Draft Environmental and Social Systems Assessment (ESSA) - Albania National Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Modernization Program - P170891

As part of the ESSA, the WB task team assesses the PforR Program Systems for managing environmental and social effects, considering, among other things, the capacity to plan, implement, monitor, and report on the environmental and social mitigation measures, the scope for improvements, and the risks and related mitigation measures. [...] The Albanian legislation on expropriation provides the right to the AP to bring actions before the courts for seeking higher compensation from that defined in the decision on expropriation enacted by the decision of the Council of Ministers, but the AP cannot challenge the expropriation process. [...] This RA will support three types of activities through of compliance with requirements and achievement of specific results at the local level: (i) Support for COVID19 and Performance Based Grants (PBG): For the year 2020, the grants will cover subsidies for operational expenditures to be delivered to the WSS utilities as part of the emergency response to the COVID19 situation, allocated as per the [...] The engineers responsible for the detailed design of the WWTP investments calculate the population of the area, and the potential flow that will be generated in the case of achievement of 100 percent coverage of the area. [...] The decree allows water utilities to be reimbursed by the central government for the cost of connecting and installing the meter for households which fall under this vulnerable category 15 manage the community’s expectations as their request was for PIU to fix all the section of the road and not only the section pertaining the supply pipe lining related with the works.