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Involuntary Resettlement 0P 4.12: Planning Instruments

Involuntary Resettlement 0P 4.12: Planning Instruments. A Resettlement Overview. What are the purposes of resettlement planning? What is a Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) and what does it require? What is a Resettlement Policy Framework (RPF) and what does it require?. Key Planning Objectives.

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Involuntary Resettlement 0P 4.12: Planning Instruments

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  1. Involuntary Resettlement 0P 4.12: Planning Instruments

  2. A Resettlement Overview What are the purposes of resettlement planning? What is a Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) and what does it require? What is a Resettlement Policy Framework (RPF) and what does it require?

  3. Key Planning Objectives • Identify adverse impacts for avoidance, minimization or mitigation • Assist affected people to improve, or at least restore, incomes and living standards • Provide arrangements and resources for implementation of mitigation measures • Mitigating risks for affected people helps minimize risks to borrower and Bank, too

  4. Key Planning Considerations • RAP is borrower’s responsibility to prepare and implement • Implementers and affected people should be involved in planning process • Compensation and other necessary assistance provided before impacts are imposed • Bank acceptance generally required at appraisal (or prior to subproject approval)

  5. Recurring Issues and Problems Defining the project: “Indirect impacts” and “linkage” in application of Bank policy Bridging the eligibility gap: Assisting vulnerable people and those who lack full legal recognition Covering all costs: ‘Replacement cost’ valuation, transaction costs and transitional support Stock and flow: Asset compensation, income restoration, and development opportunities

  6. RAP: Institutional Aspects • Policy and regulatory gap analysis • Timetable linked to project implementation • Organizational roles and capacity assessment • Internal and external monitoring arrangements • Consultation and information dissemination • Grievance procedures

  7. RAP: Technical Content • Description of project and impacts • Impact avoidance and minimization efforts • Identification of affected persons and impacts • Valuation, compensation and assistance measures • Relocation site plan (if relevant) • Income restoration plan (if relevant) • Budget and financial arrangements

  8. Conducting Census and Inventory • 100% census is essential for identifying and enumerating all affected people • Inventory of affected assets essential to categorization of impacts and formulation of assistance • Income-related impacts and other potential socioeconomic issues can be considered on sample survey basis • Full and timely data gathering is key to establishing eligibility, budgeting, monitoring and resolution of grievances

  9. Recurring Practical Problems RAP inputs and processes are more time-intensive than usual domestic practice Consultation and information disclosure requirements may be more extensive Clarifying responsibilities and inter-agency coordination can be difficult Different Bank measures and procedures bureaucratically difficult to implement Bridging gaps: borrower often lacks authority to go beyond existing regulations or practice Monitoring and adapting to contingencies

  10. Resettlement Policy Framework • RPF establishes principles and procedures for subsequent planning and implementation • Prepared when it is impossible to finalize a RAP by appraisal • Technical planning cannot be done if location, nature and scale of impacts are not known • Bank acceptance of RAP required prior to ‘approval of financing’ and initiation of works

  11. Core Content of RPF Description of project and estimated impacts Explanation why full planning is not possible Key principles and objectives Policy and regulatory gap analysis Plan preparation and approval process Organizational roles and procedures Consultation, disclosure and grievance redress commitments

  12. Recurring RPF Transition Issues • RPF is borrower’s document, representing acceptance of policy obligations • RPF provides tentative agreement; RP reviewed and approved based on final design • RPF should reflect level of information available at appraisal stage • Planning or implementation issues often arise if borrower ownership of RPF is weak

  13. Resettlement Process Framework • Applicability: Restrictions on access to resources in legally designated parks or conservation areas • Objective: Livelihood restoration “in a manner that maintains the sustainability of natural resources.”

  14. Process Framework Requirements • An acceptable process framework document is required for appraisal. The framework establishes a participatory process by which appropriate restrictions and mitigation measures, as well as implementation and monitoring arrangements, are to be considered • An acceptable plan of action is required prior to enforcement of restrictions The plan of action describes specific restrictions, measures to be undertaken to assist affected persons, and arrangements for implementation and monitoring

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