STRATEGY AND GUIDELINES FOR ETHNIC MINORITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN (EMDP)
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
Ministry of Industry
Rural Energy II Project
STRATEGY AND GUIDELINES
FOR ETHNIC MINORITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN
(EMDP)
Attachment to Ministry of Industry’s Decision
Number: Date:
VN-Rural Energy Project 2: Strategy for Ethnic Minorities February, 2004
January, 2004
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Table of content
1. Introduction............................................................................................................................................................4
2. Ethnic Minorities in Viet Nam...............................................................................................................................5
3. THE STARTEGY..................................................................................................................................................7
4. Guidelines for Ethnic Minority Development Plan (EMPD)..................................................................................7
5. Screening...............................................................................................................................................................8
6. Social Impact Assessment......................................................................................................................................8
7. Ethnic Minority Development Plan........................................................................................................................9
8. Implementation Arrangement.................................................................................................................................9
9. Monitoring.............................................................................................................................................................9
10. Schedule.............................................................................................................................................................10
11. Budget................................................................................................................................................................10
12. Reporting/Documentation..................................................................................................................................10
Annex 1: Preliminary Screening of Ethnic Minorities.............................................................................................12
Annex 2: Social Impact Assessment.......................................................................................................................13
A. Demographic Social Cultural and Economic Situation..........................................................................13
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.)........................................14
B. Social, Cultural and Economic Impact...................................................................................................14
1. Potential positive impacts:......................................................................................................................14
From Men:..............................................................................................................................................................15
Mitigation measures.........................................................................................................................................16
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1. INTRODUCTION
1. The overall development objective of the VN-Rural Energy 2 Project is to improve
access to good quality, affordable electricity services to rural communities, in an efficient and
sustainable manner. This would be achieved through: (a) major upgrading and/or expansion
of rural power networks in about 1200 communes; (b) conversion of current ad-hoc rural
electricity management systems to local distribution utilities (LDUs), as legal entities
recognized under Vietnamese law, to improve management of power distribution in rural
areas, improve financial sustainability, and better enable future mobilization of funds; and (c)
capacity building assistance for the LDUs, provincial authorities involved in planning and
regulation of rural electrification, participating regional power companies, and national
authorities. The proposed project would improve access to energy to about 1 million
households in Vietnam, including many living in some of the poorest communes. The project
also will enable supply of large increases in electric power for expanding productive uses in
rural areas, alleviating a major constraint to local economic growth.
2. The project will include two Project Components:
• Rural Distribution System Development Component. This will include most of the
IDA financing, and is the main thrust of the project. It will be implemented province-
by-province, with a medium-voltage (MV) sub-component of about $70 million
(about $55 million IDA funds and $15 million in counterpart funds) implemented by
EVN’s subsidiaries, and a low-voltage (LV) sub-component of about $228 million
(about $163 million IDA funds and about $65 million in counterpart funds)
implemented by Provincial Peoples’ Committees (PPCs), with technical support and
assistance from EVN’s subsidiaries.
• Capacity Building Component. This component will include both IDA financing of
about $1.5 million, and an associated GEF project, with about $5.25 million in GEF
grant financing. This component will support capacity building for the local
distribution utilities, especially in system and company management, and for local and
national authorities on rural electrification regulation, policy development and
planning.
The project will be prepared and implemented in phases. The phase 1A (to be prepared for
the appraisal) includes six (06) provinces namely: Vinh Phuc, Ha Tinh, Quang Ngai, Phu
Yen, Ca Mau and Ben Tre with the total of 360 communes. The phase 1B will include six
(06) provinces namely Nghe An, Yen Bai, Tay Ninh, Dong Thap, Quang Tri and Thua Thien
Hue with the total of 210 communes. The phase II will include eighteen (18) provinces
namely Lao Cai, Cao Bang, Lai Chau, Hoa Binh, Phu Tho, Thai Nguyen, Bac Giang, Ha Tay,
Hai Duong, Hung Yen, Thai Binh, Ha Nam, Nam Dinh, Thanh Hoa, Ninh Thuan, Can Tho,
Quang Binh and Binh Dinh with total of 558 communes.
3. For the subprojects to be located in the areas of Ethnic Minorities, every special effort
will be made through design, construction measures and construction schedules to reduce
adverse impacts on Ethnic Minorities. For the rehabilitation/expansion of the Medium
Voltage system, the adverse impacts would be on individuals and at low-intensity, most of
impacts on land of Ethnic Minorities will be temporary, some families of Ethnic Minorities
will be permanently acquired land for constructing of towers/poles and substations.
Therefore, the project subcomponents would not cause any culturally specific impact on the
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affected ethnic minority households and the nature of impacts does not result in community-
wide socio-economic effects.
4. 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 Directive on Indigenous Peoples (OD 4.20), an 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 OD 4.20 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
(e) Primarily subsistence-oriented production.
5. The purpose of this strategy is to ensure that the development process foster full
respect for 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.
2. ETHNIC MINORITIES IN VIET NAM
6. 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.
7. 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, social organization. Some
have had relationship with Kinh society for a long time, while others have lived in 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.
8. 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
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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.
9. 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 an 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.
10. Since 1968, the Government has promulgated sedenterization policy for ethnic
groups, reducing migration trends of the ethnic people. One of the most important policies on
relation with ethnic groups is the Government Guidance No.525/TTG on 2/11/1993 regarding
in detail on implementation guiding of development in high land areas and ethnic areas with
the main following points:
• Develop infrastructure especially transportation road system and fresh water supplying;
• Gradual increase food security;
• Consolidate of education system; adjust education program based on the characteristics of
provinces; create favor conditions and support the non-formal education programs and
develop the internal economy.
11. Ethnic minorities in Vietnam have enjoyed better legal and political status than
minority groups have 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.
12. 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.
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3. THE STARTEGY
13. The main objective of the ethnic minority framework is to ensure that the development
process foster full respect for their dignity, human rights, cultural uniqueness and that ethnic
minorities do not suffer adverse impacts during the development process and they will receive
culturally-compatible social and economic benefits. The Bank's OD 4.20 on Indigenous
Peoples indicates that the strategy for addressing the issues pertaining to indigenous peoples
must be based on the informed participation of the indigenous people themselves. 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 natural
and economic resources.
14. 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.
15. 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.
16. This strategy will applied to all of the sub-projects of Rural Energy Project no.2
where applicable.
4. GUIDELINES FOR ETHNIC MINORITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN (EMPD)
17. The guidelines seek to ensure that ethnic minorities are well informed, consulted and
mobilized to participate in the sub-projects to be supported by Rural Energy No. 2 Project.
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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,
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.
Detail requirements for screening and social impact assessment are described in the annexes.
The Project will provide a series of training to all implementers and local agencies preparing
and implementing EMDPs.
5. SCREENING
18. All communes which have ethnic minority communities and are candidates for sub-
Project will be visited (at the time of first consultation with communes) by PCs, relevant local
authorities 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 which would like to discuss about 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.
19. At this visit, the social scientists (consultants) and/or 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 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.
20. If the results show that there are ethnic minority communities in the zone of influence
of the proposed sub-project, a social impact assessment will be planned for those areas.
6. SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
21. The social impact assessment (SIA) will be undertaken by the social scientists
(consultants) and/or 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.
22. Information will be gathered from separate group meetings: ethnic minority leaders;
ethnic minority men; and ethnic minority women, especially those who live in the zone of
influence of the proposed work under sub-Project. Discussions will focus on sub-Project
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impacts, positive and negative; and recommendations for design of sub-Project. The local
Women’s Union will be responsible for analyzing the SIA, and for leading the development
of an action plan with the ethnic minority leaders, Project engineers and other 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.
23. If the ethnic minority supports the sub-Project implementation an EMDP will be
developed.
7. ETHNIC MINORITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN
24. 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.
8. IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENT
25. 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.
26. PCs of the EVN and 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).
9. MONITORING
27. 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
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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.
28. 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.
10. SCHEDULE
29. The EMDP should have an implementation schedule that is coordinated with the sub-
project implementation. Logically, social impact assessments and group meetings should be
undertaken before sub-project 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 .
11. BUDGET
30. The EMDP, while provides 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.
12. REPORTING/DOCUMENTATION
31. 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.
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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
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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 Villages, Name of Ethnic Groups along No. of Ethnic Minority No. of Total Ethnic
Communes along the influence Zone (including Households along the Minority Persons along
the Influenced Zone Kinh) influenced zone the influenced Zone .
Women Men
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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
________
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 H/Holds Secondary Activity % of EM
i. sedentary agriculture i. sedentary agriculture
ii. shifting agriculture ii. shifting agriculture
iii. landless farm worker iii. landless farm worker
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vi. off farm work vi. off farm work
v. govt. employees v. govt. employees
vi. vi.
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:______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
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:______________________________________________________________
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________________________________________________________________________
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:
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
C. Suggestions and Recommendations for Sub-Project
FROM MEN:
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________
From Women:
________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
D. Other Comments
__________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________
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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:
_______________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________
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,.
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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:
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
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. _____________________________________________
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5. _____________________________________________
Activity Monitoring Schedule Visited by If completed
(x)
1 Screening
2 Conduct SIA
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)
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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 RESPONSIBLE MATERIAL & WEEK
PERSON FORMS 1 2 3 4 5
1 Inform ethnic minority commune leaders and PC, PMB or Project brochure x
local authorities about the sub-project consultants/district (PMB to provide
trained Staff sample)
2 Conduct screening to determine types and Consultants, trained Provide Screening/ x
numbers of ethnic minority households living District Staff EM Inventory Form
in area of zone of influence of subproject.
3 Request EM commune leaders, local PC, PMB under and Official letter x
authorities to help with completing Screening/ EVN
EM Inventory
4 Undertake social impact assessment ethnic Consultants, trained SIA Form x
minority households in zone of influence/area District Staff (under
of subproject. guidance from PMB)
Conduct 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 SIA Ditto SIA Form x
6 Meet EM leaders and members and discuss Consultants, district x
findings of SIA trained Staff
7 Prepare Action Plan with local authorities, Consultants Action Plan Form x
ethnic minority representatives and their
leaders
8 Meet with designed Engineers to discuss Consultants, local x
feedback from the commune and use trained staff
information to design and mitigation measures
9 Send all Inventories, SIAs, Action Plans to Consultants x
PMB
10 Summarize information and submit to PC, PMBs x
IDA/World Bank.
Important – the reports should be submitted
with submission of its proposed subproject
Program.
11 Monitor implementation of Ethnic Minority PC, PMB, Local Monitoring Reports
Action Plan authorities,
Representatives of EM,
Independent Monitors
for RAP
implementation.
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