Authors
- Disclosure Date
- 2024/10/06
- Disclosure Status
- Disclosed
- Doc Name
- Resettlement Framework Ruzizi 3 Regional Hydropower Project (P178685)
- Lending Instrument
- Investment Project Financing
- Pages
- 187
- Product Line
- IBRD/IDA
- Published in
- United States of America
- Rel Proj ID
- 3E-Ruzizi 3 Regional Hydropower Project -- P178685
- Unit Owning
- Infra AFR Energy 3 (IAEE3)
- Version Type
- Final
Table of Contents
- Burundi DRC - Rwanda Ruzizi III Hydroelectric Power Project 1
- Environmental Social Impact Assessment Vol. V Resettlement Action Plan 1
- ISSUE AND REVISION RECORD 2
- Contents 3
- Summary .............................................................................. 1 3
- Introduction ...................................................................... 18 3
- Project Description ......................................................... 21 3
- Scope of Land Acquisition and Resettlement ......... 28 3
- Legal Framework and Gaps with Lender Policies ... 36 3
- Census and Socioeconomic Profile of Affected Persons .............................................................................. 53 3
- Eligibility and Entitlements.......................................... 112 3
- Valuation and Compensation ..................................... 118 4
- Resettlement Assistance ............................................ 125 4
- Livelihood Restoration Programme .......................... 127 4
- Institutional Arrangements and Responsibilities ... 137 4
- RAP Implementation ..................................................... 141 4
- Stakeholder Engagement ........................................... 144 4
- Grievance Redress Mechanism ................................. 154 4
- Monitoring and Evaluation ........................................... 161 5
- Budget and Funding...................................................... 165 5
- Annexes ..................................................................................... 167 5
- Abbreviations and Acronyms 6
- List of Tables 7
- List of Figures 9
- Definitions 12
- Summary 14
- Introduction 31
- 1.1 31
- Overview 31
- 1.2 32
- Principles and Objectives 32
- 1.3 33
- Structure of the Report 33
- Project Description 34
- 2.1 34
- Main Components 34
- 2.2 36
- Quarries and Borrow Areas 36
- 2.3 38
- Associated facilities 38
- 2.4 38
- Restriction on Land Use in the Right-of-Way of the Transmission Line 38
- Scope of Land Acquisition and Resettlement 41
- 3.1 41
- Scope of the RAP 41
- 3.2 41
- Project Components Concerned by Land Acquisition 41
- 3.3 44
- Past Land Access and Acquisition 44
- 3.4 46
- Land Acquisition Impacts 46
- Legal Framework and Gaps with Lender Policies 49
- 4.1 49
- Introduction 49
- 4.2 49
- National legislations on expropriations 49
- 4.3 57
- Implementation Agreement between REL and the Contracting States 57
- 4.4 58
- Lenders Policies and Applicable Standards 58
- 4.5 59
- Gap Analysis between National Legislation and Applicable Standards 59
- Census and Socioeconomic Profile of Affected Persons 66
- 5.1 66
- Estimated Number of Affected Persons 66
- 5.2 67
- Socioeconomic Profile 67
- 5.3 104
- Impacts Analysis 104
- Eligibility and Entitlements 125
- 6.1 125
- Eligibility 125
- 6.2 127
- Entitlements 127
- Valuation and Compensation 131
- 7.1 131
- Valuation and Compensation Rates 131
- 7.2 135
- Compensation Process 135
- Resettlement Assistance 138
- 8.1 138
- Moving Allowance 138
- 8.2 138
- Assistance to Find Land for the Replacement House 138
- 8.3 138
- Assistance for Construction of the Replacement House 138
- 8.4 139
- In-kind Assistance during the displacement 139
- Livelihood Restoration Programme 140
- 9.1 140
- Overview of Current Livelihood Constraints 140
- 9.2 146
- Livelihood Restoration Measures 146
- 9.3 149
- Local Area Development Plan 149
- Institutional Arrangements and Responsibilities 150
- 10.1 150
- Joint Implementation Unit 150
- 10.2 150
- Ruzizi Energy Limited REL 150
- 10.3 151
- Contracting States 151
- 10.4 152
- Governmental agencies in Rwanda and DRC 152
- 10.5 152
- Resettlement Committees 152
- 10.6 153
- Local Financial Institutions 153
- 10.7 153
- Lenders 153
- RAP Implementation 154
- 11.1 154
- Steps Required to Implement the RAP 154
- 11.2 155
- Schedule for the RAP Implementation 155
- Stakeholder Engagement 157
- 12.1 157
- Stakeholder Identification 157
- 12.2 158
- Engagement Activities Undertaken to Date 158
- 12.3 163
- Public Disclosure of the RAP 163
- 12.4 163
- Consultation Programme for the RAP Implementation 163
- 12.5 165
- Specific Measures for Vulnerable Groups 165
- Grievance Redress Mechanism 167
- 13.1 169
- Grievance Redress Procedure 169
- 13.2 170
- Gender-based violence Reporting Mechanism 170
- 13.3 172
- Contact Information 172
- Monitoring and Evaluation 174
- 14.1 175
- Monitoring 175
- 14.2 176
- Evaluation 176
- 14.3 177
- Schedule of Monitoring and Evaluation 177
- Budget and Funding 178
- 15.1 178
- Funding 178
- 15.2 178
- Budget 178
- Annexes 180
- Annex 1. Quantitative Households 181
- Survey Form 181
- Annex 2. Grievance Form 182
- Annex 3. Grievances Database 183
- Annex 4. Declaration of Public Utility for DRC 185
- Annex 5. References 186