IPP387v7 NORTH POWER CORPORATION Electric Network Project Management Board ------------------------------- ETHNIC MINORITIES DEVELOPMENT PLAN (EMDP) SUBPROJECT: THE RURAL DISTRIBUTION PROJECT TANG LOONG2 110KV OVERHEAD LINE AND SUBSTATION Hanoi, August 2012 PROJECT: TANG LOONG2 110KV OVERHEAD LINE AND SUBSTATION Report: Minorities Development Plan (EMDP) TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction...........................................................................................................................4 2. Particulars about ethnic minorities in Lai Chau province ..............................................4 2.1. Particulars about ethnic minorities in the Project’s Provinces ............................................................ 4 2.3. Ethnic minorities affected by the Project .............................................................................................. 5 Table 1: Preliminary research on ethnic minorities in the Project area ..................................................... 6 3. Policy Framework ...........................................................................................................7 4. The Project’s impacts on ethnic minorities and mitigation measures ................................9 4.1. The Project’s impacts ______________________________________________________9 4.1.1. Temporary impacts on cultivated land _______________________________________9 Table 2: Temporary impacts on cultivated land .......................................................................................... 9 Table 3: Impacts on trees and crops .......................................................................................................... 10 4.1.2. Permanently occupied land ______________________________________________10 Table 4: Permanently occupied land of ethnic minorities ......................................................................... 10 4.2. Mitigation Measures _____________________________________________________10 4.2.1. Community consultation _________________________________________________10 4.2.2. Training and development supporting activities ______________________________12 5. Implementation ...................................................................................................................12 5.1. Vietnam Electricity_______________________________________________________12 5.2. Power Network Project Management Board __________________________________13 5.3. Provincial People’s Committee (PPC) _______________________________________13 5.4. District (Communal) People’s Committee ____________________________________13 6. Implementation plan ...........................................................................................................13 7. Supervision and evaluation ................................................................................................13 8. Budget and expenses ...........................................................................................................14 Table 6: Cost estimates of EMDP performance ........................................................................................ 14 APPENDIX .............................................................................................................................15 THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 2 PROJECT: TANG LOONG2 110KV OVERHEAD LINE AND SUBSTATION Report: Minorities Development Plan (EMDP) Abbreviations: Consultant Thang Long Power Development Joint Stock Company CPC Communal People‘s Committee DMS Detailed Measurement Survey DP(s) Displaced Person(s) DPC District People‘s Committee NPC Northern Power Corporation EVN Vietnam Electricity EM(s) Ethnic Minority(s) GOV Government HH Household OP4.10 Action Plan of WB OP4.10 PPC Provincial People‘s Committee EMDP Ethnic Minorities Development Plan ROW Right Of Way WB World Bank MV Medium Voltage THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 3 PROJECT: TANG LOONG2 110KV OVERHEAD LINE AND SUBSTATION Report: Minorities Development Plan (EMDP) 1. Introduction The objective of the project ― Rural distribution project‖ would enable the supply of sufficient power of acceptable quality to the rural retail level. The project would focus on rehabilitating and increasing the capacity of existing distribution lines and substations and standardizing them to 110, 35 and 22kV to enable them to meet the growing demand more efficiently, provide better quality and quantity of electric power for productive uses, and reduce power system losses. The Subproject ― Tang Loong2 110kV Overhead line and Substation‖ that will be located in Tang Loong town, Tang Loong district, Lao Cai province and will be invested in order to meet the electricity demand of Lao Cai Province in the near future This document is prepared as required by the WB‘s OP4.10 policy on ethnic minorities and policies on ethnic minorities of Vietnam Government. The Ethnic Minorities Development Plan was developed and launched to ensure: (a) Protecting the tradition and culture of ethnic minorities, (b) Minimizing the project‘s adverse impacts on ethnic minorities, and (c) the ethnic minority groups shall be received with socio-economic benefits. These guidelines aim at ensuring that the ethnic minorities are fully provided with information, consulted and engaged into the Project performance survey. Their engagements not only bring reliable benefits but also protect them against the Project‘s adverse impacts during construction. 2. Particulars about ethnic minorities in Lai Chau province Lao Cai is a frontier mountainous province, lying in between North-East and North-West areas, 296 km from Hanoi by railway and 345km by roadway: + The north borders Yun Nam province of China in 203 km with Lao Cai International Border gate and some National Border gates such as Muong Khuong, Bat Xat; + The South borders Yen Bai province; + The East border Ha Giang province; + The West border Lai Chau province. In the trend of international economic integration, the position of Lao Cai province becomes very important, giving the province potential advantages of social-economic development and international cooperation. This is important intersections, as a springboard for the "two economic corridors, one economic belt" on the basis of developing trade with the southwestern provinces of China as well as the provinces and cities of the whole country. With its position, Lao Cai province is quite likely to become the meeting place, important economic center of ASEAN – China free trade region; it plays a leading role, promoting economy of neighboring provinces into the economic development belt which is complementary impact to dynamic economic zone, then forming an regional economic institution. 2.1. Particulars about ethnic minorities in the Project’s Provinces Tay ethnic group THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 4 PROJECT: TANG LOONG2 110KV OVERHEAD LINE AND SUBSTATION Report: Minorities Development Plan (EMDP) With a population of about 1,200,000 inhabitants, the Tay is the largest group in the community of ethnic minorities in Vietnam. Tay language belongs to the Tay-Thai Group. The Tay have other names such as Tho, Ngan, Phen, Thu Lao and Pa Di. The Tay inhabits along the valleys and lower slopes of mountains in Cao Bang, Lang Son, Bac Thai, Quang Ninh provinces and in some regions of Bac Giang province. The Tay preserves a traditional and fairly developed agriculture with a cultivation of all kinds of plants including rice, maize, sweet potato, etc.and seasonable fruits and vegetables. The Tay villages are always set up at the foot of a mountain or along a stream and are named after a mountain, a field or a river. Each village contains about 15-20 households. A large village is divided into many small hamlets. The houses are built on stilts or level with the ground. The houses in frontier region are called defense houses which are often protected against interlopers by a stone wall along with a ditch. The interior is divided into two rooms, the front one reserve for men and the rear one serves as women's bedroom. The Tay clothes are generally dyed with indigo. Women wear a below knee-length dress split at the right side up to the armpit with five buttons and narrow sleeves. The Tay prefers sons to daughters. Prescriptions in relationship between members of the family are obviously dictated. The couples live in harmony. Divorce is rare. Matrilocate is no longer observed. Ancestor worship is the religious rite of the Tay. The ancestor altar is placed in a central and grand place of the house. Strange guests are not allowed to sit on the bed in front of the altar. Moreover, they ought to refrain from stepping on a fired firewood in the kitchener or on the latter‘s side. Those who are back from a funeral ceremony abstain from watching cattle and poultry if they have not taken a bath. After giving birth, the women are not permitted to come near the ancestor altar. The Tay possess a rich traditional folklore with all kinds of poems, songs, dances, music and puppetry also. Proverbs and folksongs are numerous. Tay folksongs have the turn (a kind of duet between lovers), wedding songs and lullabies. The Tay are hospitable, open-familiar and talkative. They have respect for the same- aged people. Once they have fraternized with other persons-they consider the laters their next of kin. 2.3. Ethnic minorities affected by the Project The Subproject ― Tang Loong2 110kV Overhead line and Substation‖ that will be located in Tang Loong town, Tang Loong district, Lao Cai province. The ethnic minorities live in the project area only ethnic groups as follows: Tay, Nung. The allocation of ethnic minorities in the project area is as follows: Total ethnic minorities affected by the Project area are 1,670 households with 3,796 persons (including 1,998 men and 1,798 women). THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 5 PROJECT: TANG LOONG2 110KV OVERHEAD LINE AND SUBSTATION Report: Minorities Development Plan (EMDP) Table 1: Preliminary research on ethnic minorities in the Project area Name of Number of ethnic ethnic Total people minorities Name of minority District /Commune in the village households Project’s (hamlet) in the affected Project Female Female areas site Tày Hamlet 1 1320 622 698 Tay Hamlet 2 899 360 539 Tang Loong town Tay Hamlet 3 766 386 380 Tay Hamlet 4 367 250 117 Tay Hamlet 5 444 180 264 Total 3,796 1,798 1,998 Characteristics of ethnic minority households are as follows: ï‚· Average number of people in a household 2.77 ngÆ°á»?i Male 47.3% Female 52.7% ï‚· Age groups 1 – 17 years old 34% 18 – 60 years old 45% Over 60 years old 21% ï‚·House owner Male 86% Female 14% ï‚·Occupation agriculture ï‚·Annual average income 63,000,000 VND/HH/year 2,000,0000 VND/per/year THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 6 PROJECT: TANG LOONG2 110KV OVERHEAD LINE AND SUBSTATION Report: Minorities Development Plan (EMDP) ï‚·Utilities Households with TV 90% Households with motorbike 75% Households with bicyle 99% Households with refrigerator 21% Households with washing machine 0.2% Others 0,2% Majority land of ethnic minorities in the Project area is paddy field, land for forest, hills and fruits. A minor part of the remaining is residential and garden land. Rice cultivation and forestation are main agricultural activities of ethnic minority people in the Project area. Ethnic minority farmers often hire ploughs and Paddy Threshers in the commune to plough and pluck rice. They often put down microorganic fertilizer in the field. Garden land is used for a series of purposes, including planting long-day crops in combination with short-day crops, breeding cows, pigs, chicks and ducks. The cultivated land is often used to cultivate peanut, corn, bean, sugar canes and pineapple. 3. Policy Framework This plan is prepared in accordance with the WB‘s OP4.10 policy on ethnic minorities and policies on ethnic minorities of Vietnam Government. According to the OP4.10: ―The overall objectives of the Bank for ethnic minorities as well as for all residents of member countries are to ensure that the development process fully respects dignity, human rights and their cultural characters. Specifically, the key objective of this guideline is to ensure that the ethnic minority is not to suffer from adverse impacts of development process, especially impacts of the projects funded by WB and ensure that they shall enjoy fair socio-economic benefits and cultural benefits‖. And ―WB‘s policy is that the strategy on handling ethnic minority-related issues must be based on willingness of such ethnic minority groups. Therefore, determining priorities of locality through direct consultation, integrating local knowledge into project development and utilization right from the beginning by experienced experts are the core activities of any project which may affect ethnic minorities and their benefits for natural resources and economics." In the laws of Vietnam, equal rights of each person residing in Vietnam are confirmed in the Legislation 1992. This is demonstrated in Article 5 of the Legislation: "The State of the socialist republic of Vietnam is the united State of ethnic groups living in the territory of Vietnam. The State takes the equal, solidarity and mutual supporting policies for ethnics, prohibits all discrimination behaviors and scheme to drive a wedge between the peoples. The peoples have the rights to use their voice, letter and maintaining national identity and develop their good customs, traditions and culture. The State applies comprehensive development policies, gradually improving the material and spiritual life for ethnic minority people.‖ Since 1968, the settlement policy has been promulgated for ethnic minorities to reduce migration trends of the peoples. Recently, activities on supporting development of ethnic minorities are increasingly concerned by the Government, especially programs/ policies such as: THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 7 PROJECT: TANG LOONG2 110KV OVERHEAD LINE AND SUBSTATION Report: Minorities Development Plan (EMDP) ï‚· On 31st June 1998, the Prime Minister promulgated the Decision No. 135/1998/QÄ?- TTg on approving the socio-economic development program of the extremely difficult communes in the mountainous (The program was so-called Program 135). The Program aimed at promoting the material and spiritual life of people living in difficult areas. The Program created favorable conditions for these areas to eliminate the poverty and backward situation and keep up with the overall development of the country. The program also contributed to ensure the social order, security and national defense. The main objectives of the program were: To construct infrastructure, accommodation; to develop agriculture, forestation and farming training in areas covered by the Program. ï‚· Resolution of the National Assembly dated 7th July 1993 on ―Regulations of National Council‖ ï‚· The Directive No. 393/TTg dated 10th June 1996 of the Prime Minister on ―Population planning, improvement of infrastructure and production restructuring in the regions of ethnic minorities and mountainous areas‖. ï‚· Resolution No. 22-NQ/TW of the Party's Politburo on a number of policies for the economic-social development in the mountainous areas‖. ï‚· Resolution No. 24-NQ/TW of the Party's Politburo at the sixth Party Congress on ―strengthening religious practices in the new era‖. ï‚· Decree No. 51/2003/ND-CP of the Government on 16th May 2003 on prescribing the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Committee for Ethnic Minorities. ï‚· Decision No. 134/2004/QD-TTg dated 20th July 2004 of the Prime Minister on a number of supporting policies regarding production land, residential land, residential houses and daily-life water for poor ethnic minority households. ï‚· Decision No. 32/2007/QD-TTg dated 5th March 2007 of the Prime Minister on providing production loans for extremely disadvantaged ethnic minority households. ï‚· Decision No. 33/2007/QD-TTg dated 5th March 2007 of the Prime Minister on Policies on supporting Relocation of Ethnic Minority Inhabitants for Sedentary Farming and Settlement in the period of 20007 – 2010. The system of competent agencies, organizations and special bodies in charge of ethnic minorities comprise of Committee for Ethnic Minorities of the Government and National Council of the National Assembly. The Committee for Ethnic Minorities is the ministerial- level agency of the Government, which exercises the State management functions relating to ethnic minorities nationwide, public services under the management of the Committee as stipulated by the law. The National Council of the National Assembly is responsible for inspecting legislative projects, ordinance projects and other projects relating to ethnic minorities, as well as supervising the performance of laws and resolutions on ethnic minorities adopted by the National Assembly, resolutions of the National Assembly Standing Committee; supervising performance of the Government and ministerial-level agencies in fulfilling socio-economic development program and plan in the mountainous areas and areas with ethnic minorities; recommending the National Assembly and NA Standing Committee on issues relating to THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 8 PROJECT: TANG LOONG2 110KV OVERHEAD LINE AND SUBSTATION Report: Minorities Development Plan (EMDP) ethnic minority policies of the State, issues on organization and operation of the stakeholders; suggesting the Government, the Prime Minister, the Ministers and heads of other central and local agencies under the State relating to the ethnic minorities. 4. The Project’s impacts on ethnic minorities and mitigation measures The Project‘s impacts are determined through consultation process with local persons (including ethnic minority people) during preparation of project materials. In this sub-project, the following impacts (both positive and negative) are determined: - Supply and expansion improvement of power grid coverage in the area - (Temporary or permanent) impacts on cultivated land during construction - Impacts on crops - Risks on power accidents Impacts on household level are insignificant and its impact coverage is not localized in a certain area. At the community level, the local persons and authority expressed their support towards project performance in the area. 4.1. The Project’s impacts 4.1.1. Temporary impacts on cultivated land Majority land of ethnic minority people in the Project area is paddy field, land for forest, hills and fruits. Other lands are residential and garden types. Land area lost due to the project‘s impact is insignificant compared with area of the DPs. The temporarily occupied land during construction is available in two cases namely: When transporting columns and materials into foundation position, foundation excavation and erection and stretching wire to take sags. Total expected numbers of DPs are 130 households with 546 persons, concretely: Table 2: Temporary impacts on cultivated land Temporarily Name of Name of affected district/commune village Households Number of people production (hamlet) land area (m2) Tang Loong town Hamlet 5 3 11 4,050 4.1.2. Temporary impacts on trees and crops Due to insignificant investment scale for each commune, works items can be shortly launched from 3 – 6 months. Therefore, temporarily occupied impact is available during one crop. In case it is possible to arrange the wiring progress right after the annual crops in routes THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 9 PROJECT: TANG LOONG2 110KV OVERHEAD LINE AND SUBSTATION Report: Minorities Development Plan (EMDP) trespassing agricultural land areas, impacts on trees and crops of the local people may be significantly reduced. Table 3: Impacts on trees and crops Name of Name of Perennial affected district/commune House village Number of people holds Eucaltpus Acaica (hamlet) Tang Loong town Xóm 5 3 11 926 534 4.1.2. Permanently occupied land The project‘s permanently occupied land impacts are insignificant and evenly scattered in the routes. Table 4: Permanently occupied land of ethnic minorities Permanently Name of district/commune Name of Number of affected village Households people production (hamlet) land area (m2) Tang Loong town Xóm 5 3 11 650 4.2. Mitigation Measures 4.2.1. Community consultation It is supposed to disseminate information and consult the DPs and ethnic minority people in the project area as well as relevant agencies to minimize risks on conflict and risks caused by the project. Accordingly, demand and necessity are investigated to offer the best socio-economic benefits for the ethnic minority people. Objectives of the information dissemination strategy to the affected persons are as follows: - To notify the target project, project scale and recommended activities to affected households and ethnic minority people. - To collect data on demand and priority of affected households and persons as well as their suggestions for the recommended policies and works. - To obtain the cooperation and engagement of affected households, persons and community in the task to be done to plan the ethnic minority development Community Consultation and Information Dissemination strategy comprises of 2 phases namely preparation of EMDP and performance of EMDP a. The first phase THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 10 PROJECT: TANG LOONG2 110KV OVERHEAD LINE AND SUBSTATION Report: Minorities Development Plan (EMDP) - Step 1: To propagandize and discuss with the local authority on wire lines and mitigation measures. This phase includes following activities: wire line selection, population survey and statistics of impacts on human beings, properties, acknowledgement of the project's mitigation strategy, compensation, rehabilitation and construction, consultation with DPs and ethnic minority people for EMDP. - Step 2: Statistics and survey on impacts: According to the route agreement, survey teams shall recognize the wire line position in cooperation with the local authority to prepare list of affected households regarding land, buildings and crops. The socio-economic formation surveys unveiled that 10% of households were affected. The statistics revealed all affected households. - Step 3: Meetings with local authority and affected households. The field workers in the survey team consult the local authority and households about the wire lines, disadvantage possibility of the project and recommendations on compensation unit price for buildings and structures, construction works and land. During launching the survey, the field workers should meet and discuss directly with households and ethnic minority people affected by the Project regarding compensation solutions, disadvantage possibility of the project and mitigation measures. Feedback should be concerned and mentioned in Report on EMDP. The Consultant also prepares the socio-economic survey forms and questionnaires about compensation of affected households. The local authority also engages in consultation about advantages of land in case of using public land for compensation. NPC held meetings with local authorities of all concerned provinces, districts and communes in the Project area. In such meeting, NPC requested affected households, ethnic minority people and representatives of local authorities to discuss and release opinion about the Project‘s solutions, mitigation measures and draft of EMDP‘s policies. Representatives of Women Association, Farmer Association, Department of Natural Resources and Environment, affected households and local authorities participated in such meetings. The draft of EMDP was also submitted to the competent agencies of the Provincial People‘s Committees and WB‘s representative offices in Vietnam. The final report on EMDP was also re-submitted to the PPC and WB‘s representative offices in Vietnam. b. The second phase - Step 1: Information dissemination to ethnic minority people Information is distributed to the ethnic minority people in the Project Site. - Step 2: Community consultation on EMDP‘s activities, training and training programs. In the consultation meetings, affected households can release opinions on activities. Set activities for the benefits of ethnic minority people should be recorded. Moreover, DPs should be notified about time, venue and process of activities in EMDP. Ethnic minority people should be consulted about training programs and other programs such as training solutions, time and forms, which they may need. The consultation meetings should be attended by the native persons and translated into their native languages. - Step 3 – the second phase: Information on EMDP performance process for the local authorities. The communal authorities and affected ethnic minority people shall be notified about construction process and procedures as well as procedures of EMDP by NPC. The communal authorities and the district People‘s Committee must ensure that the affected ethnic minority households in the Project area acquire information about EMDP and project performance process. THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 11 PROJECT: TANG LOONG2 110KV OVERHEAD LINE AND SUBSTATION Report: Minorities Development Plan (EMDP) 4.2.2. Training and development supporting activities Besides, some communication activities shall also be launched to minimize adverse impacts and strengthen positive impacts of the Project. It is specifically demonstrated in following table: Table 5. Performance program No. Program Agency-in charge Works and plan 1 Agriculture training Northern Power Corporation, The Power Network Project includes: Power Network Project Management Board under NPC Management Board, local is responsible for authorities, PPC and implementation, including: Agricultural Extension + Training about new Association. + Names of communes in the rice breed and trees Project area + Training about + Training plan (in one or half a farming day) + Training about + Time and venue at each fertilizer utilization commune 2 Training about power NPC, Power Companies of Power Network Project 05 provinces in the Project Management Board is area responsible for implementation. 5. Implementation Northern Power Corporation (NPC) is responsible for Project performance, including design survey, project preparation and ethnic minority development plan. Implementation of ethnic minority development plan should have the close cooperation of relevant agencies and local authorities. Agencies and organizations in charge of preparing, implementing and supervising the ethnic minority development plan are - EVN - Northern Power Corporation (EVN – NPC) - Power Network Project Management Board - People‘s Committees of Lao Cai provinces - People‘s Committees of districts (communes) in the Project area. 5.1. Vietnam Electricity Being the Project Owner, EVN shall be absolutely responsible for managing investment guidelines, design survey, works construction as well as the Project‘s compensation and resettlement supervision, directing the project preparation and performance, ethnic minority development plan appraisal through professional agencies to THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 12 PROJECT: TANG LOONG2 110KV OVERHEAD LINE AND SUBSTATION Report: Minorities Development Plan (EMDP) approve decisions on resettlement prepared by the Power Network Project Management Board. NPC is assigned to directly manage the Project performance process by EVN. 5.2. Power Network Project Management Board The Power Network Project Management Board undertakes the Project management as assigned by NPC including EMDP preparation and implementation. EMDP is submitted to EVN and WB for approval. - Supervision of EMDP implementation by employing the independent consultant - Report on EMDP performance process to WB. In order to successfully implement these tasks, it is required to establish a department or team including experienced staffs who specialize in supervising and implementing EMDP. 5.3. Provincial People’s Committee (PPC) PPC shall manage the cooperation between boards, industries and departments in launching the ethnic minority development plan. 5.4. District (Communal) People’s Committee - It is supposed to cooperate with the Project management unit to implement EMDP. - Local persons should be supported to overcome difficulties during construction. Residential meetings should be organized to disseminate information for better implementation of EMDP. 6. Implementation plan Right after the Project‘s investment capital is approved, ethnic minority people shall be fully informed again about their benefits. Such information shall be provided to each ethnic minority household by NPC (as prescribed in the WB's disclosure policy). The Project performance plan is as follows: No. Items Implementation period 1 Preparing the Ethnic Minorities The second quarter, 2012 Development Plan 2 Approval of EMDP The thirt quarter, 2012 3 Implementation of EMDP The thirt quarter, 2012 4 Payment The forth quarter, 2012 7. Supervision and evaluation NPC shall check and supervise the EMDP performance. In addition, an independent consultancy company shall cover the independent supervision. Such supervision may be combined with the supervision of the Project‘s Resettlement Plan. Scope of Work (SOW) and Terms of References (TOR) for this work shall be prepared and submitted later by NPC. THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 13 PROJECT: TANG LOONG2 110KV OVERHEAD LINE AND SUBSTATION Report: Minorities Development Plan (EMDP) 8. Budget and expenses EMDP‘s activities shall lay positive impacts on all ethnic minority people in the Project area. Funds are from EV‘s corresponding capital. Expenses of EMDP's action plans are categorized as follows: Table 6: Cost estimates of EMDP performance Quantity Unit price No. Items Unit Total(VND) (tier) (VND/tier) 1 Expenses for One-day long training 01 5,000,000 5,000,000 preparing and course is held in Tang launching EMDP Loong town programs 2 Training about One-day long training 01 5,000,000 5,000,000 agriculture, power course is held in Tang safety use for local Loong town .These people and students courses are expected to be launched in schools at Town 3 Meeting and - Power safety use 01 5,000,000 5,000,000 manuals, training - Training about materials on agriculture. agriculture and power safety Total 15,000,000 Provision 10% 1,500,000 Total 16,500,000 THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 14 PROJECT: TANG LOONG2 110KV OVERHEAD LINE AND SUBSTATION Report: Minorities Development Plan (EMDP) APPENDIX -------------------- Appendix 1: Map of Project Area Appendix 2: Social impact evaluation Appendix 3: Minutes of meetings on ethnic minority’s development plan and screening table on ethnic minorities Appendix 4: EMDP framework Appendix 5: List of districts and communes involving in the project THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 15 PROJECT: TANG LOONG2 110KV OVERHEAD LINE AND SUBSTATION Report: Minorities Development Plan (EMDP) APPENDIX 1 MAP OF PROJECT SITE THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 16 PROJECT: TANG LOONG2 110KV OVERHEAD LINE AND SUBSTATION Report: Minorities Development Plan (EMDP) THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 17 PROJECT: TANG LOONG2 110KV OVERHEAD LINE AND SUBSTATION Report: Minorities Development Plan (EMDP) APPENDIX 2 SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT 1. Availability, depth and required analysis category to launch social impact assessment should correspond to the nature and scale of the Project‘s potential impacts on ethnic minority people to see whether it is positive or negative. 2. The social impact assessment includes following factors: (a) Consider the Project‘s scale, legislative framework and laws applied for ethnic minorities (b) Collect background information about demography, society, culture and politics of the affected ethnic minority communities, their land, which is under their long-time ownership, use or general occupation, and natural resources, which they depend on. (c) Consider and concern about background information, identification of the Project's main players and careful composition of cultural formation process to consult the ethnic minorities in each project preparation and implementation period. (d) Evaluate the potential impacts and positive impacts of the project based on freedom, preferences and consultation with the affected ethnic minority community. Evaluation of potential adverse impacts refers to analysis of relevant vulnerability and risks on affected ethnic minority community to release difference cases and close relation between land and natural resources as well as settlement of opportunity insufficiency relating to other social groups in the community, area or society in the country where they reside. (e) It is necessary to identify and evaluate the methods based on freedom, preferences and consultation with the affected ethnic minority community to avoid adverse impacts or if such methods are not feasible, identification of method shall minimize or compensate for such impacts and ensure that the ethnic minority groups receive cultural- corresponding benefits under the Project. THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 18 PROJECT: TANG LOONG2 110KV OVERHEAD LINE AND SUBSTATION Report: Minorities Development Plan (EMDP) APPENDIX 3: MEETING MINUTES AND SCREENING TABLE ON ETHNIC MINORITIES THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 19 PROJECT: TANG LOONG2 110KV OVERHEAD LINE AND SUBSTATION Report: Minorities Development Plan (EMDP) THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 20 PROJECT: TANG LOONG2 110KV OVERHEAD LINE AND SUBSTATION Report: Minorities Development Plan (EMDP) THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 21 PROJECT: TANG LOONG2 110KV OVERHEAD LINE AND SUBSTATION Report: Minorities Development Plan (EMDP) THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 22 PROJECT: TANG LOONG2 110KV OVERHEAD LINE AND SUBSTATION Report: Minorities Development Plan (EMDP) THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 23 PROJECT: TANG LOONG2 110KV OVERHEAD LINE AND SUBSTATION Report: Minorities Development Plan (EMDP) THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 24 PROJECT: TANG LOONG2 110KV OVERHEAD LINE AND SUBSTATION Report: Minorities Development Plan (EMDP) THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 25 PROJECT: TANG LOONG2 110KV OVERHEAD LINE AND SUBSTATION Report: Minorities Development Plan (EMDP) THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 26 PROJECT: TANG LOONG2 110KV OVERHEAD LINE AND SUBSTATION Report: Minorities Development Plan (EMDP) THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 27 PROJECT: TANG LOONG2 110KV OVERHEAD LINE AND SUBSTATION Report: Minorities Development Plan (EMDP) THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 28 PROJECT: TANG LOONG2 110KV OVERHEAD LINE AND SUBSTATION Report: Minorities Development Plan (EMDP) THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 29 PROJECT: TANG LOONG2 110KV OVERHEAD LINE AND SUBSTATION Report: Minorities Development Plan (EMDP) THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 30 PROJECT: TANG LOONG2 110KV OVERHEAD LINE AND SUBSTATION Report: Minorities Development Plan (EMDP) APPENDIX 4: POLICY FRAMEWORK ETHNIC MINORITIES DEVELOPMENT PLAN THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 31 PROJECT: TANG LOONG2 110KV OVERHEAD LINE AND SUBSTATION Report: Minorities Development Plan (EMDP) Rural Energy II Project Ethnic Minority Planning Framework FOR DEVELOPING ETHNIC MINORITY DEVELOPMENT PLANS (EMDP) ATTACHMENT TO MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY AND TRADE’S DECISION NUMBER: 1805/QD-BCT DATE: 10/4/2009 THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 32 PROJECT: TANG LOONG2 110KV OVERHEAD LINE AND SUBSTATION Report: Minorities Development Plan (EMDP) March, 2009 Table of content 1. Introduction.......................................................................................................................... 34 2. Ethnic Minorities in Viet Nam ............................................................................................ 35 3. Planning Framework ........................................................................................................... 36 4. Guidelines for Ethnic Minority Development Plan (EMPD) ............................................. 37 5. Screening .............................................................................................................................. 38 6. Social Impact Assessment .................................................................................................... 38 7. Ethnic Minority Development Plan ..................................................................................... 39 8. Implementation Arrangement ............................................................................................. 39 9. Monitoring............................................................................................................................ 39 10. Schedule ........................................................................................................................... 40 11. Budget ............................................................................................................................... 40 12. Reporting/Documentation ............................................................................................... 40 THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 33 PROJECT: TANG LOONG2 110KV OVERHEAD LINE AND SUBSTATION Report: Minorities Development Plan (EMDP) Introduction 1. The Second Rural Energy Project (REII, P074688, Cr. 4000 VN) consists of (a) upgrading and /or expansion of rural power networks in about 1,200 communes; (b) conversion of current ad-hoc local electricity management systems to local distribution utilities (LDUs) as legal entities recognized under Vietnamese law; and (c) capacity building assistance for the LDUs, provincial national authorities, participating regional power companies, and national authorities involved in the planning and regulation of rural electrification. 2. RE II has been implemented since 2004 and is ongoing. Additional financing is required to allow: (a) completion of the original project activities. Subprojects to electrify about 968 communes are under way. To complete these and to add a further 232 and hence achieve the original objective of 1,200 communes, an estimated additional $90 million is required; and (b) implementation of additional activities that will scale up the project's impact and development effectiveness. Since implementation has been satisfactory, and the mechanisms and institutions are in place, it will be relatively easy to add a further 300 communes and raise the number of communes covered to 1,500 for which an estimated $110 million is required. 3. The project consists of five components. One supports the rehabilitation, expansion or both of low voltage (LV) rural networks in about 1,500 communes throughout Vietnam. The component is currently implemented by 25 Provincial People's Committees (PPCs) and the distribution system operators, called local distribution utilities (LDUs) of which there are several hundred involved in the project. Three further components are broadly similar, aiming to rehabilitate, expand or both, the medium voltage (MV) systems supplying the upgraded communes in the Northern, Southern and Central regions of the country. Each is implemented by the power company (PC) that is responsible for the MV system in that part of the country. The fifth is a component aimed at developing policies and regulations and building capacity, to ensure the financial, commercial and technical management of the LDUs is as efficient as possible, and is implemented by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT). 4. Review of the ethnic minorities safeguard issues of the parent project has been conducted as part of the preparation for the additional financing. Findings from the review and lessons learnt during the preparation of similar projects (e.g. the Rural Distribution Project), and the replacement of the World Bank's OD 4.20 by Operational Policy (OP) 4.10 has been taken into account in this updated Strategy for Ethnic Minorities. This updated guideline applies to all subprojects for which an Ethnic Minorities Development Plan has not yet been approved by the relevant Vietnamese authorities and cleared by the World Bank. 5. For the subprojects to be located in areas where Ethnic Minorities are present/residing, every effort will be made through design, construction measures, and construction schedules to reduce adverse impacts on Ethnic Minoritie communities. For the rehabilitation/expansion of the Medium Voltage system, the adverse impacts would be on THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 34 PROJECT: TANG LOONG2 110KV OVERHEAD LINE AND SUBSTATION Report: Minorities Development Plan (EMDP) individual households and at low-intensity, most impacts on land of Ethnic Minorities will be temporary, although some families of Ethnic Minorities will have land permanently acquired from them for constructing of towers/poles and substations. Thus, the project subcomponents would not cause any culturally specific impact on the affected ethnic minority community and the nature of the impacts does not result in community-wide socio-economic effects. 6. Sub-projects may be implemented in Provinces, Districts and Communes where ethnic minority people are present as part of the population. In line with the World Bank‘s Operational Policy on Indigenous Peoples (OP 4.10), an Indigenous Peoples Plan, hereafter called Ethnic Minority Development Plan (EMDPs), will be developed for areas that have ethnic minority households according to this strategy for ethnic minorities. Ethnic minorities are social groups with a social and cultural identity distinct from the dominant society that may make them vulnerable to being disadvantaged in the development process. According to OP 4.10 ethnic minorities can be identified in particular geographical areas by the presence in varying degrees of the following characteristics: (a) A close attachment to ancestral territories and to the natural resources in these areas; (b) Self-identification and identification by others as members of a distinct cultural group; (c) An indigenous language, often different from the national language; (d) Presence of customary social and political institutions; and 7. The purpose of this strategy is to ensure that the development process foster full respect for the dignity, human rights, and cultural uniqueness of Ethnic Minority People. More specifically, the objective of this strategy is to ensure that EM do not suffer adverse effects during the development process and that they will receive culturally compatible social and economic benefits. Ethnic Minorities in Viet Nam1 8. Ethnic Vietnamese, known as Kinh, with about 85 Percent of total population, dominate the political, economic, and social affairs of the socialist Republic of Viet Nam. There are officially another 53 ethnic groups in Viet Nam who constitute the category of ethnic minorities. Most of ethnic minorities population live in the uplands. Population of ethnic minority groups range from over a million to only a few hundred. The only ethnic minority groups who live mainly in the lowlands are Hoa (Chinese), Cham and Khmer. 9. Ethnic minorities in Viet Nam are diverse origin. A majority (39) as well as Kinh speak languages in the Austro-Asiatic language family. But others speak Austronesian and Sino-Tibetan languages. They differ greatly in ways of livelihood and social organization. Some have had relationship with Kinh society for a long time, while others have lived in 1 For a more detailed analysis of the situation of Ethnic Minorities in Vietnam, see Country Social Analysis, World Bank, 2007. THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 35 PROJECT: TANG LOONG2 110KV OVERHEAD LINE AND SUBSTATION Report: Minorities Development Plan (EMDP) relative isolation until recent decades. Some groups have lived in their present locations for many centuries, while others have migrated into their present location within the past hundred years. 10. In the past fifty years, many ethnic minorities communities have shifted residence because of war, governmental settlement programs, or a depleted resource base. As many as five million Kinh have been relocated from the lowlands into upland areas. The biophysical, social, and political context of the lives for most ethnic minorities has changed drastically in the past fifty years. 11. Equality right of ethnic people was stipulated clearly in the Vietnam Law. Article 5 in the Vietnam Constitution (1992) stipulated as follows: The Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a united nation having many nationalities. The State implements a policy of equality and unity and supports the cultures of all nationalities and prohibits discrimination and separation. Each nationality has the right to use its own language and characters to preserve their culture and to improve its own traditions and customs. The State carries out a policy to develop thoroughly and gradually improve the quality of life of ethnic minorities in Vietnam physically and culturally. 12. Ethnic minorities in Vietnam have enjoyed better legal and political status than minority groups in many other countries in the region, or around the world. They have received many benefits as a result of government policies. They have received preferential treatment in college admission processes. Cooking oil, kerosene, and iodized salt have been provided to them at heavily subsidized rates. The government, foreign donor agencies, and many NGOs have organized numerous development and special assistance programs that targeted ethnic minorities. Very large sums of money have been invested with the intention of helping the uplands in general and ethnic minorities in particular to ―catch up‖ with lowland areas. 13. While many—probably most—ethnic minority households have better material standards of living today than they did ten or fifteen years ago, they are still not catching up with the rest of the country economically. Indeed, they are in many ways falling further behind. There are many reasons for the poverty of ethnic minority groups in Vietnam. The peoples are struggling to adapt to severe stresses placed upon them from population pressure, resource depletion, and cultural dislocation resulting from decades of externally imposed change. Development of the region must concentrate on promoting the process of adaptive change, recognizing that it must be accomplished by the people themselves, and that they will inevitably have to devise many different ways of doing it. THE PLANNING FRAMEWORK 14. The main objective of the ethnic minority planning framework is to ensure that the development process, supported by the project, fosters full respect for the dignity, human rights, and cultural uniqueness of ethnic minorities. This is achieved by avoiding adverse impacts during the development process, and that they will receive culturally-compatible social and economic benefits. The Bank's OP 4.10 on Indigenous Peoples indicates that the strategy for addressing the issues pertaining to indigenous peoples/ethnic minorities must be THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 36 PROJECT: TANG LOONG2 110KV OVERHEAD LINE AND SUBSTATION Report: Minorities Development Plan (EMDP) based on a process of ‗free, prior, and informed consultation‘, resulting in ‗broad community support‘ by the ethnic minority communities for the project, if the sub-project is to proceed. Thus, identifying local preferences through direct consultation, incorporation of indigenous knowledge into project approaches, and appropriate early use of experienced specialists are core activities for any project that affects Ethnic Minority Peoples and their rights to national identity and natural and economic resources. 15. The State of Viet Nam has the policy of not discriminating against Ethnic Minority Peoples as showed by the presence of Ethnic People Council in the National Assembly and Ethnic People Committee in the Government . Article 94 in the Constitution, 1992 states that the Ethnic People Committee has the right to submit proposals, plans or related issues of indigenous peoples to the Assembly, monitor, control the implementation of national policies, development programs on various areas such as, education, health care, etc. Article 5 of the Constitution also indicates that ethnic minority people could use their own languages to reserve its cultural distinctions. In the Government of Viet Nam, directly under the supervision of the Prime Minister is the Committee of Ethnic Minorities (which is equivalent to a Ministry). Development programs are supervised by this Committee, such as the poverty reduction Program 135 according to the degree No, 135/1998/QD-TTg of the Prime Minister to promote the construction of small-scale infrastructure in poor ethnic minority villages. 16. According to the Government of Viet Nam, ethnic minorities have the following characteristics:  An intimate understanding and long stay in the territory, land or area of their ancestors closed attachment to the natural resources;  Self-identification and recognized by neighboring members by their distinctive culture  A language different from the national language  A long traditional social and institutional system  A self-provided production system. 17. This Planning Framework will be applied to all sub-projects of the Rural Energy Project no.2. Guidelines for Ethnic Minority Development Plan (EMPD) 18. The Planning Framework seeks to ensure that ethnic minority communities (villages/hamlets) are fully informed about sub-project plans and consulted about potential benefits and adverse impacts the sub-project may have on the community. This consultation will be done in a setting free of coercion, before any sub-project is initiated (free, prior, and informed consultation). If this process results in the community‘s broad support for the project the sub-projects will be considered to be supported by Rural Energy No. 2 Project. Their participation can either provide them benefits with more certainty, or protect them from any potential adverse impacts of sub-projects to be financed by the Project. The main features/process of the EMDP will be a preliminary screening process, then a social impact assessment to determine the degree and nature of impact of each work under the sub-project, THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 37 PROJECT: TANG LOONG2 110KV OVERHEAD LINE AND SUBSTATION Report: Minorities Development Plan (EMDP) and an action plan will be developed if warranted. Consultations with and participation of the minority population, their leaders and local government officials will be an integral part of the overall EMDP, and continue throughout the project. 19. Detailed instruments for screening and social impact assessment are described in the annexes. In addition, the Project will provide a series of training to all implementers and local agencies preparing and implementing EMDPs. Screening 20. All communes, which have ethnic minority communities/villages and are candidates for sub-Project will be visited (at the time of first consultation with communes) by PCs, relevant local authorities and consultants. Prior to the visit, respective PCs will send a letters to the communes informing the commune leaders that they will be visited by the respective PCs and local authorities to discuss about possibility of the sub-project. The letter will request that the commune invite to the meeting representatives of farmers and women associations, village leaders, and key staff of commune for discussion on the sub-project. During the visit, the commune leaders and other participants will present their views with regards to the sub-project. 21. At this visit, the social scientists (consultants) and local Women‘s Union will undertake a screening for ethnic minority population with the help of ethnic minority leaders and local authorities. The screening will check for the following: (a) Names of ethnic groups in the commune (b) Total number of different ethnic minority groups in the commune (c) Percentage of ethnic minority of commune population (d) Number and percentage of ethnic minority households along the zone of influence of the proposed sub-Project. 22. If the results show that there are ethnic minority communities in the zone of influence of the proposed sub-project, a social impact assessment and further consultations will be planned for those areas. Social Impact Assessment AND CONSULTATION 23. The social impact assessment (SIA) and the free, prior, and informed consultation will be undertaken/facilitated by the social scientists (consultants) together with trained staff from the local Women‘s Union and ethnic minority leaders. The SIA will gather relevant information on the following: demographic data; social, cultural and economic situation; and social, cultural and economic impacts - positive and negative. The consultation process will determine whether there is broad support from the community for the sub-project. 24. Information regarding the sub-project proposal will be widely disseminated and consultation will be conducted in various group meetings: ethnic minority leaders; ethnic minority men; and ethnic minority women, especially those who live in the zone of influence THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 38 PROJECT: TANG LOONG2 110KV OVERHEAD LINE AND SUBSTATION Report: Minorities Development Plan (EMDP) of the proposed work under sub-Project. Discussions will focus on sub-Project impacts, positive and negative; and recommendations for design of sub-Project. The local Women‘s Union will, under the guidance of the consultant, be responsible for analyzing the SIA, and for leading the development of an action plan with the ethnic minority representatives and Project staff. If the SIA indicates that the potential impact of the proposed sub-project will be significantly adverse or that the ethnic minority community rejects the project, the sub- Project will not be implemented in that locality; no further action is needed in this case. 25. If the ethnic minority supports the sub-Project implementation an EMDP will be developed. Ethnic Minority Development Plan 26. The action plan will consists of a number of activities and will include mitigation measures of potentially negative impacts, modification of sub-project design, and development assistance. Where there is land acquisition in ethnic minority communities, the project will ensure that their rights will not be violated and that they be compensated for the use of any part of their land in a manner that is culturally acceptable to them. The compensation and rehabilitation will follow the Resettlement Policy Framework of the project. An Ethnic Minorities Development Plan will include: (1) Legal Framework (2) Baseline data; (3) Land tenure information; (4) Local participation; (5) Technical identification of development or mitigation activities; (6) Institutional arrangement; (7) Implementation schedule; (8) Monitoring and evaluation; and (9) Cost and financing plan. Implementation Arrangement 27. Consultants will also be responsible for training respective PCs, local Women‘s Union or a similar social organization to undertake the work of consultation, screening, social impact assessment, analyses and preparing EMDPs. 28. PCs of the EVN, together with local authorities (People‘s Committees, Committees for Ethnic Minorities and Mountainous Areas, Resettlement Committees, Women Union and Land Departments etc. at different levels) are responsible for implementing EMDP (arrange adequate staff and budget). Monitoring 29. Implementation of the EMDPs will be regularly supervised and monitored by PCs of EVN and respective Peoples' Committees and Committees for Ethnic Minorities at provincial THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 39 PROJECT: TANG LOONG2 110KV OVERHEAD LINE AND SUBSTATION Report: Minorities Development Plan (EMDP) and district levels. The findings and recommendations will be recorded in quarterly reports and to be furnished to EVN and World Bank office in Viet Nam. 30. The independent agency or agencies which would be used by PCs to undertake external monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of resettlement action plans for the Project will also be tasked with monitoring the activities for EMDP. the external monitoring agency will visit a sample of affected households in each relevant province on an annual basis. Schedule 31. The EMDP will have an implementation schedule that is coordinated with the sub- project implementation. The social impact assessments, consultation, and group meetings will be undertaken before sub-project final designs are prepared. Compensation for land acquisition should be satisfactorily completed at least one month prior to start of civil work. Monitoring should take place at the recommended times during project implementation. Budget 32. The EMDP, while supporting and providing development activities, will include information on detailed cost of mitigation measures and other rehabilitation entitlements for ethnic minority in the affected areas. Sources of funding for the various activities and financing plans will be clearly specified in the cost tables. Reporting/Documentation 33. The EMDPs will be prepared and submitted by PCs to EVN and then the World Bank at the same time that respective PCs submit their annual work programs to EVN and the World Bank for review. When EVN submit the final annual work programs of all the provinces to the World Bank for approval, an integrated EMDP report for the provinces will also be furnished, documenting the social impact assessment, the process of free, prior, and informed consultation, and the evidence, if any, of broad community support. THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 40 PROJECT: TANG LOONG2 110KV OVERHEAD LINE AND SUBSTATION Report: Minorities Development Plan (EMDP) Annexes: 1. Annex 1: Preliminary Screening of Ethnic Minorities 2. Annex 2: Social Impact Assessment 3. Annex 3: Proposed Ethnic Minority Development Plan 4. Annex 4: Schedule for Ethnic Minority Consultation THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 41 PROJECT: TANG LOONG2 110KV OVERHEAD LINE AND SUBSTATION Report: Minorities Development Plan (EMDP) Annex 1: Preliminary Screening of Ethnic Minorities When to do screening: At the time of the first consultation with a commune. What information to collect: The screening will collect demographic data of ethnic minorities who live along the zone of influence. How to collect the information: It can be obtained from ethnic leaders, village leaders and commune authorities. Who will do the screening: Consultants or Trained District staff Time required: The screening of each commune will take about one day to complete. Province: ________ District: _________ Commune: ________ Subproject: ___________ Name of Name of Ethnic Groups No. of Ethnic No. of Total Ethnic Villages, along the influence Zone Minority Households Minority Persons Communes (including Kinh) along the influenced along the along the zone influenced Zone . Influenced Zone Women Men THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 42 PROJECT: TANG LOONG2 110KV OVERHEAD LINE AND SUBSTATION Report: Minorities Development Plan (EMDP) THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 43 PROJECT: TANG LOONG2 110KV OVERHEAD LINE AND SUBSTATION Report: Minorities Development Plan (EMDP) Annex 2: Social Impact Assessment When to conduct SIA: If the screening results show that there are ethnic minority households along the zone of influence of the subproject, a social impact assessment will be undertaken. What information to collect : The SIA will gather relevant information on the following: demographic data, social, cultural and economic situation; and social, cultural and economic impact-positive and negative-of the proposed sub-project. How to collect the information: Information will be gathered separate group meetings with the following ethnic minority groups: 1) EM leaders; 2) EM men; and 3) EM women, especially those who live in the zone of influence. Who will conduct the SIA: Consultants or Trained District staff. Time required: The SIA data collection for each commune will take about two to three days. It will take another two or three days to analyze the data and prepare the final report. Province: _________; District: __________; Commune:_________; Subproject:__________ A. Demographic Social Cultural and Economic Situation 1. Percentage of ethnic minority households below the poverty line (according to MOLISA) ________ 2. Number of ethnic minority girls attending elementary school ________ 3. Number of ethnic minority boys attending elementary school ________ 4. Number of ethnic minority girls attending secondary school ________ 5. Number of ethnic minority boys attending secondary school ________ THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 44 PROJECT: TANG LOONG2 110KV OVERHEAD LINE AND SUBSTATION Report: Minorities Development Plan (EMDP) 6. Average number of visits to the hospital by each ethnic minority household per year ________ 7. Availability of water supply facility (wells, piped water, etc) in the community Yes ______; No_____ 8. Availability of electricity in the community Yes ______; No _____ 9. No. of households in community with connection to electricity ________ 10. Economic information of ethnic minority community a) Types of natural resources in the area: Natural Resource Check Natural Resource Check i. Forest iv. ii. Lake, river v. iii. Mineral vi. b) Economic and livelihood systems: Main Activity % of EM Secondary Activity % of EM H/Holds i. sedentary agriculture i. sedentary agriculture ii. shifting agriculture ii. shifting agriculture iii. landless farm worker iii. landless farm worker vi. off farm work vi. off farm work v. govt. employees v. govt. employees vi. vi. THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 45 PROJECT: TANG LOONG2 110KV OVERHEAD LINE AND SUBSTATION Report: Minorities Development Plan (EMDP) 11. Tenure systems of main ethnic groups: briefly describe land ownership and tenure systems (e.g., communal ownership, private ownership, gender differences in ownership, etc.). ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 12. Social information of ethnic minority community Key social and cultural systems of main ethnic groups: e.g., group travels frequently to visit relatives in other communes; men travel alone but women do not travel alone; men stay at home while women work in the fields; boys go to school but girls are not allowed; group members intermarry with other members of other groups, etc. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Social groupings of main ethnic groups: briefly ethnic types of groupings: e.g., formal and informal leaders (such as spiritual leaders, traditional healers), formal and informal groups such as farmers, women, youth, elderly, etc.,; who are the decision makers in the household? In the community? ________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ B. Social, Cultural and Economic Impact Getting views from men and women on: 1. Potential positive impacts: a. Potential employment during subproject construction, or increased access to employment once the subproject constructed Yes___; No_____ Comments:________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 46 PROJECT: TANG LOONG2 110KV OVERHEAD LINE AND SUBSTATION Report: Minorities Development Plan (EMDP) b. Increased access to electricity Yes___; No_____ Comments:________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ c. Other positive impacts in social and economic development: __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 2. Potential negative impacts: a. Electric security: Yes___; No_____ Comments:________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ b. Physical and social problems related to subproject: Yes___; No_____ Comments:________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ _______ c. Land acquisition for subproject construction: Yes___; No_____ Comments:________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ d. Threats to cultural properties and resources, such as archaeological sites and historical monuments, sacred and ceremonial sites, graveyards, medicinal plants, etc., in zone of influence: Yes___; No_____ Comments:________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ e. Other negative influences: __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 47 PROJECT: TANG LOONG2 110KV OVERHEAD LINE AND SUBSTATION Report: Minorities Development Plan (EMDP) __________________________________________________________________ C. Suggestions and Recommendations for Sub-Project From Men: ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ From Women: ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ D. Other Comments ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 48 PROJECT: TANG LOONG2 110KV OVERHEAD LINE AND SUBSTATION Report: Minorities Development Plan (EMDP) Annex 3: Proposed Action Plan When to prepare action plan: Immediately after the SIA, if the ethnic minority supports for the sub-project. How to prepare an action plan: The plan to be prepared based on the results of consultation and participation of EM groups. What is in an action plan: It will consist of (1) legal framework (2) mitigation activities; (3) technical identification of development, (4) institutional arrangement for implementation; (5) implementation schedule; (6) monitoring and evaluation; and (7) cost and financing plan. Who will prepare the action plan: Consultant in coordination with the commune leaders, ethinic minority leaders in consultation with the EM community and the trained local staff from the district. Who will implement the action plan: The PCs and PMBs under EVN, Communes and EM leaders 1. Legal Framework: Describe the laws of GOV applied and OD 4.20 of the World Bank. 2. Mitigation Measures Potential of negative impacts: Identification of potentially negative impacts through consultation with EM and local authorities. Mitigation measures Information from the SIA and meetings with the ethnic minority communities will be used by the Project Engineer in preparing the design, construction schedule and construction measures for the subprojects and the estimated cost of required work. These will include: a. Recommendations for changing line alignments, locations, construction measures and construction schedule for subprojects to accommodate needs and preferences of ethnic minorities: ________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 49 PROJECT: TANG LOONG2 110KV OVERHEAD LINE AND SUBSTATION Report: Minorities Development Plan (EMDP) b. Identify areas for particular cultural, spiritual or ecological sensitivity which should be considered in design and construction activities: ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ c. Develop a program for communication, information and education by the commune for the ethnic minority community in the zone of influence on electric safety, potential health and social problems. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________ d. Land acquisition and compensation: Where there is land acquisition in ethnic minorities, the project will ensure that their rights will not be violated and that they will be compensated for the use of any part of their land in a manner that is culturally acceptable to them. The compensation will follow the Resettlement Policy for Project Affected Person under the Project. Ethnic minority leaders will assist with consultation of affected households and with compensation activities. 23. Technical Identification of Development Assistance The province through its regular development program will provide assistance to the ethnic minorities living in the sub-project areas, e.g., priority for those living near the influenced areas in getting employment in subproject construction and maintenance. Priority for accessing to credits of Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development in medium and long terms. Assistance for agricultural development such as land reclamation,. Where the areas overlap with other World Bank financed projects, ethnic minority areas will be targeted wherever possible. Training: The Project will provide trainings for EM in the influenced areas on training on electric safety, agricultural extension. It will also include ethnic minority leaders in training sessions on SIA, resettlement, and participatory monitoring for EMDP implementation. Gender Assistance: Special consultation and training for women, especially female- headed households (such as, credit, agricultural extension, fertilizer use, etc.) List proposed development assistance and schedule: THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 50 PROJECT: TANG LOONG2 110KV OVERHEAD LINE AND SUBSTATION Report: Minorities Development Plan (EMDP) Proposed Assistance Responsible Group Schedule 1 2 3 4 5 34.Institutional arrangement. Describe about all required activities and responsible institutions No. Action Responsible institution 1 2 3 4 4.5. Implementation schedule Figure out the schedule for each action THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 51 PROJECT: TANG LOONG2 110KV OVERHEAD LINE AND SUBSTATION Report: Minorities Development Plan (EMDP) No. Action Schedule 1 2 3 4 5.6.Monitoring and evaluation Describe the indicators to be monitored, institution (s) responsible for monitoring, requirement for monitoring reports. Indicators: 1. _____________________________________________ 2. _____________________________________________ 3. _____________________________________________ 4. _____________________________________________ 5. _____________________________________________ Activity Monitoring Visited by If completed Schedule (x) 1 Screening 2 Conduct SIA THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 52 PROJECT: TANG LOONG2 110KV OVERHEAD LINE AND SUBSTATION Report: Minorities Development Plan (EMDP) 3 Discuss findings of SIA with community 4 Preparation of Action Plan 5 Discussion with local authorities, engineer of mitigation measures 6 Visit one month prior to construction work 7 Visit one month after construction work 8 Visit six months after construction work 6.7.Cost and financing plan. Estimate cost for IPDP and financing resources. Proposed assistance Unit cost Quantity Total cost (VND) (VND) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Implementation cost Contingency Total cost (VND) THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 53 PROJECT: TANG LOONG2 110KV OVERHEAD LINE AND SUBSTATION Report: Minorities Development Plan (EMDP) Annex 4: Schedule for Ethnic Minority Consultation Note: Ethnic minority leaders and two ethnic minority representative (one man and one woman) will form part of the EMDP planning and implementation group for each local unit. TASK RESPONSIBL MATERIAL & WEEK E PERSON FORMS 1 2 3 4 5 1 Inform ethnic minority commune PC, PMB or Project x leaders and local authorities consultants/distri brochure (PMB about the sub-project ct trained Staff to provide sample) 2 Conduct screening to determine Consultants, Provide x types and numbers of ethnic trained District Screening/EM minority households living in Staff Inventory Form area of zone of influence of subproject. 3 Request EM commune leaders, PC, PMB under Official letter x local authorities to help with and EVN completing Screening/EM Inventory 4 Undertake social impact Consultants, SIA Form x X assessment ethnic minority trained District households in zone of Staff (under influence/area of subproject. guidance from PMB) Conduct free, prior, and informed consultation, primarily by focus group discussions with three separate groups of ethnic minorities as part of SIA: leaders; men; and women 5 Analyze and write up findings of Ditto SIA Form x X SIA 6 Meet EM leaders and members Consultants, X and discuss findings of SIA district trained Staff 7 Prepare Action Plan with local Consultants Action Plan X THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 54 PROJECT: TANG LOONG2 110KV OVERHEAD LINE AND SUBSTATION Report: Minorities Development Plan (EMDP) authorities, ethnic minority Form representatives and their leaders 8 Meet with design Engineers to Consultants, X discuss feedback from the local trained commune and use information to staff final design and mitigation measures, if required 9 Send all Inventories, SIAs, Consultants X Action Plans to PMB 10 Summarize information and PC, PMBs X submit to IDA/World Bank. x Important – the reports should be submitted with submission of its proposed subproject Program. 11 Monitor implementation of PC, PMB, Local Monitoring Ethnic Minority Action Plan authorities, Reports Representatives of EM, Independent Monitors for RAP implementation. THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 55 PROJECT: TANG LOONG2 110KV OVERHEAD LINE AND SUBSTATION Report: Minorities Development Plan (EMDP) APPENDIX 5 LIST OF DISTRICTS AND COMMUNES INVOLVING IN THE PROJECT The Subproject ― Tang Loong2 110kV Overhead line and Substation‖ that will be located in Tang Loong town, Tang Loong district, Lao Cai province THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 56