program Action Plan. Conduct social screening to maximize project benefits and minimize adverse impact to local communities especially on land acquisition. Specific information on social screening processes to be used under the Program should be included in the POM in order to make it a condition for Program negotiations. If land acquisition is unavoidable, provinces and cities will ensure that people affected by loss of land and assets will be compensated so that they are no worse off than before that loss. An appropriate mechanism will be developed to assess the value of lost land and other assets so that they are reflective of market value, and to determine adequate compensation (for legal users) and assistance (for illegal land users). This should be included as an action in the Program Action Plan. Agree on and approve detailed screening criteria and procedures regarding ‘voluntary donation’ of land. This should be done prior to commencement of civil works to ensure people are not worse off after the donation. Program funds may be project
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