Stakeholder Engagement Plan


                  Royal Government of Bhutan
          Sustainable Hydropower Development Project
                           (P174327)



Project Implementing Entity: Druk Green Power Corporation Limited




                         DRAFT VERSION
                      NOVEMBER 11, 2021
Background and Context
The Sustainable Hydropower Development Project (SHDP) is a technical assistance project (TA Project) that will
support the Royal Government of Bhutan (RGoB) to strengthen the capacity of the power sector agencies to plan
and prepare regional hydropower and transmission line projects following international good practices.
The TA Project aims to: (i) support the update of the Detailed Project Report for Dorjilung Hydropower Project
(Dorjilung HPP), a greenfield hydropower project in the pipeline, to be consistent with the Bhutan Hydropower
Guidelines and the World Bank Environmental and Social Framework, and (ii) support capacity building in the
power sector in Bhutan. The proposed implementing entity of the TA Project is Druk Green Power Corporation
(DGPC) Limited, a state-owned holding company which manages and operates Bhutan's hydropower assets and
participates in new hydropower development. Further information regarding the project description, components
and activities can be found in the Project Paper on the World Bank website.
As part of the TA Project, draft terms of reference (TOR) for updating and completing the environmental and social
(E&S) assessment and planning have been developed and will be disclosed on DGPC’s and the Work Bank’s
websites.
Stakeholder Engagement Plan
The scope of stakeholder engagement for the TA Project is limited and has therefore been integrated into the
project’s Environment and Social Commitment Plan (ESCP).
A Stakeholder Engagement Plan (SEP) will be developed for Dorjilung HPP as part of the deliverables under the TA
Project. The SEP will guide meaningful stakeholder consultations on the project, including all E&S documents that
will be developed/updated such as Environmental and Social Impact Assessment and Environmental and Social
Management Plan, Labor Management Procedure, Resettlement Action Plan and SEP. The finalized documents will
describe how the feedback of the stakeholders will be taken into account.
The specific stakeholder engagement requirements for the TA project are captured below. For further details on
the SEP requirements, please consult the project ESCP document on the World Bank website.

 MATERIAL MEASURES AND ACTIONS                                      TIMEFRAME               RESPONSIBILE
                                                                                            ENTITY/AUTHORITY

 ESS 1: ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL RISKS AND IMPACTS

  1.3   MANAGEMENT TOOLS AND INSTRUMENTS
        Develop TORs for the updating of the                Within 2 months from TA         Druk Green Power
        Environmental and Social Impact Assessment          Project effectiveness but       Corporation Limited
        (ESIA) and Environmental and Social                 before issuing bidding
        Management Plan (ESMP), including Cumulative        documents for the conduct of
        Impact Assessment (CIA) and submit them to          the assessments and planning
        the World Bank for review and clearance. The
        ToRs will subsequently be disclosed for
        stakeholder consultations further outlined in
        section 10.3 of ESS10. The ToRs will be disclosed
        prior to issuing the bidding documents for
        conduct of the assessments and preparation of
        plans.




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MATERIAL MEASURES AND ACTIONS                                     TIMEFRAME                  RESPONSIBILE
                                                                                             ENTITY/AUTHORITY

1.4    ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL ASSESSMENT
       Update the ESIA and ESMP, including               Updated ESIA/ESMP to be             Druk Green Power
       integrating pertinent parts of the CIA into the   finalized, approved and             Corporation Limited
       ESIA, according to the TOR agreed in 1.3 above.   disclosed prior to the end of
                                                         the TA Project
       Disclose acceptable draft E&S documents (ESIA,
       ESMP, Resettlement Action Plan (RAP), SEP) for
       stakeholder consultations further outlined in
       section 10.3 of ESS10.

ESS 10: STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT AND INFORMATION DISCLOSURE
10.1
       STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT PLAN
       PREPARATION
       For the TA project, ensure that technical
                                                         Maintained throughout the           Druk Green Power
       assistance provided incorporates stakeholder
                                                         implementation of the TA            Corporation Limited
       engagement and information disclosure in a
       manner consistent with ESS10, including the
       preparation of a Stakeholder Engagement Plan
       (SEP) for the Dorjilung HPP.
                                                         To be completed and delivered
       Prepare and disclose an SEP for the proposed      by the end of the TA.
       Dorjilung HPP.
10.2
       PROJECT GRIEVANCE MECHANISM
       Design a grievance mechanism for the Dorjilung    To be developed and delivered       Druk Green Power
       HPP and describe it in the SEP.                   by the end of the TA.               Corporation Limited
10.3
       CONSULTATION ON E&S DOCUMENTS
       Conduct stakeholder consultations on all E&S      When draft documents are            Druk Green Power
       documents (ESIA, ESMP, RAP, SEP) that will be     available and prior to finalizing   Corporation Limited
       prepared under the TA project in line with the    the E&S documents
       requirements of ESS10. Describe how the
       feedback of the stakeholders will be taken into
       account in the finalized version of the E&S
       documents.




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