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Resettlement Plan

February 2019

Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Northern Rural

Infrastructure Development Sector Project –

Additional Financing

Prepared by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry for the Asian Development Bank.

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Annex-9 Land Acquisition and Compensation

Due Diligence Report

Northern Rural Infrastructure Development Sector Project – Additional Financing Annex 9 Feasibility Study on Houay Xo 2 PRI Subproject

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1

A. Project and PRI Subprojects 1 B. Land Acquisition and Mitigation Requirements 1 C. Affected Assets of Households 2 D. Consultation, Participation and Grievance Mechanisms 2 E. Planning, Implementing and Monitoring 3 F. Conclusions 4 G. Reporting Notes 4

1. PROJECT DESCRIPTION 5

1.1 Northern Rural Infrastructure Development Sector Project – Additional Financing 5 1.2 Houay Xo 2 Productive Rural Infrastructure Subproject 5

2. SCOPE OF LAND ACQUISITION AND RESETTLEMENT 9

3. SOCIO-ECONOMIC INFORMATION AND PROFILE 10

3.1 Socio-Economic Baseline 10 3.2 Social Impacts 11 3.3 Socio-Economic Survey of Affected Households 11 3.4 Ethnic Groups of Affected Households 12 3.5 Severely Affected Persons 12

4. INFORMATION DISCLOSURE, CONSULTATION AND PARTICIPATION 13

4.1 Requirements 13 4.2 Achievements 13

5. COMPLAINTS AND GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISMS 15

5.1 Requirements 15 5.2 Grievance Approach 15

6. IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE 17

7. MONITORING AND REPORTING 18

7.1 Internal M&E 18 7.2 External M&E 18

LIST OF TABLES

Table A9-1: PRI Subproject’s Summary of Affected Assets, Households and Impacts ................. 9 Table A9-2: PRI Subproject’s Feedback from Village Consultation Meetings on LARC .............. 14 Table A9-3: NRI-AF Main Steps of Grievance Mechanisms ....................................................... 16 Table A9-4: PRI Subprojects Performed and Scheduled LAC Activities of Project Year 5 .......... 17

LIST OF FIGURES

Figure A9-1: Locations of PRI Subprojects .............................................................................. 7 Figure A9-2: Layout Map of Houay Xo 2 PRI Subproject......................................................... 8

ATTACHMENT

Attachment A9-1 LARC Fact Finding and Screening Attachment A9-2 NRI-AF and LARC Consultation and Coordination


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WEIGHTS AND MEASURES

ha - hectare

kg - kilogram

km - kilometer

l - liter

m - meter

m2 or sqm - square meter

m3 - cubic meter

CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (as of 13 August 2018 – kick-off meeting for tendering related additional work)

Currency unit - LAK is the Lao currency kip

$1.00 = LAK 8,501

SELECTED ACRONYMS

ADB Asian Development Bank

AH Affected Household

AP Affected Person

CEF Compensation and Entitlement Form

DAFO District Agriculture and Forestry Office

DCO District Coordination Office

DD Detailed Design

DDR Due Diligence Report

DMF Design and Monitoring Framework

DLMA District Land Management Authority

DMS Detailed Measurement Survey

DOI Department of Irrigation

DoNRE District Office of Natural Resources and Environment

DOP Department of Planning of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry

DPWT Provincial Department of Public Works and Transport

DRC District Resettlement Committee

EA Executing Agency

EMO External Monitoring Organization

FHH Female Headed Household

FPG Farmers Production Group

FS Feasibility Study

GIC Grant Implementation Consultants

GOL Government of Lao PDR

HH Households

IA Implementing Agency

IOL Inventory of Loss

Lao PDR Lao People's Democratic Republic

LAC Land Acquisition and Compensation

LACDDR Land Acquisition and Compensation Due Diligence Report


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SELECTED ACRONYMS

LACR Land Acquisition and Compensation Report

LARC Land Acquisition, Resettlement and Compensation

LFNC Lao Front for National Construction

LMA Land Management Authority

MAF Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry

M&E Monitoring and Evaluation

MoNRE Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment

MPWT Ministry of Public Works and Transport

NLMA National Land Management Authority

NPMO National Project Management Office

NRIDSP Northern Rural Infrastructure Development Sector Project

NRI Northern Rural Infrastructure

NRI-AF Northern Rural Infrastructure Additional Financing (the “Project”)

NSC National Steering Committee

OPWT Office of Public Works and Transport

O&M Operation and Maintenance

PAFO Provincial Agriculture and Forestry Office

PAM Project Administration Manual

PBME Project Benefit Monitoring and Evaluation

PIU Project Implementation Unit

PPME Project Performance Monitoring and Evaluation

PPO Provincial Project Office

PPSC Provincial Project Steering Committee

PPTA Project Preparatory Technical Assistance

PRI Productive Rural Infrastructure

RCS Replacement Cost Survey

RF Resettlement Framework

ROW Right of Way

RP Resettlement Plan

SEBS Socio-Economic Baseline Survey

SES Socio-Economic Survey

SESAH Socio-Economic Survey of Affected Households

SIR Subproject Investment Report

TA Technical Assistance

TOR Terms of Reference

VLD Voluntary Land Donation

VRC Village Resettlement Committee

WUA Water Users Association

WUG Water Users Group


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DEFINITIONS OF LAND ACQUISITION, RESETTLEMENT AND COMPENSATION RELATED TERMS

Affected Person (AP)

An affected person indicates any juridical person being as it may an individual, a household, a firm or a private or public institution who, on account of the execution of the Program and its subprojects or parts thereof would have their: (i) Right, title or interest in any house, land (including residential, agricultural and grazing land), water resources or any other fixed or moveable asset acquired, possessed, restricted or otherwise adversely affected in full or in part, permanently or temporarily; and/or (ii) Business, occupation, place of work or residence or habitat adversely affected, with or without physical displacement; or, (iii) Standard of living adversely affected.

Cut-off date This refers to the date that establishes the eligibility of affected persons. To be consistent with previous projects under the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, the cut-off date for this project coincides with the completion of the census of affected persons after the Provincial Coordination Unit officially informs the public about the Project and its locations. Anyone who occupies or encroaches into the defined boundaries of the Project area after the cut-off date will not be compensated for affected assets and incomes.

Compensation Payment made in cash or in kind to APs at replacement cost for assets, resources and/or sources of livelihood and income acquired or adversely affected by the project.

Indigenous Peoples

A distinct, vulnerable, social and cultural group possessing the following characteristics in varying degrees: (i) self-identification as members of a distinct indigenous cultural group and recognition of this identity by others; (ii) collective attachment to geographically distinct habitats or ancestral territories in the project area and to the natural resources in these habitats and territories; (iii) customary cultural, economic, social, or political institutions that are separate from those of the dominant society and culture; and (iv) a distinct language, often different from the official language of the country or region. For the Lao context, the term Ethnic Group is used rather than IP.

Involuntary Resettlement

The SPS (2009) considers resettlement involuntary when the displaced persons have no right to refuse the land acquisition by the state that result in their displacement. This occurs when land is acquired through (i) expropriation by invoking the eminent domain power of the state, or (ii) land is acquired through negotiated settlement when the pricing is negotiated in a process where expropriation will be the consequence of a failure in the negotiation.

Land Acquisition

The process whereby an individual, household, firm or private institution is compelled to alienate all or part of the land s/he/it owns or is in the process of getting ownership of in favor of the government for the Project in return for compensation at replacement cost.

Rehabilitation The process to restore income earning capacity, production levels and living standards in a longer term. Rehabilitation measures are provided in the entitlement matrix as an integral part of the entitlements.

Relocation The physical displacement of an AP from her/his pre-project place of residence and/or business

Replacement Cost

The amount in cash or in kind needed to replace lost assets at the time of payment of compensation, including cost of transactions. If land, it means the cost of buying a replacement land near the lost land with equal productive potential and same or better legal status, including transaction costs. If structures, the replacement cost is the current fair market price of building materials and required labor cost without depreciation or deductions for salvaged building material or other transaction cost. Market prices will be used for crops, trees and other commodities.


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DEFINITIONS OF LAND ACQUISITION, RESETTLEMENT AND COMPENSATION RELATED TERMS

Resettlement Plans

Resettlement Plans (RPs) are time-bound action plans with budget setting out resettlement strategy, objectives, entitlement, actions, responsibilities, monitoring and evaluation.

Resettlement Refers to all physical and socioeconomic displacements and various measures provided to DPs or AHHs to mitigate all adverse impacts of the project, including compensation, relocation, and rehabilitation as needed.

Severely Affected Households

This refers to (a) AHHs adversely impacted by the project, who will (i) lose 10% or more of their total productive assets (generating income); and/or (ii) have to relocate. (b) AHHs non-adversely affected who will lose over 30% of total irrigated land holding (in command area) as less than this level of impact is still comfortably within the modelled financial benefit of irrigation where net farm incomes increase on average by over 70%.

Voluntary Land Contribution

Voluntary Land Contribution refers to households voluntarily giving part of their land for the use of the project in exchange for direct and significant benefits for their household income and livelihoods. The important principles in the process are informed consent and power of choice. Informed consent means that the person involved is fully knowledgeable about the project and its implications and consequences and freely agree to participate. Power of choice means that the person involved has the option to agree or disagree with the land contribution, without adverse consequences being imposed formally or informally by the state. The HH is prepared to provide the land in exchange for securing project benefits without requesting any compensation for loss of land, or any other support/assistance.

Voluntary Land Donation

Voluntary Land Donation refers to voluntary contribution to the Project through donation of lost land of AH without requesting any (i) compensation for loss of land; and (ii) support/assistance for which they would be entitled. Voluntary donation of land shall be allowed under the following criteria: (i) The impacts are marginal (based on percentage of loss and minimum size of remaining assets); (ii) Impacts do not result in displacement of households or cause loss of household’s incomes and livelihood; (iii) The households making voluntary donations are direct beneficiaries of the project; (iv) Land donated is free from any dispute on ownership or any other encumbrances; (v) Consultations with the affected households is conducted in a free and transparent manner; (vi) Land transactions are supported by transfer of titles; and, (vii) Proper documentation of consultation meetings, grievances and actions taken to address such grievances is maintained. For sub-projects with voluntary land donation, an independent external party will be engaged to verify that land acquisition follows the principles and procedures set for the Project.

Vulnerable Groups

These are distinct groups of people who might suffer disproportionately or face the risk of being further marginalized due to the project and specifically include: (i) female-headed households with dependents; (ii) household heads with disabilities; (iii) households falling under the national poverty households; (iv) elderly headed households who have no other means of support; and (v) landless.


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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

A. Project and PRI Subprojects

1. Considering satisfactory Project implementation progress for 26 subprojects under project years 1, 2 and 3 in the provinces of Bokeo, Luang Namtha, and Phongsaly, the Government of Lao PDR requested and has received though a Small-PPTA additional financing for additional 22 productive rural infrastructure (PRI) subprojects from ADB of $35.6 million which became effective on 26 July 2017. The government of Lao PDR will contribute $2.0 million equivalent towards the project’s estimated total cost of $37.6 million The Northern Rural Infrastructure Development Sector Project Additional Financing (NRI-AF) has been grouped into phases I to IV (i) to increase the total number of public rural infrastructure subprojects to be implemented, and (ii) to extend the productive rural infrastructure activities into Oudomxay Province which originally was provided only with agricultural extension activities. The NRI-AF main aim is to provide the rural community with access to and participation in the market economy. This is to be realized through the increase in incremental production of saleable commodities and promotion of agricultural productivity. The NRI-AF has four main outputs:

(i) Production and productivity enhancing rural infrastructure constructed and/or rehabilitated.

(ii) Productivity and impact enhancing initiatives adopted. (iii) Capacities of national, provincial and district agencies strengthened to enable a

sector development approach. (iv) Project managed and PRI subprojects delivered efficiently and effectively.

2. The Houay Xo 2 PRI Subproject is located in Paktha District, Bokeo Province. The villages are located at the range of 37 to 45 km from Paktha District center and 79 to 87 km from Houaysay District, the provincial capital of Bokeo. From the district and the provincial centers, the villages are accessible through a laterite road passable only during the dry season. During the rainy season, the villages are reachable only by boat through Mekong River from the district center. The four beneficiary villages have a total of 416 households (HHs) composed of Tai Lue 363 HHs (87%) and Lao Loum 53HHs (13%). From these villages’ population, there will be 172 HH directly benefiting from this PRI subproject.

3. The Houay Xo 2 PRI Subproject aims to increase the effective irrigated crop area from 154 ha to 216 ha. The cropping system that will be introduced to maximize the use of irrigation water will be rice during the wet season and rice and other commercial crops during the dry season.

4. The Houay Xo 2 PRI Subproject is composed of 3 irrigation sub-schemes of i) Houay Xo 1, ii) Houay Xo 2, and iii) Houay Kod. Houay Xo 1 irrigation sub-scheme is located along the road between Ban Pakxo and Ban Dong, Houay Xo 2 irrigation sub-scheme is located at 1 to 4 km in the north-west of Ban Dong along the road to Ban Chiangtong, and Houay Kod irrigation sub-scheme is located along the road between Ban Konanteun and Ban Houay Kod, all the sites are accessible via laterite road by all types of vehicle only during the dry season. It will construct new and rehabilitated weirs and canals to provide reliable irrigation infrastructure to the farming communities.

B. Land Acquisition and Mitigation Requirements

5. This PRI Subproject involves physical changes through both rehabilitation works of existing and construction of new infrastructure of irrigation sub-schemes along existing alignments of main canals and within river management lines.

6. The rehabilitation and construction works of the irrigation sub-schemes will not lead to requirements for acquisition of private assets or other adverse impacts on people:


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(i) No loss of agricultural land.

(ii) No loss of residential land.

(iii) No loss of primary structures and thus no relocation of houses.

(iv) No loss of secondary structures.

(v) No loss of common property.

(vi) No loss of trees and crops.

(vii) No cases of economic displacement.

(viii) No cases of vulnerable people.

C. Affected Assets of Households

7. The mitigation approach of this PRI Subproject (i) has been embedded in the entitlement, assistance and benefits approach as defined in the Project Resettlement Framework (RF), (ii) is compliant with ADB’s Safeguard Policy Statement (2009), and (iii) has been orientated in the Lao legal context.

8. For the preparation of the Final FS, complementary collaboration on land acquisition and compensation (LAC) requirements took place in September/October 2018 between GIC resettlement and engineering teams and verification with PPO/DCO about technical features and affected households (AHs) in order to provide a verified overview on land acquisition and compensation requirements and AHs as required by Lao Resident Mission of ADB in July 2018.

9. There are no requirements for acquisition of private land or other assets by this PRI Subproject and therefore no compensation necessary.

10. Temporary land requirements for access and site installations will be designed by the contractor and approved during the construction phase by the resident site engineer. Any land acquisition requirements shall follow the same principles as set out in the Resettlement Framework (RF).

11. Consequently, no resettlement budget has been prepared at the FS stage, but will be calculated in case loss of private land would be indicated at DD stage. The PRI subproject’s associated initiatives are covered through a separate budget of the Project. In addition, the costs for land acquisition, resettlement and compensation (LARC) and safeguards implementations are borne also by separate budgets.

D. Consultation, Participation and Grievance Mechanisms

12. The consultation took place through public meetings and individual discussions during surveys (measurements surveys, socio-economic survey of AHs, and/or transect walks) ensuring that (i) the views and needs of Project beneficiaries are taken into account by the design, (ii) key information relating to the PRI Subproject, including objectives, scope, implementation arrangements and support to user groups is clearly communicated, and (iii) any concerns can be heard and addressed. This Land Acquisition and Compensation Due Diligence Report (LACDDR) has been based on a consultative and participative approach with authorities and villagers:

(i) Two public Project introduction village meetings in May 2017 at village meeting places with 49 female and 119 male participants adding 168 participants composed of 160 Lao-Tai, 6 Mon Khmer, and 2 Hmong Mien.

(ii) One public LARC meeting in November 2017 with 14 female and 70 male participants leading to a total of 84 participants composed of 84 Lao-Tai. They cover topics, such as, but not limited to, status of the PRI Subproject, asset measurements surveys, socio-economic surveys of affected households, joint field transect walks, entitlement, compensation, grievance redress mechanism,


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construction/rehabilitation work, environmental construction supervision including health and safety.

(iii) Preliminary Measurements Survey (PMS) in November 2017 during joint transect walks with villagers, village representatives, Provincial Project Office (PPO) and District Coordination Office (DCO) staff and Grant Implementation Consultants (GIC) with focus on specific reviews of potential acquisition requirements of the concerned strips of land along the main canal alignment.

(iv) As there are no affected households (AH) no socio-economic surveys of affected households (SESAH) were conducted.

13. The defined grievance approach aims at having complaints ideally passed through four stages before they could be elevated to a court of law as a last resort. The Grievance Redress Mechanism’s (GRM) objective is to handle and solve any complaints in four stages before a complainant would approach a court. Affected persons are entitled to lodge complaints regarding any aspect of the preparation and implementation of land acquisition and compensation without prejudice to their right to file complaints with the court of law at any point in the process. The villagers understand that there are no costs for them, as they can make any verbal or written complaint for free at any stage of the PRI Subproject.

14. During the fieldwork GIC received frequently feedback from the contacted households indicating their high satisfaction of the PRI Subproject bringing them a range of advantages, such as better irrigated agricultural conditions for their irrigation sub-schemes, and improvements including a higher living standard. Therefore, they expressed their hope for a very soon start of construction works.

E. Planning, Implementing and Monitoring

15. The FS related planning of compensation and mitigation measures has been based on the preliminary measurement survey (PMS) carried out in November 2017 combined with joint transect walks clarifying with owners of land, villagers and/or and village representatives ownership of land and existing right-of way (RoW). As there are no impacts on private land and other assets, no inventory of loss (IOL) and socio-economic survey of affected households (SESAH) were required, and no compensation budget calculated for payment of loss of land and trees. This will be documented in an Updated LACR.

16. The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) is the executing agency (EA) for the Project with the responsibility for overall project coordination and management transferred to its Department of Planning which has established the National Project Management Office (NPMO) for day-to-day coordination and management of the Project. The implementing agencies at the provincial level are the Provincial Agriculture and Forestry Offices (PAFO). Provincial Project Offices (PPOs) have been established within each PAFO to be responsible for PRI subprojects related financial management at provincial level, and coordination and management of implementation of PRI subprojects. To assist implementation of the subproject at the district level, District Coordination Offices (DCOs) have been established within District Agriculture and Forestry Offices (DAFOs) mainly to coordinate and supervise subproject activities.

17. This PRI Subproject has the same schedule as all seven Phase II subprojects to commence construction work by April 2019 with expected completion after 15 months in June 2020 including a 3 months suspension period of work between July and September because of the rainy season.

18. During implementation the external and internal Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) is required, but for the operation phase the internal M&E should also take place. In the event that unexpected adverse impacts on assets of AHs and/or Affected Peoples (APs) would occur, suitable requirements and arrangements will be made for mitigation measures and


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compensation actions as for Category B PRI subprojects. Also in such a case, its technical approach has to be transparent, and any data or information made available to involved stakeholders either in Lao and/or English language, whichever is more comprehendible for a given stakeholder group.

F. Conclusions

19. This LACDDR concludes this PRI Subproject to be grouped under ADB Category C, because it does not involve involuntary resettlement impacts, as defined in ADB’s Safeguard Policy Statement. It also completes the land acquisition planning during feasibility stage, as there will be no need for preparing and implementing a formal land acquisition.

20. The updated land acquisition planning during detailed design stage will aim at reviewing the land requirements and either confirm the reporting status as LACDDR, or revise it to a LACR including results from additional surveys (DMS, SESAH) and public consultation.

G. Reporting Notes

21. This LACDDR has chosen only relevant chapters from preparation requirements for Resettlement Plans as outlined in the “ADB’s Safeguards Policy Statement (2009).

22. The Lao PDR Decree 2432 (dated 11/11/2005 on “Regulations for Implementing Decree 192 dated 07/07/2005 on Compensation and Resettlement of People Affected by Development Project”) has been replaced by the Decree No. 84/PM “Compensation and Resettlement Management in Development Projects” of the Prime Minister dated 04 May 2016. In accordance with this document a resettlement planning document is called “Land Acquisition and Compensation Report” if impacts of a Project are not serious (mostly marginal), which is the case for this PRI Subproject. However, as proposed in the RF, for PRI subprojects where screening confirms no land acquisition or resettlement impacts, only a Due Diligence Report (DDR) needs to be prepared, providing information as described in this LACDDR.


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1. PROJECT DESCRIPTION

1.1 Northern Rural Infrastructure Development Sector Project – Additional Financing

23. The Northern Rural Infrastructure Development Sector Project - Additional Financing (NRI-AF) main aim is to provide the rural community with access to and participation in the market economy. This is to be realized through the increase in incremental production in saleable commodities and promotion of agricultural productivity. NRI-AF has four main outputs:

(i) Production and productivity enhancing rural infrastructure constructed and/or rehabilitated.

(ii) Productivity and impact enhancing initiatives adopted. (iii) Capacities of national, provincial and district agencies strengthened to enable a

sector development approach. (iv) Project managed and subprojects delivered efficiently and effectively.

24. Considering satisfactory project implementation progress, the Government requested for additional financing. This was investigated during the project midterm review in April 2014 and in more detail during the ADB review mission in November 2014. The additional financing was approved by the ADB on 31 May 2017 for $35.6 million and became effective on 26 July 2017. The government of Lao PDR will contribute $2.0 million equivalent towards the project’s estimated total cost of $37.6 million. It will cover construction, rehabilitation and/or improvement of rural roads and irrigation systems intended to bring socio-economic benefits to rural communities. It will entail: (i) an increase in the total number of productive rural infrastructure (PRI) subprojects to be implemented; and (ii) extension of rural infrastructure activities into Oudomxay Province which originally was provided only with agricultural extension activities. The indicative number of additional PRI subprojects totals 22 with four in Oudomxay Province and six each in the other three provinces Bokeo, Luang Namtha, and Phongsaly. Although it is expected that 22 PRI subprojects will be implemented, a list of 30 PRI subprojects will be identified in case a proposed PRI Subproject will be found not feasible during the feasibility study process. The map in Figure A9-1 shows the 4 project provinces with its PRI subproject districts.

1.2 Houay Xo 2 Productive Rural Infrastructure Subproject

25. The Houay Xo 2 PRI Subproject was initially proposed as part of the shortlist of potential subprojects by the province through the provincial planning process which is based on the provincial five-year economic development plan. It focuses on the above listed outputs (i) and (ii).

26. The PRI subproject development plan (see Attachment A9.1-3) was examined in view of i) beneficiary needs, ii) economical and technical viability, and iii) climate resilience. The proposed Houay Xo 2 PRI subproject development plan for the 3 irrigation sub-schemes includes i) replacement of the existing wooden weir with concrete weir, ii) upstream and downstream erosion protection of the weir, iii) construction of fish pass at the weir, iv) concrete lining of main and secondary canal, and v) rehabilitation of rural access road for farm to market and O&M of irrigation facilities, etc.

27. The total PRI subproject command area is 216 ha, out of which, 45 ha for Houay Xo 2, 104 ha for Houay Xo 1, 67 ha for Houay Kod irrigation sub-scheme. The PRI subproject aims to increase the effective irrigated crop area from 154 ha to 216 ha. The cropping system that will be introduced to maximize the use of irrigation water will be rice during the wet season and rice and other commercial crops during the dry season.

28. Houay Xo 2 PRI Subproject is composed of 3 irrigation sub-schemes of i) Houay Xo 1, ii) Houay Xo 2, and iii) Houay Kod. Houay Xo 1 irrigation sub-scheme is located along the


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road between Ban Pakxo and Ban Dong, Houay Xo 2 irrigation sub-scheme is located at 1 to 4 km in the north-west of Ban Dong along the road to Ban Chiangtong, and Houay Kod irrigation sub-scheme is located along the road between Ban Konanteun and Ban Houay Kod, all the sites are accessible via laterite road by all types of vehicle only during the dry season.

29. Besides the irrigation improvement, productivity and impact enhancement initiatives will be delivered by the Project. These initiatives will comprise of compulsory and optional initiatives. The compulsory initiatives will include (i) support for Water Users’ Groups (WUGs) established to operate and maintain the rehabilitated irrigation facilities; and (ii) water catchments identification and zoning. Establishment of a WUG includes formulation of WUG rules, roles and regulations (RRR), WUG registration and WUG capability development. The WUG capacity building will focus on WUG management, WUG financial management and irrigation system O&M training, further strengthening to be a WUGA, an active association for enabling sustainable marketing of agricultural products. Consultation with the district office will be further conducted to develop Catchment Management Plan for the area upstream of the river. Optional initiatives will need to be further discussed with the beneficiaries during detailed design stage and could be selected from production, post-harvest handling, processing and the development of market linkage initiatives.

30. Figure A9-2 contains a map showing the layout of the PRI subproject’s infrastructure.


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Figure A9-1: Locations of PRI Subprojects


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Figure A9-2: Layout Map of Houay Xo 2 PRI Subproject


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2. SCOPE OF LAND ACQUISITION AND RESETTLEMENT

31. A Preliminary Measurement Survey (PMS) has been conducted in November 2017 combined with joint transect walks of farmers, village representatives, PPO/DCO staff and consultant along the corridor of impacts to indicate potential loss of private assets and quantifying it directly at the affected location. This has been revised in November/December 2017 followed by final verification in September/October 2018. A LARC screening including photos has been prepared in Attachment A9-1.

32. This PRI Subproject involves physical changes through rehabilitation and construction works of irrigation infrastructure. Concerning main canals the design has followed existing alignments to avoid any land acquisition. Technical features and number of AHs have prepared under Attachment A9-1.4.

33. There are no impacts not only on private and/or public land, but also not on trees, houses and other structures, community resources, livelihoods and economic activities. Consequently, there is no compensation necessary and also no requirements for physical relocation of households. There are also no impacts on crops and income, as farmers informed in public meetings, that they do not practice dry season cultivation. Thus, the construction work will not lead to adverse impacts for farming households.

34. For any temporary site installation and access roads the contractor will have to propose a site installation and access plan and obtain approval by the resident site engineer. Where possible, public land will be used. Through a transparent and contractual approach, the Employer will provide the contractor with the Project’s land acquisition and compensation principles to ensure that (i) official compensation rates are applied, (ii) re-instatement of affected assets contractually defined, (iii) consultation taking place, (iv) grievance mechanism followed, (v) EMP applied, (vi) and other items specified. The Employer will have to monitor this. The item temporary site installation and access roads are covered in the General Conditions of Contract under item 69.

Table A9-1: PRI Subproject’s Summary of Affected Assets, Households and Impacts

Type

of

Asset

Affected Households

Level of Affectedness

Severity

of

Impact

Sex

of

Head of

Affected Household

Affected Persons

Residential Village

No Yes

Irrigation Sub-schemes

Houay Xo 2

Houay Xo 1

Houay Kod

Productive

Land

None 0

Trees

Residential

Land

Primary Structures

Secondary Structures

R E S U L T

This will be subject of review during detailed design stage.

There will also be no impact through construction works on dry season agriculture, as all irrigation sub-schemes (i) have no dry season rice cultivations.


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3. SOCIO-ECONOMIC INFORMATION AND PROFILE

3.1 Socio-Economic Baseline

35. The information of this Chapter 3.1 has been extracted from the Social Impact Assessment (chapter 3.1 socio-economic conditions) of the feasibility study.

36. The Houay Xo 2 PRI Subproject is located in Paktha District, Bokeo Province. The villages are located at the range of 37 to 45 km from Paktha District center and 79 to 87 km from Houaysay District, the provincial capital of Bokeo. From the district and the provincial centers, the villages are accessible through a laterite road passable only during the dry season. During the rainy season, the villages are reachable only by boat through Mekong River from the district center. The four beneficiary villages have a total of 416 households (HHs) composed of Tai Lue 363 HHs (87%) and Lao Loum 53HHs (13%). Their features can be summarized as follows:

(i) All 4 villages in the PRI subproject area are originally established by Tai Lue people. Khuanteun was the oldest Tai Lue village in the subproject area established in 1812. The first villagers came down along the Mekong River from Xishuangbanna in China. Dong and Pak Xo are also relatively old Tai Lue villages set up in 1892 and 1912 respectively. Pangsa is a relatively new Tai Lue village established in 1975 after the 2nd Indochina War. Currently, Lao Loum people share about 13% of the 4 villages. Both Tai Lue and Lao Loum ethnic groups speak the Lao National Language, and are traditionally lowland dwellers to practice rainfed and irrigated lowland agriculture.

(ii) The ethnic groups in the four villages are composed of Lue (87%) and Lao Loum (13%), and both ethnic groups belong to Lao-Tai ethno-linguistic group. Communication with and among the two ethnic groups is not an issue as both speak the Lao National Language. Cooperation and coordination is also not a problem considering that the ethnic groups in the 4 villages practice the same religion (Buddhism) and have similar culture, customs and traditions. The villages have very active village authorities who had been supporting the subproject from its identification and proposal to district authorities. The village LFNCs are also very active and are functioning as the grievance and mediation groups for the villages in coordination with village authorities. The LFNC represents all ethnic groups in village meetings and community development activities.

(iii) This PRI Subproject is expected not to affect any of the culture, traditions, beliefs and existing production system in the area.

(iv) The leaderships of village organizations are dominated by men, although there are women in the memberships. Women are burdened with household responsibilities, work alongside men in agriculture/production activities and share decision-making responsibilities with men. The representation, involvement and participation of women besides the community development activities, should be promoted in the PRI Subproject activities including the associated initiatives.

(v) On work distribution for agriculture production works, men are seen to be responsible of many of the activities, especially those that are considered “muscle” or masculine works such as land preparation, irrigation, buying inputs, fertilizer application and milling. Women seem to be responsible of planting/transplanting. Many of the agriculture production works are seen to be shared responsibilities such as weeding, harvesting, threshing, hauling/transport, livestock/poultry/fish pond management, selling production and business (store, buy and sell, trading, etc.). Decision-making responsibilities are considered to be dominated by men or shared by both gender. Decision-making responsibilities, such as budget allocation/utilization,


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education of children, crops to plant, livestock to raise, equipment to buy, and home appliances to buy are recognized to share by both genders.

(vi) The available labor in the four (4) villages (18-60 years old population) is 1,287 people. This is disaggregated by gender. The available labor in the villages is substantial to support the labor requirement of this PRI subproject.

(vii) Rice sufficiency situation based on the Village Household Masterlist shows that only 4% of the 416 HHs are insufficient with rice more than 1 month, while 96% are either rice sufficient or surplus with rice. Data on rice production from Village Agro-Socio-Economic Survey shows that the total rice production in the 4 villages for the last 3 years had been sufficient for the rice requirement of the population in the villages.

(viii) Based on the Village Household Masterlist, 360 HHs (or 87%) in the area are classified to be at medium income level, 37 HHs (or 9%) are reported to be poor and 19 HHs (or 5%) are high income category. Regarding the distribution on type of houses, about 60% of the houses in the area are medium houses made of combination of local materials, while 29% are modern houses made of concrete and iron/tile roofing, and 11% are small houses made of bamboo and wood with grass roof. The results of the Sample Household Interview show that the average HH income for the four (4) villages is above the 2012 Lao national poverty line. About 27% of the sample HHs are poor and income below the national poverty line (192,000 kip per person per month.

3.2 Social Impacts

37. This PRI Subproject has the following potential main impacts:

(i) Increase household income and hence, reduce poverty. (ii) Improvement of the economic conditions of beneficiary households due to: (a)

improved irrigation water availability in irrigated areas; (b) increase in irrigated area in both seasons; (c) increase rice yield and production; (d) and promote production of high value for other crops during the dry season.

(iii) Generate additional demand for hired labour due to increase in crop production activities in the area for two seasons.

(iv) Promote a more active economy for the villages due to increased production of rice and other crops, increased household income, potential commercialization of rice surplus and high value crops, and demand for production inputs.

(v) Savings on labor, time and local materials for the beneficiary households from any repair of the existing irrigation infrastructure particular during wet seasons.

38. It will enable intensification (increased frequency) of cropping in the irrigation sub-scheme areas through increased reliability of water supply.

39. During its fieldwork the Grant Implementation Consultants (GIC) could notice a widespread support for the irrigation sub-schemes both amongst those with irrigated land and those without as there is an expectation that intensification of cropping will provide increased demand for farm labor.

40. In addition some residents expect an opportunity for temporary employment through a contractor for construction works.

3.3 Socio-Economic Survey of Affected Households

41. No cases of AHs to report.


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42. However it was notable, that in general households talking with GIC during field work stressed their expectation of an improvement of their livelihoods through an improved irrigation scheme as their incomes depend heavily on agricultural and farming activities.

3.4 Ethnic Groups of Affected Households

43. No cases of AHs to report.

3.5 Severely Affected Persons

44. No cases of APs to report.


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4. INFORMATION DISCLOSURE, CONSULTATION AND PARTICIPATION

4.1 Requirements

45. In general a meaningful consultation is a process that (i) begins early in the project preparation stage and is carried out on an ongoing basis throughout the project cycle; (ii) provides timely disclosure of relevant and adequate information that is understandable and readily accessible to affected people; (iii) is undertaken in an atmosphere free of intimidation or coercion; (iv) is gender inclusive; (v) enables the incorporation of all relevant views of affected people and other stakeholders into project design and implementation; and (vi) ensures the participation of AHs in planning, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation of resettlement programs.

46. The Feasibility Study design related PMS indicated that this PRI Subproject will not cause resettlement impacts. Therefore no inventory of loss and no census survey through a SESAH were performed. These steps are embedded in a transparent consultation process with public village meetings as defined by the resettlement planning section of the Resettlement Framework (RF). The villagers participated throughout the various stages of LARC planning of the irrigation sub-schemes, and were properly informed of all related activities. The information includes among others the specific activities, schedules, and potential impacts and mitigation measures. The information exchange was in form of public meetings hold by the respective PPO, DPO and village committees or representatives as required in the consultation and participation section of the RF.

4.2 Achievements

47. The Project’s continuous disclosure of information, consultation and participation of residents has already a history. It started in 2010 with the PPTA for 3 representative subprojects, and continued under the NRI between 2011 and 2015 during the implementation of 26 subprojects of project years 1 to 3. In 2015 and 2016 a Small PPTA for 2 representative PRI subprojects under project year 4 was undertaken. In 2017 the implementation under NRIAF for 22 PRI subprojects started for project years 4 to 7 scheduled to be completed in 2022. Attachment 9-2.1 provides a summary of general project and specific social safeguard consultation both related to project year 5. The consulted residents have a fair idea about this PRI Subproject, and show an open attitude and a very supportive behavior towards the irrigation sub-schemes in their villages, as irrigation is a topic of high interest. They did not raise concerns or issues.

48. Provincial and district officials, as well as village representatives, households and families have been provided with an overview of this PRI Subproject in general and LARC aspects in particular. The PRI subproject ensured that potential affected persons and other stakeholders have villagers and other stakeholders have (a) obtained information at various design stages, and (b) opportunities to participate in the land acquisition process. An overview about LARC related governmental coordination and community consultation has been prepared in Attachment A9-2.3

49. The dissemination and consultation activities are performed as an integral part of the resettlement planning process to inform the concerned villages about LARC items through (a) village meeting/s and (b) individual clarifications, in addition to (c) joint transect walks. During PMS fieldwork, GIC initially explained to both staff from implementing agencies and consulted farming residents general aspects about participation of affected people in land acquisition activities, the involvement of district and village leaders in the overall process, type of compensation and mitigation measures.

50. The feedback of contacted people given to GIC concerned mainly their opinion and support to the irrigation sub-schemes, some design items such as existing or new


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alignments, and possible impacts and benefits for the villages. As part of the LAC related fieldwork measurement surveys were carried out, as well as consultation and discussions undertaken with villagers, so that their findings have been considered by the preparation of this LACDDR.

Table A9-2: PRI Subproject’s Feedback from Village Consultation Meetings on LARC

No. Question

Item Indicative Totals of Responses by Gender

All Majority Average Minority None Do not know

Content Applic-ation

100% ca. 75% ca. 50% ca.25% 0%

F M F M F M F M F M F M

Irrigation Sub-

scheme

Abbreviations Irrigation sub-schemes: Houay Xo 1 = ISbS-HX1; Houay Xo 2 = ISbS-HX2; Houay Kod = ISbS-HK

LAC requirements No irrigation sub-scheme has requirements for private land acquisition and compensation

Q-1 Do you support the Project? Yes All ISbS

Q-2 Do you support the canal scheme? Yes All ISbS

Q-3 Would you agree in permanent canal/road alignments on your land?

No cases

Q-4 Would you agree in temporary construction access on your land?

Possibly All ISbS

Q-5

If land or other assets will be acquired, what is your preferred compensation option?

Contribution to PRI Subproject

No cases

Land for land compensation

Cash compensation for land

Q-6

What is your preferred conflict resolution option?

Village committee

Yes

All ISbS

District committee

Provincial committee

Civil court

Q-7

If land or other assets will be acquired, what is your preferred use of compensation fees?

Education of children

No cases

Building new houses

Small business

Deposit in bank

Consumption

Others

Q-8

If you will lose majority of your land, what are your preferred options for future livelihoods?

Work outside

No cases

Open shops

Run restaurants or hotels

Have small business

Training, etc.

Totals 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Comments from Participants

C-1 For all irrigation sub-schemes there will be no cases of loss of land and other assets, and therefore no loss of income.

C-2 Villagers confirmed their willingness to cooperate with the PRI Subproject.

Notes from Consultant

N-1 Main facilitators: PPO, DCO, GIC.

N-2

Main items discussed: (i) Introduction and status of the PRI Subproject; (ii) Briefing on LARC aspects; (iii) Land requirements and impacts; (iv) Agreeing on joint transect walks; (v) Clarifying survey requirements; (vi) Formal land acquisition procedures; (viii) Construction schedule; (viii) Others; (ix) Open discussion with interest of participants only in (a) irrigation sub-scheme areas; and/or (b) construction.

Abbreviations

F:= Female; M:= Male; PPO:= Provincial Project Office; DCO:= District Coordination Office; GIC:= Grant Implementation Consultant; P/MS:= Preliminary Measurement Survey; DMS:= Detailed Measurement Survey; SESAH:= Socio-Economic Survey (SES) of Affected Household (AH); ISbS:= Irrigation Sub-Scheme.


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5. COMPLAINTS AND GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISMS

5.1 Requirements

51. These mechanisms are defined in the Project’s RF aiming at the participation of APs throughout the various stages of LARC planning and implementation of PRI subprojects. The information for APs about entitlements, compensation and supportive mitigation options and grievance mechanisms shall be provided by the Project’s relevant agencies and committees. Extensive meetings with APs also allow the implementing agencies to identify the needs and preferences of APs pertaining to compensation and rehabilitation assistance and to reduce any negative potential impacts caused by the proposed PRI subprojects.

52. In terms of grievance redresses, the villagers have been briefed about rights to grievance and the procedures during feasibility study in case LARC items would become a PRI subprojects related issue. This shall be repeated combined with further consultation at the start of construction work. Villagers present their complaints to the concerned local administrative officials and resettlement committees. The complaint can be filed first at the village level and can be elevated to the highest or provincial level if the complainants are not satisfied with the decisions made by the village and district levels/committees. APs will be exempted from all taxes, administrative and legal fees associated with their claims and grievance redress.

5.2 Grievance Approach

53. The main steps outlined below serve as an orientation for the grievance main approach. For each step details shall be described, agreed and explained to both resettlement responsible committees and the residents of affected villages.

54. APs are entitled to lodge complaints regarding any aspect of the preparation and implementation of this LACDDR without prejudice to their right to file complaints with the court of law at any point in the process. The implementing agencies will shoulder all administrative and legal fees that will be incurred in the resolution of grievances and complaints.

55. It is recognized that members of AHs might not have writing skills or ability to articulate their grievances verbally, however, then AHs are encouraged to seek assistance from the PRI subprojects and/or nominated local non-governmental organizations and/or other family members, village heads to have their grievances recorded in writing and to have access to the LARC documentation, and to any survey or valuation of assets, to ensure that where disputes do occur all the details have been recorded accurately enabling all parties to be treated fairly.

56. All complaints and resolutions will be properly documented by the PPO/DCO and be available for (i) the public and (ii) any monitoring purposes.


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Table A9-3: NRI-AF Main Steps of Grievance Mechanisms

Serial No. Procedural Steps

1

In each village existing mediation committees would be the first contact for APs to address their concerns. It is recommended that in agreement with villages either this committee would be responsible for LARC issues or the village would establish a sub-project related LARC committee. The village shall decide about its community internal approach.

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2 APs would address their complaints to committee/s that would have to react within a defined time (5 days to be defined by village) after submission of the complaint.

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3 In case provided responses are not satisfying to affected people the grievance applications would be forwarded to the district council for resolution within a defined time (5 days) from the date of filing the complaint with this court.

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4 In case APs are still not satisfied next steps could involve provincial authorities that would have to issue a final decision within a defined time (10 days).

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5

If irrigation sub-scheme APs are still not satisfied with the response given or decisions made, the complaint can be elevated at national level either to the national court, if legal decision at provincial level will require this, or to the NPMO which is to be established by the DOP through which the MAF will be responsible for the overall project management for final clarification in this matter within 15 days.


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6. IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE

57. In general, there are 7 PRI subprojects with 22 irrigation sub-schemes grouped under Project Phase II.

58. Concerning these 7 PRI subprojects, an overview about performed and scheduled activities of feasibility study, detailed design and construction works, together with related LARC activities has been prepared in Table A9-4. In general, this tentatively schedule is subject of continuous review during the implementation phase.

Table A9-4: PRI Subprojects Performed and Scheduled LAC Activities of Project Year 5


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7. MONITORING AND REPORTING

59. The LAC monitoring is embedded in the overall M&E approach of PRI subprojects. The M&E distinguish between internal and external components. The technical approach of the LAC related M&E will have to be transparent, and any data or information made available to involved stakeholders in Lao and/or English language, whichever is more comprehendible to a given stakeholder group.

60. In case impacts will be identified during detailed design stage, monitoring of LAC preparation and implementation will be carried out as required through the RF. In case unexpected impacts would occur during construction on AHs’ assets and/or on APs, the PPO and DCO will have to report on this in order to allow decision-making whether (i) mitigation measures can be satisfactorily provided, or otherwise (ii) there would be a need for suitable requirements and arrangements concerning affected assets and compensation actions.

7.1 Internal M&E

61. The PPO within PAFO in cooperation with DCO within DAFO is responsible for internal monitoring of LAC implementation. The monitoring strategy will have to be defined and agreed upon on a participative approach involving different stakeholders, such as communities, organizations, individuals, representatives and others, but certainly subproject affected people. A resettlement related internal monitoring concerns mainly LAC-performance in terms of whether the overall PRI subproject and resettlement objectives are being met mainly with focus on (i) assessing if mitigation measures and compensation are sufficient, if they were required, (ii) identifying methods of responding immediately to mitigate problems through remedial actions, if necessary, (iii) smooth transition between LARC activities and civil works, and (iv) others, as regarded necessary. Provincial monthly monitoring report from PPO will provide the achievements and progress. The PMO will verify and consolidate these reports in its quarterly M&E reports to be forwarded to ADB.

7.2 External M&E

62. An external monitoring organization (EMO) will undertake independent monitoring on behalf of NPMO. This organization has carried out post-resettlement impact evaluation to assess whether impacts of the proposed Project have been mitigated adequately and the pre-project standard of living of APs have been restored as a result of resettlement and project activities. The same organization will be invited to continue to provide these services for the PRI subprojects to be funded through additional financing, and review of contribution procedures will be added to their Terms of Reference. The EMO will include impact and effects monitoring including but not limited to the following cases if occurring in the subproject: (i) voluntary contribution, (ii) involuntary land acquisition and compensation, (iii) socio-economic effects, particularly changes in living standards and livelihoods, (iv) need for additional mitigation measures, as required, and (v) compliance of contractor with land acquisition, compensation and mitigation measures, where applicable. Once the land acquisition and LACR have been completed, this monitoring will evaluate post-land acquisition impacts to assess whether impacts of the PRI subproject have been mitigated. Half-yearly M&E reports would be prepared.

Northern Rural Infrastructure Development Sector Project – Additional Financing Annex 9: Attachment A9-1 Feasibility Study on Houay Xo 2 PRI Subproject

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ATTACHMENT A9-1.1: LARC FACT FINDING: PHOTO DOCUMENTATION

Subproject Houay Xo 2

IRRIGATION

SUB-SCHEME

SELECTED FEATURES

ACCESS WEIR CANAL AREA

Houay

Xo

2

PHOTO 1:

WOODEN WEIR

PHOTO 2:

TYPICAL MAIN CANAL

CONDITIONS

PHOTO 3:

TYPICAL LANDSCAPE AND

PRODUCTIVE LAND

Houay

Xo

1

PHOTO 4:

ACCESS CONDITIONS TO WEIR

AND MAIN CANAL

PHOTO 5:

CONCRETE WEIR

PHOTO 6:

EARTH MAIN CANAL

PHOTO 7:


PRODUCTIVE LAND

Houay

Kod

PHOTO 8-9:

TYPICAL ROAD AND PATH

CONDITIONS

PHOTO 10-11:

CONCRETE AND WOODEN WEIRS

PHOTO 12-13:

EARTH MAIN CANAL

PHOTO 14-15:


PRODUCTIVE LAND


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ATTACHMENT A9-1.2: LARC FACT FINDING: SCREENING

PRI Subproject Houay Xo 2

TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION

MAIN COMPONENTS YES NO DESCRIPTION

Upgrading or rehabilitation x Rehabilitation

Construction of new physical facilities x Some new facilities to be constructed

Residential area x

Non-residential area x

Access x There are existing access roads and tracks

Weir x Replacement

Main canal x Rehabilitation and new ones

Gates x They can include intake gate, sluice gate, sluice stop log gate, etc.

Canal structures x They can include farm turnouts, divisions, crossings, drainage culverts, flumes, side spillways, and others.

Other canal/s x

Drains x

Road x O&M road

POTENTIAL LAND ACQUISITION, RESETTLEMENT AND COMPENSATION (LARC) RELATED IMPACTS

SELECTED KEY ITEMS YES NO DESCRIPTION

Permanent land acquisition x

Temporary land acquisition x

Loss of houses/compounds x

Loss of agricultural land x

Displacement of people x

Change of land ownership and usage x

Loss of crops/trees x

Loss of incomes and livelihoods x

Loss of businesses/enterprises x

Loss of access to facilities/services x

Loss of community assets/ties x

Loss of cultural/historical properties x

Affected non-titled or vulnerable groups X

Affected socio-economic activities x

FINDING: THERE ARE NO LARC IMPACTS EXPECTED FOR THIS PRI SUBPROJECT BY ITS IRRIGATION SUB-SCHEMES

A B - √ C - √ D Feasibility Study - √ Detailed Design

CATEGORY: Did not changed category between Draft FS and Final FS stages

NOTE: List of technical aspects and screening items is in accordance with checklists as defined by both Lao PDR guidelines and ADB regulations


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ATTACHMENT A9-1.3: MAJOR WORKS OF PROPOSED IRRIGATION DEVELOPMENT PLAN


Irrigation sub-scheme

Present situation of the weir

Rehabilitation of the weir Rehabilitation of the canals

and related structures 1. Houay Xo 2 Wooden weir with

open stone intake Construction of KKU-Lao Type of

RC weir (W=20m, H=1.5m, L=12m) with steel control intake gate (1 no.) and steel sluice gate (1 no.) at left bank and 3 stop log type sluice gates

River bank protection upstream and downstream with stone masonry and gabion

One fish pass (W=3m)

MC: Total MC=3,411m, Concrete lining (proposed plan)=1,700m

SC: Total SC=963m, Concrete lining (proposed plan)=100m

Canal structure: Drop structure (14 nos.), Farm turnout (15 nos.)

Total 1.7 km of O&M road along main canal.

2. Houay Xo 1 Three (3) existing weirs (Ban Dong weir, Ban Pangsa weir, Ban Pakxo weir) are well working.

Bank protection works for Ban Pangsa weir are proposed, and no other rehabilitation works are required for these 3 weirs.

Proposed rehabilitation for Ban Pangsa weir: i) Additional construction of 2 nos. of stop log type scouring sluice, and ii) Earth dike along left bank (L=150m, H=1.5m) for reducing flood damages to the paddy field upstream of left bank

MC1-Ban Don: Total MC1=500m, Concrete lining (proposed plan) =500m, Flume canal (L=200m), Farm turnout (5 nos.)

MC2-Ban Pangsa: Total MC2=500m, Concrete lining (proposed plan) =500m, Farm turnout (3 nos.), Drop structure (2 nos.), Drop structure (3 nos.)

MC3-Ban Pakxo: Total MC3=600m, Concrete lining (proposed plan) =600m, Flume canal (L=400m), Farm turnout (6 nos.)

3. Houay Kod “Houay Kod 1” wooden weir with one (left bank) earth open intake.

Construction of KKU-Lao Type of RC weir (W=10m, H=1.4m, L=12.5m) with one stop log intake gate (left bank) and 4 stop log type sluice gates

River bank (right) protection upstream with gabion (L=20m)

River bank (left) protection with bio-engineering (grass/tree plantation including bamboo frame)

One fish pass (W=1.5m)

MC1: Total MC1=900m, Concrete lining (proposed plan) =900m, Farm turnout (6 nos.), Division box (1 no.), Flume structure (L=16m), Drop structure (2 nos.)

Total 2.1 km of O&M road along main canal.

“Houay Kod 2” concrete weir (W=9m, H=0.8m, L=6m) with a concrete open intake (left bank), 2 stop log sluice gates.

Downstream weir apron cut-off (Depth=1.0m)

Downstream weir erosion protection with gabion (W=9m, L=4m)

MC2: Total MC2=780m, Concrete lining (proposed plan) =600m, Farm turnout (5 nos.), Drop structure (3 nos.)

“Houay Kod 3” concrete weir (W=5m, H=0.6m, L=12m) with a concrete open intake (left bank), 2 stop log sluice gates

Downstream river bank and weir apron erosion protection with gabion (2mx1mx0.5m)

Downstream both river banks protection with gabion and bio-engineering including grass/tree plantation and bamboo frame

MC3: Total MC3=1,200m, Concrete lining (proposed plan) =600m, Farm turnout (5 nos.), Division box (1 no.) and Drop structure (3 nos.)

Abbreviations: W=width, H=height, L=length, MC: Main Canal, RMC: Right Main Canal, LMC: Left Main Canal, SC: Secondary Canal


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ATTACHMENT A9-1.4: TECHNICAL FEATURES AND RELATED AFFECTED HOUSEHOLDS


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ATTACHMENT 9-2.1: LARC CONSULTATION & COORDINATION: PHOTO DOCUMENTATION


Irrigation Sub-schemes

Houay Xo 1 and 2 ; Houay Kod

PHOTO 1-2:

FACILITATING PROVINCIAL PROJECT OFFICE (PPO), DISTRICT GOVERNOR, DISTRICT COORDINATION OFFICE (DCO), AND GRANT IMPLEMENTATION

CONSULTANT (GIC) AT KHOUANTEUN VILLAGE MEETING HALL.

PHOTO 3-4:

PUBLIC VILLAGE MEETING FOR ALL IRRIGATION SUB-SCHEMES


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ATTACHMENT 9-2.2A: LARC CONSULTATION & COORDINATION: EVENTS


SELECTIVE LAC RELATED ITINERARY

DATE ACTION DESCRIPTION

N R I

03 August

2011

Inception workshop

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Vientiane City

(i) Introduction to key stakeholders including representatives from MAF, MoF and Project staff from Bokeo, Luang Namtha, Phongsaly and Oudomxay provinces.

24-27 December

2012

Capacity Development Training

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Oudomxay Town

Training Component Social Safeguard for Project Staff:

(i) General M&E of LARC related items;

(ii) Specific criteria concerning pre-construction, con-struction and post-construction (operation) phases.

S P P T A

Nov. – Dec.

2015

Assessment of proposed subprojects for all provinces

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All PRI subproject areas

For all four provinces and all potential PRI subprojects:

(i) Elaboration on irrigation facilities;

(ii) Verification on irrigation requirements and potentials;

(iii) Preparing list of irrigation sub-schemes.

N R I A F

Dec.

2016

Irrigation pre-design evaluation

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PY 5 Subproject areas

For the 7 PRI subprojects of Project Year 5:

(i) Review of scheme layouts;

(ii) Verification of options for scheme development;

(iii) Clarification with farming communities on their rainfed and irrigated farming practices;

(iv) Discussing technical issues and O&M aspects;

(v) Others.

21 May

2017

Houay Xo 1 and 2

Irrigation

Sub-scheme

Project orientation mission

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Meeting and Prel. FS related LAC assessment in village Ban Dong village meeting hall.

Total participants: 80

(25 female and 55 male)

Topics presented to PPO, DCO, district/village authorities, residents:

Background of Project;

Scope of rehabilitation/construction of irrigation infrastructure;

Briefing on Project’s associated initiatives;

Introducing social and environmental safeguards aspects (ADB regulations and Lao laws;

Benefit Monitoring & Evaluation;

Other.

20 May

2017

Houay Kod 1-2

Irrigation

Sub-scheme

Project orientation mission

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Meeting and Prel. FS related LAC assessment in Khouanteun village meeting hall.



Oct.

2017

Project Inception Workshop

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Vientiane

(i) Inception Phase related topics;

(ii) Revised Project Schedule;

(iii) Presenting safeguards, incl. ADB about LARC items;

(iv) Others.

Nov.

2017

Provincial Inception Training

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4 provincial capitals

(i) Implementation steps;

(ii) Schedule of activities;

(iii) Methodologies;

(iv) Others.


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ATTACHMENT 9-2.2B: LARC CONSULTATION & COORDINATION: EVENTS


SELECTIVE LAC RELATED ITINERARY

DATE ACTION DESCRIPTION

05 November

2017

Houay Xo 1 and 2

And

Houay Kod

Irrigation

Sub-schemes

PMS fact finding mission

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LARC meeting in Khouanteun village



LAC topics presented and discussed:

Phase of the Project, stage of the PRI subproject, and status of irrigation sub-schemes;

Introduction into social and environmental safeguards;

Briefing into ADB and Lao regulations and laws;

Explaining Acquisition and Compensation;

Explaining type of ownership (title, certificates, tax payments);

Presenting GRM;

Presenting EMP aspects;

Discussion about dry season cultivation;

Open round for clarification and questions & answers;

Other.

Agreed actions:

Joint transect walks of villagers, IA/EA, and GIC in sub-schemes with focus on locations and alignments of existing and future irrigation infrastructure;

Verification of impacts on private assets through Preliminary Measurement Survey.

25 Nov – 05 Dec.

2017

Final irrigation engineering verification site visit

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7 PRI Subproject areas

Review of selection and technical aspects including among others:

(i) Conditions of existing irrigation infrastructure;

(ii) Existing and/or new canal alignments;

(iii) Irrigation related requirements of villagers/WUAs.

Next step Detailed Design stage Review of LAC requirements;

Preparation of Updated LACDDR.


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ATTACHMENT 9-2.3A: LARC CONSULTATION & COORDINATION: ATTENDANCE SHEETS

HOUAY XO 1 AND 2 IRRIGATION SUB-SCHEMES PUBLIC PROJECT ORIENTATION MEETING INCL. PREL. LAC BRIEFING IN DONG VILLAGE

VENUE: VILLAGE MEETING HALL

DATE: 20 MAY 2017

TIME: 08:45 – 11:27

PARTICIPANTS: TOTAL: 88 (FEMALE 24) ETHNICITY: LAO-TAI 88 (FEMALE 24)

FACILITATOR: PPO/DCO AND GIC SUPPORTED BY HEAD OF VILLAGE

Shown is first out of 4 attendance sheets. Shown is fourth out of 4 attendance sheets.

The complete original set of attendance sheets is administered by PPO/DCO with support by GIC


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ATTACHMENT 9-2.3B: LARC CONSULTATION & COORDINATION: ATTENDANCE SHEETS


VENUE: VILLAGE MEETING HALL

DATE: 21 MAY 2017

TIME: 09:23 – 11:35

PARTICIPANTS: TOTAL: 80 (FEMALE 25) ETHNICITY: LAO-TAI 72 (FEMALE 23), MON-KHMER 6 FEMALE 2, HMONG-MIEN 2 FEMALE 0.

FACILITATOR: PPO/DCO AND GIC SUPPORTED BY HEAD OF VILLAGE

Shown is first out of 3 attendance sheets. Shown is third out of 3 attendance sheets.



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ATTACHMENT 9-2.3B: LARC CONSULTATION & COORDINATION: ATTENDANCE SHEETS


VENUE: Village meeting hall

DATE: 05 NOV 2017

TIME: 09:30 – 11:35

PARTICIPANTS: Total: 84 (Female 14) Ethnicity: Lao-Tai 84 (Female 14)

FACILITATOR: DCO and GIC supported by head of village

Extracted attendance sheets



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ATTACHMENT 9-2.4: LARC CONSULTATION & COORDINATION: DRY SEASON

CULTIVATION


Irrigation Sub-scheme Information on Dry Season Cultivation

Houay Xo 1 and 2

And

Houay Kod

Irrigation

Sub-schemes

The heads and other representatives of the villages Dong, Pak Xo, and Khouanteun, and attending residential villagers confirmed in the public village meeting, that there is no dry season rice cultivation in this irrigation scheme, nor do they cultivate any other crops (vegetable, cash crops).

Verification

during

Feasibility Study

PPO, DCO and GIC have also been infiormed by farmres during transect walks and preliminary measurement surveys, that there in no cultivation during dry season in the irrigation sub-scheme areas.

Final Review

during

Detailed Design Stage

In case of no change of the irrigation sub-scheme layouts by the detailed design, the no further actions.

Any design modification will request a final review.

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