RP1797 V4 ROGUN HPP ESIA Livelihood Restoration Plan for Stage 1 Barki Tojik January 30th 2015 ROGUN HPP ESIA LIVELIHOOD RESTORATION PLAN FOR STAGE 1 Table  of  Contents   1   INTRODUCTION   1   1.1   THE  PROJECT  LIVELIHOOD  RESTORATION  PLAN   1   1.2   BACKGROUND   2   2   BRIEF  DESCRIPTION  OF  THE  PROJECT  AND  RESETTLEMENT   3   3   LEGAL  FRAMEWORK   3   4   DEVELOPMENT  OF  THE  LRP   4   4.1   SUMMARY  OF  RELEVANT  FINDINGS  FROM  THE  RAP   5   4.2   SUMMARY  OF  FINDINGS  FROM  THE  2014  SITE  VISIT  AND  OBTAINED  DURING  THE   DEVELOPMENT  OF  THE  LRP   7   4.2.1   KEY  ISSUES  AND  CONSTRAINTS   7   4.2.2   IMPACTS  ON  LIVELIHOODS  AND  POTENTIAL  RISKS   8   4.2.3   LIVELIHOOD  RESTORATION  ACTIVITIES  ALREADY  UNDERTAKEN   12   4.3   PLANNED  AND  IDENTIFIED  POTENTIAL  LIVELIHOOD  RESTORATION  ACTIVITIES   13   4.3.1   CHARACTERISTICS  OF  RESETTLEMENT  SITES  AND  OPPORTUNITIES  FROM  A  LIVELIHOOD   RESTORATION  PERSPECTIVE   13   4.3.2   LIVELIHOOD  RESTORATION  IMPLEMENTATION  PARTNERS   15   5   ELIGIBILITY  FOR  ASSISTANCE   19   6   DESCRIPTION  OF  ENTITLEMENTS   21   6.1   REPLACEMENT  LAND  FOR  FARMING   22   6.2   ACCESS  TO  EMPLOYMENT  /  LIVELIHOOD  GENERATION  PROGRAMS   23   6.3   ACCESS  TO  TRAINING   24   6.4   ACCESS  TO  SOCIAL  WELFARE  AND  UNEMPLOYMENT  BENEFITS   26   6.5   OTHER  POSSIBLE  FORMS  OF  ASSISTANCE   27   6.6   ENTITLEMENTS  MATRIX   27   7   IMPLEMENTATION  OF  THE  LRP   31   7.1   DEVELOPMENT  OF  EXCEL  DATA  BASES   31   7.2   COMMUNITY  MEETINGS  IN  EACH  LOCATION  TO  PRESENT  THE  ACTIVITY   32   7.3   INDIVIDUAL  MEETINGS  AND  DEVELOPMENT  OF  INDIVIDUAL  ASSISTANCE  PLANS   32   7.4   IDENTIFICATION  OF  AVAILABLE  SERVICES  AND  PROGRAMS  OF  SUPPORT   34   7.5   IMPLEMENTATION  OF  INDIVIDUAL  ASSISTANCE  PLANS   34   8   CONSULTATION,  DISCLOSURE  OF  INFORMATION  AND  GRIEVANCE   MANAGEMENT   35   8.1   CONSULTATIONS  FOR  THE  DEVELOPMENT  OF  THE  LRP   35   8.2   PLANNED  CONSULTATIONS  AND  GRIEVANCE  MANAGEMENT   36   9   INSTITUTIONAL  RESPONSIBILITIES  FOR  IMPLEMENTATION  OF  THE  LRP   37   10   TIMETABLE  /  WORKPLAN  FOR  LRP  IMPLEMENTATION   38   11   MONITORING  AND  REPORTING   38   11.1   MONITORING   38   11.2   REPORTING   41   12   ESTIMATED  BUDGET  FOR  LRP  IMPLEMENTATION   41   13   CONCLUSIONS   42   ANNEXES   44   LIST  OF  TABLES   TABLE  4.1  EMPLOYMENT  OF  INDIVIDUALS  BASED  ON  THE  2011  CENSUS  DATA,  PER  RESETTLEMENT  LOCATION  ....  6   TABLE  4.2  PRESENTATION  OF  POSITIVE  AND  NEGATIVE  IMPACTS  BEFORE  AND  AFTER  RESETTLEMENT  .................  10   TABLE  4.3  ESTIMATED  JOB  OPPORTUNITIES  IN  SCHOOLS  AND  HEALTH  CENTERS  IN  EACH  LOCATION   ......................  15   TABLE  4.4  CURRENT  NUMBER  OF  JOB  VACANCIES  IN  THE  AFFECTED  AREAS  PER  SECTOR  ..........................................  16   TABLE  4.5  DETAILED  LIST  OF  CURRENT  JOB  VACANCIES  IN  RUDAKI  ..............................................................................  16   TABLE  4.6  TRAINING  AND/OR  EMPLOYMENT  IN  2013  AND  2014  THROUGH  THE  EMPLOYMENT  AGENCY  ...........  18   TABLE  6.1  ENTITLEMENTS  FOR  AFFECTED  PEOPLE  WITH  AGRICULTURAL  AND  PASTURE  LAND  ...............................  22   TABLE  6.2  EXAMPLES  OF  TRAINING  OPPORTUNITIES  OFFERED  THROUGH  THE  EMPLOYMENT  AGENCY  PER  REGION  ........................................................................................................................................................................................  25   TABLE  6.3  GENERIC  ENTITLEMENTS  MATRIX  ....................................................................................................................  28   TABLE  11.1  INDICATIVE  LIST  OF  INDICATORS  FOR  MONITORING  ...................................................................................  39   TABLE  12.1  ESTIMATED  BUDGET  FOR  THE  FIRST  TWO  YEARS  OF  LRP  IMPLEMENTATION  ........................................  41     LIST  OF  ACRONYMS  AND  ABBREVIATIONS   ESIA   Environmental  and  Social  Impact  Assessment   FAO   Food  and  Agriculture  Organization   GOT   Government  of  Tajikistan   HH   Households   HLA   Household  Level  Audit   HPP   Hydropower  Project   LRP   Livelihood  Restoration  Plan   MLMEP   Ministry  of  Labor,  Migration  and  Employment  of  Population   NGO   Non-­‐Governmental  Organisation   PAP   Project  Affected  Person   RAP   Resettlement  Action  Plan   RPF   Resettlement  Policy  Framework   RU   Resettlement  Unit   TJS   Tajikistan  Somoni   UN   United  Nations   USD   United  States  Dollar   WB   World  Bank   ROGUN HPP ESIA Livelihood Restoration Plan 1 Introduction The Government of Tajikistan (GoT) is planning to implement the Rogun Hydropower Project (“Rogun HPP” or “the Project”). The implementation of the Project will require resettlement of an estimated 6,000 households (42,000 people). Resettlement will be carried out in phases and currently Stage 1 is ongoing, which includes 289 households (527 families). The project is committed to following international best practice in resettlement, more precisely the WB standards and therefore appropriate livelihood restoration measures have to be developed and implemented. A special unit, the "Directorate of the Flooding Zone of Rogun HPP", referred to as the Resettlement Unit (RU), was set up to organize resettlement in coordination with other government ministries and agencies. The RU reports directly to the Government of Tajikistan. RU has local offices and representatives at all Stage 1 resettlement sites (Rogun, Rudaki and Tursunzade). A Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) has been prepared for Stage 1 resettlement in 2014 and is being implemented by the RU. A Resettlement Policy Framework (RPF) has also been prepared and will be implemented for all future resettlement in relation to the Project. Both documents, which have been officially endorsed by the GoT, specify that a Livelihood Restoration Plan will be developed and implemented. 1.1 The Project Livelihood Restoration Plan The RU has developed this Livelihood Restoration Plan (LRP) with assistance from external consultants, in accordance with Tajik legislation and the WB OP 4.12, with the aim of assisting the restoration of livelihoods for all families who will be or have been resettled as part of Stage 1 of the Project. The LRP should be read in conjunction with the RPF and the RAP, as it leans on the information provided in these documents and further describes measures for assisting project affected people (PAPs) in Stage 1 resettlement to improve, or at a minimum restore their livelihoods to pre-project levels in their new places of residence, in the next three to five years. The LRP has been endorsed by the GoT and will be implemented by the RU, in cooperation with other relevant central and local government agencies and organizations, as well as external partners. The principles and process from this LRP will also serve as a basis for implementing all future livelihood restoration activities in subsequent phases of resettlement, which are expected to take place over a period of 16 years. To achieve the aim of improving or at a minimum restoring livelihoods of project affected people, livelihood restoration activities will continue being implemented beyond the completion of physical resettlement, for at least another three to five years. 1 ROGUN HPP ESIA Livelihood Restoration Plan 1.2 Background Tajikistan became an independent country in 1991 with the breakup of the former Soviet Union. It has one of the lowest per capita GDP among the former Soviet Republics. The country also suffered through a civil war in the period from 1992 to 1997, which has had a further damaging effect on an already weakened economy. After the war, in the early 2000s the economy began to show signs of consistent growth, until the 2008-09 global economic crisis. Growth recovered quickly driven by remittance inflows and averaged over 7 percent annually in the period 2010-2013, however with rates of poverty remaining high, particularly for women. Economic growth, private sector development, job creation (especially for young people), and education / training for employment are considered the four most critical areas for reducing poverty and promoting shared prosperity. The government of Tajikistan has set ambitious goals of doubling the GDP, reducing poverty to 20 percent and expanding the middle class by 20201. According to a recent 2014 WB study2, generating more productive employment remains one the most critical challenges for achieving these goals. The main finding of the report is that skills gaps hinder labour market outcomes in Tajikistan. The report concludes that Tajikistan’s economy is shifting away from agriculture and industry toward services and there is an increasing demand for “new economy skills”. It further concludes that formal sector job creation is still insufficient and that a sizable portion of the working population is engaged in the informal sector (60 percent). Jobs are distributed unevenly and in particular, female employment rates are only 25 percent while over 15 percent of the young population is not looking for a job because they do not believe they can find one. Almost one-in-three young men migrate abroad for employment purposes, mainly to the Russian Federation. In addition, weak labor market systems are limiting the extent to which the supply of skills are effectively matched with employer demand. Difficulties in learning about job vacancies and demonstrating their skills make it harder for people to find suitable jobs. As could be expected, employment prospects are stronger for higher educated and secondary special/technical educated individuals. The study highlights that higher education completion rates are greater in urban areas (36 percent among men and 18 percent among women), compared to rural areas (15 percent among men and 3 percent among women). Opportunities for livelihood restoration in connection to the Rogun HPP have been considered against the background of the above issues, particularly in light of the fact that a part of the affected population is resettling from rural to urban areas, as described in the following section of the LRP. 1 “Country Partnership Strategy for Tajikistan, for the period FY15–FY18.” 2014 World Bank, Washington, DC. 2 “The Skills Road: Skills for Employability in Tajikistan.” World Bank, Washington, DC, 2014. Ajwad, Mohamed Ihsan Stefan Hut, Ilhom Abdulloev, Robin Audy, Joost de Laat, Sachiko Kataoka, Jennica Larrison, Zlatko Nikoloski, and Federico Torracchi. 2 ROGUN HPP ESIA Livelihood Restoration Plan 2 Brief Description of the Project and Resettlement The Rogun HPP site is located in the Vakhsh river valley, about 110 km east of Dushanbe. The site is located in the Rasht region, affecting three districts: Rogun, Nurobod and Rasht. The project is proposed to consist of a 335 m high dam, a reservoir with a full supply level of 1290 m asl covering an area of 170 km and a power house with an installed capacity of 3200 MW. Stage 1 resettlement encompasses relocation of 7 villages as follows: • 6 villages (Kishrog, Mirog, Tagi Agba, Talkhakchashma, Tagi Kamar, and Sech) located within the risk zone associated to the construction site of Rogun dam. • 1 village (Chorsada), located 12 km upstream of the dam, outside of the construction area, however planned to be submerged in the first stage of reservoir filling. These 7 villages have a population of 2,048 persons in 289 households, consisting of 527 families (status as of April 2014 from the Project RAP). One of the benefits of resettlement is the possibility given to households to obtain multiple land plots for housing in new locations, so that individual families (e.g. married sons and daughters with their children), living within one household in the old location, can begin living independently as separate households once they move. Compensation for construction of housing was/is provided only to one family unit (the head of the household), while other families receive a land plot and are expected to construct their houses from their own resources, if they wish to do so. From 289 households, 527 families have received the right to land plots for housing in new locations. Families are relocating to four locations as follows3: • Tursunzade, urban area – 124 families • Rudaki, urban area – 234 families • Rogun district, rural area (Yoligarmova and Novi Saidon) – 141 families As of December 2014, 255 families have already been fully resettled to new locations. These include all 234 families resettled to Rudaki and 21 to Tursunzade. Those who are still awaiting resettlement are families going to the two sites in the Rogun district (141) and the majority of families going to Tursunzade (103). In parallel to the development of the LRP, an Intermediate Household Level Audit (HLA) was undertaken by another team of consultants in cooperation with the RU. The aim of the audit is to identify any specific additional compensation, which would be due to affected people to ensure that entitlements under the projects’ RAP are applied to all affected people. 3 Legal Framework Resettlement for the Project is being implemented in accordance with two main documents: • Rogun Resettlement Law4 3 Information was provided for a total of 499 families; information for 28 families is missing. 3 ROGUN HPP ESIA Livelihood Restoration Plan • The WB policy on Involuntary Resettlement (OP 4.12)5, representative of international good practice, and which GoT is committed to implementing. With regards to livelihoods, the Rogun Resettlement Law specifies in Article 12 that “The Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of the Republic of Tajikistan 6 , the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Tajikistan, the State Committee for Investments and the Agency for State Property Management jointly with chairmen of Khatlon Oblast, Rogun and Tursunzade towns, Nurobod, Rudaki and Dangara Rayons of Khatlon Oblast – are to take practical measures on assistance in ensuring the employment of migrants, in particular investment programs”. The WB OP 4.12 states that “Displaced persons should be assisted in their efforts to improve their livelihoods and standards of living or at least to restore them, in real terms, to pre-displacement levels or to levels prevailing prior to the beginning of project implementation, whichever is higher.” Additional requirements with regards to livelihood restoration applicable to this Project can be summarized as follows: • Livelihood restoration activities must be planned and implemented with appropriate disclosure of information, consultation, and the informed participation of those affected; • Special provisions must be in place for assisting disadvantaged or vulnerable individuals or groups that may be more adversely affected by displacement than others and who may be limited in their ability to claim or take advantage of livelihood assistance and related development benefits; • A grievance mechanism must be put in place to receive and address in a timely fashion specific concerns about displacement and livelihood restoration that are raised by displaced persons. The law and the policy specify the main principle of ensuring that resettled people are able to relocate and restore their livelihoods. This LRP has been developed with a view of putting these policy documents into practice and listing the main activities, which will be implemented by the RU to ensure that the above principle is fulfilled in accordance with international good practice. 4 Development of the LRP The LRP was developed in fall of 2014, by the RU with assistance from a team of social consultants. For this work, the team used information from previous work done for resettlement planning, data available in the RU and in other relevant institutions, as well as information collected in the last quarter of 2014, particularly during a site visit carried out from November 24th to November 28th 2014 (Annex 1 – List of 4 The GoT Resolution dated 20th January 2009, No. 47 City of Dushanbe, on Resettlement of the Population of Rogun Town and Nurobod Rayon from Zones of Submersion of Rogun Hydropower Plant. 5 The text in this section is only a brief summary of the OP 4.12 requirements and is qualified by reference to the full text of the policy (http://go.worldbank.org/GM0OEIY580) 6 Now the Ministry of Labor, Migration and Employment of Population 4 ROGUN HPP ESIA Livelihood Restoration Plan meetings held). A summary of findings relevant to livelihood restoration from the RAP and collected in the last quarter of 2014 is presented further in this section. 4.1 Summary of relevant findings from the RAP A detailed overview of the socio economic situation in existing villages, mainly based on data collection carried out in 2011, is provided in the Project RAP and the Project Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA), while this section only highlights some of the main findings relevant for livelihood restoration, as follows: • 56% of the affected population is working age (approx. 1,150 people). • 27% of the male population was employed at the construction site of Rogun HPP. • 24% of the male population was found to be migrant workers in the Russian Federation. • Over 73% of women are housewives and work mainly in the household family gardens and orchards. • 18.4% of men and 10.5% of women were found to be unemployed. • 2.6% of the population is employed in public institutions as teachers, Hukumat employees, doctors, etc. • the level of education among the adult population is relatively low when compared with the average national level, especially among the female population. However, it should be noted that 48.3% of affected people have completed secondary education (52.2% of men and 44.3% of women) and an additional 10% have higher education (19.3% of men and only 1.1% of women). 4.5% are illiterate (2.1% of men and 6.9% of women) while 13.3% received only primary education (9.2% of men and 17.4% of women). According to the results of the household survey from 2011, incomes were generated in the following way: • 39% from wages (predominantly employment at Rogun HPP) • 23% from dekhan7 farms and 8% gardens • 18% from migrant labor • 6% from businesses • 4% from pensions • 2% from employment other than Rogun HPP (schools, health centers, public administration, etc.) The survey also showed that the majority of the household income was spent on food (approx. 70%). 7 The main form of land ownership, besides the household ownership, is dekhan farm in Tajikistan. Under the dekhan farms, the land remains state property (cannot be sold), however, farmers are granted inheritable land use rights that give legal freedom to manage the land as landholders wish. The state collects taxes and can repossess the land if it believes the land is not being managed properly. The three types of dekhan land are: (i) individual (land use certificate is held by the individual), (ii) family (certificate is held jointly) and (iii) collective (certificate details common property shareholders). 5 ROGUN HPP ESIA Livelihood Restoration Plan In the original villages, households used mainly land around their houses for subsistence farming (house gardens with vegetables and fruit trees) and in some cases additional land for farming i.e. dekhan farms, presidential land and leased land (approx. 38% of households). The majority of households also kept poultry and livestock (90%), as pasture land was widely available in the affected area. The Project RAP states that villages in the Rogun HPP project area from which affected people are relocating are not suitable for agriculture due to limited availability of suitable soils, difficult climatic conditions and no or only small scale irrigation. On the other hand, these areas are suitable for livestock (mainly cattle), with livestock husbandry on a low intensity level, based mainly on pasture. Pasture is readily available in the villages in the Rogun HPP project area8. The situation for those people who relocate within the project area (Novi Saidon, Yoligarmova) will remain the same, where sufficient pasture land is available for continuing livestock husbandry in the same way. However, the situation in the urban areas in the plain (Tursunzade, Rudaki), which are agricultural areas is quite different. There, good agricultural land is available, with irrigation systems in place, for cultivation, however, pasture land is scarce and, if at all available, in a considerable distance to the new settlements. It is difficult or even impossible to continue, at these new sites, with the traditional form of livestock husbandry. More than 72% of affected people declared that they would like to receive livelihood restoration assistance, i.e. training, in their new places of residence. More than 40%, mostly men, would like to learn new farming techniques (e.g. production of cotton, vegetables and rice). Over 50% of women would like to attend courses in embroidery and 20% in cooking. In order to understand the overall number of potentially affected people in Stage 1 and the types of assistance that would need to be provided to them to restore livelihoods at the family level in their new places of residence, Table 4.1 was generated by combining data obtained through the 2011 census for 2,048 affected individuals and data on affected families per location (to where they resettled or will resettle), received from the RU. The data is only indicative and will have to be updated through the development of a census level data base as described in Section 7. Table 4.1 Employment of individuals based on the 2011 census data, per resettlement location New Employment Rudaki Yoligarmova Saidon Tursunzade TOTAL farmer 11 0 0 0 11 pensioner 59 12 21 28 120 business 16 2 4 4 26 worker 37 36 31 53 157 student 19 2 5 7 33 migrant worker 100 3 21 14 138 teacher 22 1 7 5 35 housekeeper 210 45 63 94 412 unemployed 70 10 30 48 158 8 see ESIA Main Report, Chapter 9 6 ROGUN HPP ESIA Livelihood Restoration Plan New Employment Rudaki Yoligarmova Saidon Tursunzade TOTAL other 6 1 0 2 9 Total over 16 years of age 550 112 182 255 1,099 Total under 16 years of age 429 132 151 237 949 TOTAL affected population 2,048 Source: 2011 census and RU (December 2014) 4.2 Summary of findings from the 2014 site visit and obtained during the development of the LRP 4.2.1 Key issues and constraints As explained earlier, some families (e.g. married sons and daughters with their children) who used to live as part of a household in old villages decided to opt for receiving their own, separate land plots and begin living independently in the new locations. From 289 households, 527 families have received the right to land plots for housing in new locations. Recognizing that these families will have to generate independent incomes and will have independent livelihood sources in most cases, it has been decided that livelihood restoration efforts must target families, not households. According to the HLA - Intermediate, in households, incomes were/are generated by only one (57%), two (19%) or three (24%) members. Incomes of all of the affected people have to be restored to pre-displacement levels, while at the same time, household members who were not previously engaged in generating the household income, who have opted to live independently with their families in the new locations, will have to be assisted to start generating incomes. One of the key challenges encountered during the development of the LRP was the lack of basic census data on all affected people, including their names, ages, educational status, skills, sources of livelihoods before and after relocation, levels of household incomes before and after relocation, preferences for future livelihood generation activities, etc. Data recorded in 2011 is outdated and the codes and information were at household not family level, preventing the planning of detailed livelihood restoration measures for each affected family. Another constraint was the fact that all data collected previously and audits that were or are being carried out, focused on households (as they were before relocation), while most of the households separated or will separate into families in new locations. No information at family level was previously recorded and as part of this assignment, there was no time for collecting relevant data at the level of individual and family. The development of an LRP separately from the RAP and RPF is challenging in itself, as naturally issues around physical displacement and impacts on livelihoods are completely intertwined, as are the mitigation measures, many of which must be undertaken in parallel. Since a part of the physical resettlement has already taken place, there has been a late start in addressing some of the livelihood restoration issues, which could lead to further deterioration of livelihoods and require additional efforts and funds for restoring livelihoods. According to the Jamoat representatives in Tursunzade and 7 ROGUN HPP ESIA Livelihood Restoration Plan Rudaki, resettlement is being implemented in three phases: a) construction of infrastructure, b) construction of houses and c) provision of access to employment, as the final phase which is about to begin. At the moment when this LRP was being developed, most people were oriented exclusively towards finalizing construction and the resettlement process and they stated that they have not had a chance to think about concrete livelihood opportunities in the new locations yet. During construction, families continued to rely on incomes of employed family members (at Rogun HPP or in other places), remittances from family members working abroad, sale of agricultural products, incomes of family members engaged on construction of community infrastructure, other houses, etc. Finally, it should be noted that the number of people whose livelihoods have been or will be impacted in Stage 1 is not significantly high. According to the 2011 census data, approximately 1,100 individuals are of working age (between 16 and 65). Taking into consideration that not all of them contributed to livelihood generation previously (young people in school, people not able to work) and that the main sources of income, i.e. employment in Rogun or local schools and, to a lesser extent remittances, have not been permanently disrupted or discontinued, the number of people who will require livelihood restoration assistance in Stage 1 will be manageable. 4.2.2 Impacts on livelihoods and potential risks Families which were met during the site visit were at different stages of resettlement and differences in how well they prepared for resettlement and adapted in their new environments were visible. While most of the affected people clearly articulated general reasons why they chose to relocate to particular sites (rural or urban), there is a risk that some of them who chose an urban setting did not manage to realistically assess their options and opportunities at the new sites. It was clear that many of them wanted to move to urban areas because they have expectations that they will have many more income generating opportunities, thus not having to engage in agriculture anymore. However, the risk is that they will not have the relevant skills for these available income earning opportunities (as discussed in Sections 1.2 and 4.1), which means that identifying income earning opportunities relevant in the urban contexts and relevant training will be a key tool for increasing their employability. According to the RAP all affected people are entitled to replacement agricultural and pasture land before relocation. However some of them who have moved to Rudaki in the summer of 2014 stated that they do not have replacement agricultural land yet. As mentioned further in this paragraph, the reason why they did not have the land yet, was not clearly established9. Some families reported that they are still going back and using their old land10 and according to the RU, they will be able to do so until the beginning of 2016. Some of them brought food produced at the previous location 9 This issue is discussed in the Household Level Audit – Intermediate (HLA) 10 It should be noted that they are accruing costs in this process of going back and forth to use the land. The greatest distance between original villages and Novi Saidon is approx. 4 km, while to Yoligarmova, the greatest distance is approx. 16 km. The distance between the project area and Rudaki is approx. 110 km, while the distance to Tursunzade is approx. 170 km. 8 ROGUN HPP ESIA Livelihood Restoration Plan several months ago. Without access to new land, there is a risk that those who are not going back to use the agricultural land in their previous location will not be prepared for the upcoming year and will have to spend money on food that they previously were able to produce for the household. In this sense, providing people who want to continue to engage in agriculture with replacement agricultural land over winter 2014/2015 is critical to enable them to start production in spring 2015. Affected people are aware of the fact that for this entitlement to be realized they will need to submit an application to the Jamoat for the transfer of rights to land in their new place of residence. However it has not been clearly established how many did not apply because they are choosing to leave agricultural activities behind and how many are waiting for the RU to provide this entitlement to them11. To ensure that all those who want replacement agricultural land are provided with it in accordance with the RAP, as a priority, the RU will proactively communicate with and visit all families who had/or still have land in old locations and provide support to them to prepare the necessary documentation and submit an application to the Jamoat. The RU will be in close communication with the Jamoat, until the process is finalized and the affected person obtains adequate replacement land as required under the RAP. Replacement agricultural land in the new location, for families that have resettled and want the land, will be provided before the next planting season. For those who have not resettled yet, replacement land will be provided prior to physical displacement. One of the most sensitive groups with regards to potential loss of livelihoods are women moving from rural areas into urban areas (Tursunzade and Rudaki). They were/are largely engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry, including collection of nuts and berries, and following resettlement, opportunities for them to continue with these activities could be significantly reduced. While in most cases this food was produced for the household’s own consumption, in cases of surplus, food was also sold, contributing to the family income. In both cases, the loss of these opportunities could impact family livelihoods. The women going to urban areas also reported that just because they were/are not working in the old villages, does not mean that they are not interested in working in the new resettlement locations. The RU recognizes women as an important target group and has expressed strong commitment to secure equal access to all employment / livelihood generation opportunities for women and men, including those in connection to Rogun HPP. Both positive and negative impacts on livelihoods, as a result of the project have been identified. However, certain impacts on livelihoods are not the result of the Project itself (and the need to physically relocate) but the result of affected people’s own decisions about moving to urban environments and mismanagement of compensation funds. All these impacts are presented below in Table 4.2. 11 This issue is presented in the Household Level Audit – Intermediate (HLA) 9 ROGUN HPP ESIA Livelihood Restoration Plan Table 4.2 Presentation of positive and negative impacts before and after resettlement BEFORE PHYSICAL RESETTLEMENT Past / current / Positive impacts / Negative impacts / losses future opportunities Rural to rural Rural to rural Impacts already • Opportunity to use house • Dedication to construction of occurring for plots in both locations housing and therefore reduced 141 families (current and future), i.e. have number of HH members who will several small gardens, generating income (neglecting resettle to orchards agriculture, return from work Yoligarmova • Increased number of job abroad and loss of remittances) and Novi opportunities in construction • Increased spending during Saidon (community infrastructure) construction (e.g. travel from/to new site) Impacts not resulting from the Project, but affected people’s own decision to construct more than one house and of a better quality: • Increased spending for construction of more than one house and further prolonging construction related impacts on livelihoods • Increased spending for higher quality materials and construction of larger houses Rural to urban Rural to urban Impacts already • Opportunity to use house • Dedication to construction of occurred for plots in both locations housing and therefore reduced 234 families (current and future), i.e. have number of HH members who resettled to several small gardens, generating income (neglecting Rudaki and 21 orchards agriculture, return from work who resettled to • Increased number of job abroad) Tursunzade opportunities in construction • Increased spending during (community infrastructure) construction (travel from/to Impacts new site, separated expenditures currently for food, etc.) occurring for 103 families Impacts not resulting from the who will Project, but affected people’s own resettle to decision to construct more than one Tursunzade house and of a better quality: • Increased spending for construction of more than one house and further prolonging construction related impacts on livelihoods 10 ROGUN HPP ESIA Livelihood Restoration Plan • Increased spending for higher quality materials and construction of larger houses AFTER PHYSICAL RESETTLEMENT Past / current / Positive impacts / Negative impacts / losses future opportunities Rural to rural Rural to rural Impacts which • Individual families have • Family house plots are not next will occur for their own house plot. to each other, as they were 141 families • Surplus wood resulting from provided through the lottery who will the ability to cut down trees system, thus affecting resettle to which were already agricultural productivity Yoligarmova compensated and Novi • Increased quality and Impacts not resulting from the Saidon therefore value of homes Project, but affected people’s own • No loss of jobs in Rogun decisions: HPP, in schools and medical • Separation of households into centers families (new households) and • More job opportunities in loss of shared incomes and new schools and medical expenditures centers than in previous location • No loss of opportunities for indirect employment associated with Rogun HPP • Opportunities for agricultural and livestock production activities remain the same as in original locations • Ability to continue using house plots in old location until 2016 • Increased number of job opportunities in construction (community infrastructure) in new villages, as part of Stage 2 resettlement Rural to urban Rural to urban Impacts • Individual families have • Family house plots are not next currently their own house plot. to each other, as they were occurring for • Surplus wood resulting from provided through the lottery 234 families the ability to cut down trees system, thus affecting who resettled to which were already agricultural productivity Rudaki and 21 compensated • Increased expenses of traveling who resettled to • Increased quality of homes to old location to cultivate land Tursunzade and better location, leading (if replacement land has not to higher value of homes been provided) Impacts which • No loss of jobs in Rogun 11 ROGUN HPP ESIA Livelihood Restoration Plan will occur for HPP, in schools and medical Impacts arising as a result of 103 families centers relocation from rural to urban who will • More job opportunities in settings and affected people’s own resettle to new schools and medical decisions to construct more than Tursunzade centers than in previous one house: location • Increased cost of living in urban • New training/educational settings and job opportunities in • Separation of households into urban settings, including for families (new households) and women and young people loss of shared incomes and • Access to better quality and expenditures irrigated agricultural land • Loss of access to pasture land and opportunity to generate and ability to keep livestock more income and produce for household • Increased number of job consumption and sale of surplus opportunities in construction • Loss of opportunity for indirect (community infrastructure) livelihood generation from in new town or nearby Rogun HPP (i.e. construction workers purchasing food directly in the villages) • Loss of ability for women to engage in agriculture and generate livelihoods, if the household decides not to engage in agriculture in new location • Loss of ability to informally use land which is outside their formally owned land, as a result of less free land being available in new locations • Increased costs for use of agricultural land, as it will most likely be further away from house (i.e. costs of transport) • Need for completing additional training or re-training to gain new skills needed for generating income in an urban environment (see Sections 1.2 and 4.1) 4.2.3 Livelihood restoration activities already undertaken Recognizing the importance of maintaining streams of income for families who are relocating as a result of the Project and in line with the commitment of the GoT for securing employment of affected people, several activities have been undertaken in that direction so far. 12 ROGUN HPP ESIA Livelihood Restoration Plan One of the initial key activities was the presentation of available project sites and the main characteristics of each site, to enable affected people to make informed decisions on where they want to go and what opportunities they will have there. According to the HLA – Intermediate, each HH has been given the option to choose the site of destination, as confirmed by 97% of the HH interviewed. The same 97% of the HH interviewed indicated that they had been given information on the resettlement site. However, the extent to which the information was sufficient vis-à- vis availability of land, cost of living, etc., is not known. As one of the key sources of income for a significant number of households has been employment in Rogun HPP, practical measures have been taken to ensure this employment continues even after physical displacement. Workers who have moved to Tursunzade and Rudaki are now working in 15 day shifts and are being provided with organized transport to and from work and per diems. As reported by the RU, 104 individuals are working in HPP Rogun at present. According to their new place of residence (current and future), the breakdown is as follows: • Tursunzade – 43 • Rudaki - 6 • Yoligarmova - 35 • Novi Saidon – 20 Although there was no precise registry at the time of developing the LRP, it has been noted through discussions with various stakeholders that in new locations some individuals already managed to engage in construction, both on settlement infrastructure (schools, health care centers, roads, etc.) and privately for other individuals, some continued to work abroad and some engaged in other temporary informal jobs. In addition, some individuals have already been employed in new schools and health care centers in Tursunzade and Rudaki. This includes both individuals who had the same jobs in the original villages and newly employed individuals. All those who lost jobs in the original villages, in schools and health care centers, were given new jobs in the new locations and almost all of them accepted these jobs. In Tursunzade, a total of 18 resettled people have been employed (7 teachers and 11 technical staff), while for Rudaki, the information was not available. 4.3 Planned and identified potential livelihood restoration activities 4.3.1 Characteristics of resettlement sites and opportunities from a livelihood restoration perspective As mentioned in previous sections, most of the affected people made decisions as to where they want to relocate based on certain expectations of livelihood generation opportunities in new resettlement sites. They can be presented as belonging to two groups: • Rural to urban resettlement (i.e. from the project affected area to Tursunzade and Rudaki) – the affected people having expectations that they will be able to a) continue in their previous employment, particularly in Rogun HPP, b) find 13 ROGUN HPP ESIA Livelihood Restoration Plan new employment opportunities (e.g. industrial employment in Tursunzade) and c) that there will be more opportunities for their children, to access educational facilities and a broad range of employment opportunities leading to an improved living standard. • Rural to rural resettlement (i.e. from the project affected area to Yoligarmova and Novi Saidon in the Rogun district) – the affected people wishing to continue with the same livelihood generating activities as before, i.e. agriculture and animal husbandry, with more opportunities arising from the Rogun HPP project in the general area, including development of fisheries and tourism. As shown in the previous section of the LRP, Rogun HPP is an important source of employment for many affected people and it is hoped that it will continue to be, in the upcoming years, as the project progresses. It will be important for the RU to undertake all possible measures to ensure that affected people have access to new jobs in Rogun HPP. This will be done in close cooperation with Rogun HPP and all subcontractors. When developing individual livelihood restoration assistance plans particular attention will be placed on screening potential candidates for work on the project or for training, which would enable them to work there. Lists of potential employment candidates recorded by the census as affected by Stage 1 resettlement will be regularly exchanged with Rogun HPP and all subcontractors, for consideration for available employment opportunities. Where possible, the RU will suggest to Rogun HPP and the subcontractors, that in case two candidates apply for the same position and they are at the same level of qualification, priority is given to an eligible project affected person. On future resettlement sites, construction jobs (e.g. community infrastructure, housing) will be awarded by the RU and therefore the RU will provide priority access to jobs to project affected people. With regards to provision of replacement agricultural land, according to information received from the relevant Jamoat representatives, 100 ha of agricultural land are available in Rudaki district, while in Tursunzade district, 350 ha of agricultural land are available. In Yoligarmova and Novi Saidon, agricultural land is not widely available (as is the case in original villages from which people have/will resettle), however pasture land is available and so the resettled families will have access to it and be able to continue with animal husbandry. In the event that some resettled people decide to move to urban areas because they do not want to continue agricultural activities, they will be assisted through other available measures for restoring livelihoods, as presented in the entitlements matrix. Other opportunities in new places of residence include known jobs in new schools and health care centers. Table 4.3 shows the estimated job opportunities in new schools and health care centers in each location. It should be noted that some of the positions have already been filled by resettled people, as well as people from the host community (in Tursunzade and Rudaki). The RU has and will continue to ensure that resettled people have priority in accessing employment in these institutions. 14 ROGUN HPP ESIA Livelihood Restoration Plan Table 4.3 Estimated job opportunities in schools and health centers in each location Resettlement Opportunities in new schools Opportunities in new health location care centers Tursunzade one school with capacity for 1,200 students – one health care center – 2 approximately 100 teachers and other medical and 2 technical staff educational staff; 40 technical staff members Rudaki two schools with a total capacity for 520 two health care centers – 4 students – approximately 40 teachers and medical and 4 technical staff other educational staff; 20 technical staff members Yoligarmova one school with capacity for 330 students – one health care center – 2 approximately 20 teachers and other medical and 2 technical staff educational staff; 10 technical staff members Novi Saidon one school with capacity for 320 students – one health care center – 2 approximately 20 teachers and other medical and 2 technical staff educational staff; 10 technical staff Source: RU, December 2014 Some site specific opportunities also exist, such as the Tajik Aluminum Company (TALCO) in Tursunzade, which is a major employer in the area and could potentially provide an opportunity for affected people resettled to this location. It should be noted that TALCO is presently not working to full capacity and therefore new employment may not be possible at this time. The GoT however has adopted a certain program of measures to support this plant and a restructuring plan is underway. Whilst it may not be an opportunity for a significant number of people, some could find their livelihood from this plant in the future. Having in mind the average educational status of affected people (see Section 4.1), opportunities may be limited to unskilled or low skilled positions such as cleaning staff, security jobs, drivers, cooks, etc. 4.3.2 Livelihood restoration implementation partners The Ministry of Labor, Migration and Employment of Population and the Employment Agency The GoT is committed to assisting people to access employment opportunities in their new places of residence, which is reflected in the Rogun Resettlement Law and the program of the Ministry of Labor, Migration and Employment of Population and the Employment Agency for 2014-2015. Although this is a nation wide program, it also presents a basis for providing individuals who are being resettled as a result of the Rogun HPP project to access various types of assistance being offered. This Program has the following objectives: • Promoting employment of people who are not competitive in the labor market • Promoting youth employment • Promoting women’s employment • Adaptation of the workforce to the needs of the labor market • Consulting services and financial support for the unemployed in the development of small and medium businesses During 2014-2015 under this program an estimated 398,400 individuals in the country are planned to be covered by various types of assistance: 15 ROGUN HPP ESIA Livelihood Restoration Plan • direct employment through the employment agency • permanent jobs in enterprises and organizations • job fairs • training and retraining (see Table 6.2 for the list of trainings) • execution of public works • loans for organizing their own business • unemployment benefits, etc. Direct employment opportunities At present, in the affected regions there are open job vacancies available through the Employment Agency, as presented in the Table 4.4 below: Table 4.4 Current number of job vacancies in the affected areas per sector Communications industries Trade and Food Transport and Construction Housing and Agriculture Healthcare communal Education Industry services Total Other Rudaki 50 - 22 - 17 49 11 10 52 211 Rogun - 63 1 3 6 9 - - 27 109 Tursunzade 920 - - - - 2 - - 1 923 Total: 970 63 23 3 23 60 11 10 80 1,243 Source: MLMEP, December 2014 An even more precise table that shows the detailed job vacancies available in Rudaki at the time of finalizing this LRP is provided in Table 4.5 below. It also shows the employer, the deadline by which the application has to be submitted and the salary level. This type of data can be found at the website of the national data base of vacancies of the MLMEP (http://www.kor.tj/ru) and the same type and level of information exists for other regions. Table 4.5 Detailed list of current job vacancies in Rudaki # Name of Job Employer Deadline for Salary applications 1 pediatrician ЧДММ Сино 2014-12-31 289 TJS 2 Medical nurse ЧДММ Сино 2014-12-31 394 TJS 3 family doctor Health Center 2014-12-31 350 TJS 4 TB specialist Clinic 2014-12-31 680 TJS 5 Medical nurse Clinic 2014-12-31 6 sanitarian Central Hospital 2014-12-31 281 TJS 7 Cook Central hospital 2014-12-31 300 TJS 8 Cleaner Central hospital 2014-12-31 250 TJS 9 Pediatrician and test Central hospital 2014-12-31 250 TJS specialist 10 Guard Water supply and 2014-12-31 330 TJS sewerage company 11 Computer specialist Water supply and 2014-12-31 Negotiable 16 ROGUN HPP ESIA Livelihood Restoration Plan # Name of Job Employer Deadline for Salary applications sewerage company salary 12 Water Inspector Water supply and 2014-12-31 Negotiable sewerage company salary 13 Water distributor Water supply and 2014-12-31 Negotiable sewerage company salary 14 Engineer Water supply and 2014-12-31 Negotiable sewerage company salary 15 Secretary Technical College 2014-12-31 300 TJS 16 Teacher of Tajik Language Local department of 2014-12-31 600 TJS and Literature Ministry of Education 17 Teacher of Russian Local department of 2014-12-31 600 TJS Language Ministry of Education 18 Teacher of Biology Local department of 2014-12-31 600 TJS Ministry of Education 19 HR Manager Angara Company 2014-12-31 800 TJS 20 Electrician Fayzrez Company 2014-12-31 Negotiable salary 21 Driver Central Hospital 2014-12-31 300 TJS 22 Teacher of physics, Local department of 2014-12-31 Negotiable astronomy and chemistry Ministry of Education salary 23 Driver Technical College 2014-12-31 400 TJS 24 Lawyer and Accountant Hosilot company 2014-12-31 850 TJS 25 Driver development of 2014-12-31 471 TJS geology and expedition 26 Blacksmith Bunyodkor Company 2014-12-31 650 TJS 27 Cook development of 2014-12-31 264 TJS geology and expedition 28 Guard Bunyodkor Company 2014-12-31 337 TJS 29 Electrician Sangsoz Company 2014-12-31 Negotiable salary 30 Operator and blacksmith Farroz Company 2014-12-31 Negotiable salary 31 Typist Gafro Agregat 2014-12-31 Negotiable Company salary 32 Worker Sangi Daryo Company 450 TJS 33 Electrician District Power 2014-12-31 Negotiable Company salary 34 Driver District Power 2014-12-31 Negotiable Company salary 35 Driver Farroz Company 2014-12-31 Negotiable salary 36 Specialist Farroz Company 2014-12-31 Negotiable salary 37 Head of brigade Farroz Company 2014-12-31 Negotiable salary 38 Builder Bunyodkor Company 2014-12-31 650 TJS 39 Brick masonry specialist Bunyodkor Company 2014-12-31 337 TJS Source: national data base of vacancies of the MLMEP (http://www.kor.tj/ru) on 18.12.2014. Job fairs Job fairs are organized periodically on the basis of available jobs provided by companies and organizations in the Employment Agency. Data on job vacancies is collected by a representative of the center in the relevant locality through direct communication with companies, enterprises, etc. Information on job fairs is 17 ROGUN HPP ESIA Livelihood Restoration Plan distributed through the media, information points and through the website of the national data base of vacancies of the MLMEP (http://www.kor.tj/ru). In addition, this data is available to the unemployed and job seekers directly in the Employment Agency. Usually, representatives of all businesses and organizations who provide data on job vacancies are invited to participate in the job fairs. Job fairs are organized locally in districts and their duration is from 3 to 5 hours12. Trainings Table 4.6 shows the number of people who received training and/or were employed through the Employment Agency in 2013 and in the first three quarters of 2014, in the three districts where affected people have or will resettle to. The table is provided to demonstrate the efficiency of services provided. Table 4.6 Training and/or employment in 2013 and 2014 through the Employment Agency Attendance of training (adult Employed through the Employment education) Agency District 2013 2014 2013 2014 Rogun 1203 872 297 288 Tursunzade 1877 2005 603 838 Rudaki 2,362 2,362 921 494 Source: MLMEP, December 2014 Interest free loans Interest-free loans13 are provided to unemployed individuals who officially register in the offices of the Employment Service. Loans are provided in three areas: • small businesses – 4,000 TJS for a period of one year • services – 5,200 TJS for a period of one year • small production – 7,200 TJS for a period of one and a half years Other potential livelihood implementation partners During the development of the LRP, other existing opportunities for partnerships in restoring livelihoods for affected people were explored. Contacts with international agencies, microfinance institutions and local organizations were made, however no definite opportunities for cooperation with the RU have been identified yet. (A list of contacted organizations is provided in Annex 2.) Nevertheless, the RU will as part of its work on livelihood restoration under the LRP and especially after the development 12 For example in 2012, 18 job fairs were organized only in Dushanbe. 770 people were employed, while 280 were sent to training courses. 13 In the first 11 months of 2014, 3,505 individuals were provided with loans in the total amount of 11.6 million TJS, which constitutes approx. 8% of the officially registered unemployed persons in the Employment Service. 18 ROGUN HPP ESIA Livelihood Restoration Plan of individual assistance plans, continue to contact UN agencies and donor organizations / projects, etc. to seek opportunities for affected people in vocational training, job placement, career counseling, advice for employers, job fairs, etc. Some examples of potential partners that do have operations in the affected areas are provided below. A potential partner for assisting the RU in working with women is the National Association of Businesswomen of Tajikistan. The organization provides both training (in various crafts) and small business development services for women. Small business development includes assistance with developing and implementing business plans, as well as accessing subsidized loans from a micro credit organization Imon International. The Association further helps women with product placing both in country and abroad. NGOs14 are also possible partners for working with women or other target groups (e.g. young people) in specific locations. The RU could also establish a direct cooperation with the micro credit organization Imon International, which is currently providing a variety of loans as follows: • Loans for small and medium-sized businesses • Loans for micro-business • Agro loans • Educational loans - long-term loan with a low interest rate, aimed at supporting talented and gifted young people to pay for studies in universities of the country and abroad. • Loans to start a business - aimed at supporting entrepreneurship and business start-up financing. As part of the loan, individuals can receive free training courses on business planning and consultancy support. Another potential partner is OXUS microfinance, which has a branch office in Rudaki district to provide loans. OXUS provides individual and group business loans, individual agro livestock loans and individual agro horticultural loans. 5 Eligibility for Assistance The LRP Manager and the Livelihood Field Officers will work with all interested project affected people over the age of 16 in each family, to support them and their families in accessing sources of livelihoods or training/educational facilities, so that they are able to restore and/or improve their livelihoods, in their new place of residence, as required by the WB. The LRP Manager will also work with relevant partners to develop training programs that respond to needs from affected persons and will increase their livelihood generation prospects. Project affected people are defined as people who are/were entitled to resettlement. A family is defined as a group of people, usually a couple and their children, who were/will be allocated a land plot for resettlement (527 in total). 14 For example, NGO "Mimtoz" / NGO "Mir Detey" or the Bureau on Human Rights and Rule of Law 19 ROGUN HPP ESIA Livelihood Restoration Plan The overall aim to be reached through the implementation of this LRP will be to restore the standard of living from a livelihood perspective of at least 80% of affected families to pre-displacement level. Pre-displacement incomes and expenditures of each family will be recorded in the census level data base and changes in incomes and expenditures after resettlement will be regularly registered and monitored to determine what (if any) mitigation measures are needed. It is expected that expenses of independent families will increase with the separation of households into families, particularly for those who have moved or will move to urban areas. Therefore, incomes will have to be increased as well, to maintain or improve the standard of living from a livelihood perspective. According to the HLA - Intermediate, in 57% of surveyed households, only one member generates an income, in 19% of the surveyed household two members generate an income, while in 24% of the surveyed household three members generate an income. After resettlement, incomes will be increased through the implementation of the LRP, by supporting all family members who are interested in participating in livelihood restoration programs to participate in the programs, including those that did not contribute to the household income before resettlement. In order to reach the aim of restoring the standard of living from a livelihood perspective of at least 80% of affected families to pre-displacement level, the RU will aim for ensuring that at least two members in each family (not household, as before relocation) are engaged in generating the family income, in their new place of residence. Engaging at least two members in generating the family income will also provide opportunities for women and young people to be targeted by livelihood restoration activities. Not all families are at the same stage of resettlement and therefore their livelihoods have not been affected in the same way. As a priority, the RU will work with families who have already been physically displaced and no longer have access to land and assets in their old place of residence. Among them, the RU will urgently support individuals characterized as vulnerable, to provide them with assistance for livelihood restoration. As defined by the RAP, vulnerable groups include:15 • Female heads of HH • Widows • Elderly • Disabled people • Sick people • The very poor. As vulnerability status could change over time, through regular monitoring of the implementation of individual/family assistance plans, these changes will be recorded and more intense measures for livelihood restoration will be undertaken with family members. 15 As noted in the Household Level Audit – Intermediate (HLA) a detailed list of the vulnerable PAPs will be prepared in January/February 2015. 20 ROGUN HPP ESIA Livelihood Restoration Plan As part of developing the LRP, additional priority groups for livelihood restoration assistance have been identified, as follows: • Persons who were unemployed before resettlement or lost employment or other income (e.g. own business) as a result of relocation and have not found new employment or new source of income in their new place of residence • Persons whose incomes were land based in their old place of residence (particularly women who were engaged in agricultural activities and have relocated/will relocate to urban areas of Tursunzade and Rudaki), who have not received additional land in their new place of residence • Young unemployed men and women 6 Description of Entitlements Meaningful consultations with affected people on the characteristics of offered relocation sites from a livelihood perspective and good planning of available opportunities at new resettlement sites ahead of resettlement, are key for ensuring success in restoring livelihoods after resettlement. These activities should be undertaken as early as possible in the resettlement planning phase. One of the preconditions for restoring and/or improving livelihoods is the full execution of compensation (financial and in kind) commitments for all affected assets. As mentioned earlier, at the time of developing this LRP, a separate group of consultants was working with the RU on reviewing compensation which has been/is being provided under the RAP and identifying if there are any gaps that need to be addressed in accordance with OP 4.12.16 To address one of the key commitments from the RAP, replacement land for farming, which is an entitlement for affected people under the RAP entitlement matrix, will be provided by jamoats, in coordination with and assistance from the RU. The RU has not only to assist people to apply for replacement land, but to ensure that they get this land, as required under the RAP. In accordance with the Rogun Resettlement Law, the State Agency of Employment, Social Protection of Population and Migration (Employment Agency) under the Ministry of Labor, Migration and Employment of Population (MLMEP) is in charge of providing employment opportunities to affected people in their new place of residence. The MLMEP currently provides a range of trainings, job fairs, and related activity throughout the country (see for example, Table 6.2). The RU will assist affected people to access a variety of livelihood restoration assistance measures, including those provided by the Employment Agency, as follows: • Access to employment / livelihood generation programs • Access to training • Access to social welfare • Other forms of assistance 16 These findings are presented in the Household Level Audit – Intermediate (HLA). 21 ROGUN HPP ESIA Livelihood Restoration Plan In addition, the RU will work with the MLMEP to identify additional programming and forms of assistance that meets the needs of the affected people, which will increase their livelihood / income generation prospects, having in mind local circumstances, i.e. needs of the local economy or local employers. Where additional programming is required, the RU will be charged with developing and delivering customized training, programming, etc. This would be done through working with existing institutes, government ministries (such as agriculture), and/or by hiring consultants. Where possible the RU will also work with other partners to provide livelihood support measures (such as micro-credit, business development services) for affected persons. 6.1 Replacement land for farming The RAP specifies compensation for affected people who had access to agricultural and pasture land, in the entitlement matrix, as presented in Table 6.1 below. As access to land provided an important source of livelihood to many affected families, this entitlement is repeated here in the LRP. Table 6.1 Entitlements for affected people with agricultural and pasture land Assets Affected Proposed Entitlements Persons Agricultural Project Replacement of agricultural land (including dekhan farm and presidential Land affected land etc., as per the land code) whose productivity, location, and other people factors are equivalent to the land taken and is acceptable to the PAPs. with agricultural HHs are provided with sufficient information on the range of options of land resettlement sites – including livelihood options at resettlement sites - to allow them to make an informed choice of where they would like to resettle. RU to support PAPs in preparing and submitting applications for agricultural land. All fees for application of agricultural land to be waived. HHs receive land user rights certificates and other necessary documents for agricultural land at no extra cost to the HH. Agricultural land to be available to PAPs prior to physical displacement. Pasture land All project Replacement of pasture and/or hay land to be provided prior to physical affected displacement. people using HHs are provided with sufficient information on the range of options of pasture resettlement sites – including availability of pasture land and hay land land. and livelihood options at resettlement sites - to allow them to make an informed choice of where they would like to resettle. Source: Rogun HPP Resettlement Action Plan for Stage 1 Persons who had rights to dekhan land or presidential land or pasture land in their old place of residence and would like to continue to engage in agriculture in their new place of residence, are entitled to adequate replacement land, which is to be provided prior to physical displacement. It should be noted that agricultural land is available in Tursunzade and Rudaki, while pasture land is not. In Yoligarmova and Novi Saidon (as in the original villages from which affected people are relocating), agricultural land is scarce while pasture land is available (See Section 4.1). For those people who 22 ROGUN HPP ESIA Livelihood Restoration Plan have already relocated before the development of the LRP, the transfer of rights to land must be undertaken during winter 2014/2015 so that they may engage in farming activities starting with the new planting season. The transfer of rights to land will be free of charge and they will receive rights to land whose productivity, location, and other factors are equivalent to the land taken and is acceptable to the PAPs. The RU will coordinate on these issues with the representatives of the relevant Districts, Land Committees and Jamoats and will assist each affected person directly by helping him/her to prepare and submit the relevant documentation to the appropriate authorities. As stated earlier, the RU will not only assist people in this process, but will ensure that replacement land is provided as required under the RAP. 6.2 Access to employment / livelihood generation programs The following opportunities will be provided to affected persons with the aim of assisting them to restore and/or improve their livelihoods: • access to employment on the Rogun HPP project, directly, through contractors, or indirectly (A detailed forecast on the anticipated employment opportunities is provided in the Rogun HPP ESIA report, 13.10 Regional Economic Impacts); • priority access to jobs on construction of infrastructure and/or housing in future resettlement locations, including phases beyond Stage 1 resettlement. The RU will be charged with awarding jobs on future resettlement sites and will provide priority access to jobs to project affected people. • access to known employment opportunities in new schools and health care centers. A significant number of employment opportunities will be offered in all 4 sites, as presented in section 4.2. • direct access to employment/income generation programs available in their new area of residence, provided through the Employment program of the MLMEP, which has local offices in Tursunzade, Rudaki and Rogun. A potential known employer in Tursunzade is the Tajik Aluminum Plant (TALCO) – see section 4.3.1 for discussion on potential uptake of resettlers as staff. • access to job fairs organized through the Employment program of the MLMEP in their new place of residence • access to income generation programs i.e. small business development programs (soft loans) offered through the MLMEP and other specialized organizations, for example the Association of Business Women of Tajikistan (see section 4.3.2). This includes opportunities, particularly for women, to develop small service providing businesses for the construction of Rogun HPP, i.e. laundry services, catering, etc. • access to employment/income generation programs available in or near their new place of residence, provided through UN agencies and other donor organizations or projects. (It should be noted that in the preparation of the LRP no definite opportunities for cooperation with the RU have been identified with international organizations. The RU will need to continue to engage with these organizations and identify possible ways in which they can provide support.) Once individual assistance plans are developed, the RU will be able to contact these agencies and request very concrete assistance for known individuals and in accordance with their specific needs. There may be scope for developing future assistance programs, even if such programs do not exist at this time. 23 ROGUN HPP ESIA Livelihood Restoration Plan • access to work abroad (Russia and Kazakhstan), through existing programs implemented by the MLMEP. Although it is recognized that government policy is to work on reducing migrant labor and having in mind the current political and economic situation in Russia is complex and migrant workers will be the first affected by it, in reality such employment provides the main source of income for a significant number of affected families. For all interested workers, who have no direct contacts with employers abroad, the MLMEP provides this contact and has information centers abroad to assist them. It is recognized that not all PAPs may be interested in pursuing employment / income generation opportunities offered to them, as they may be in a position to find better opportunities on their own17. A system will be developed by the RU for managing detailed issues in connection to employment opportunities, such as how many times people will be offered employment before the RU’s obligation is considered closed, what will happen with individuals who are employed on temporary, short term contracts when these contracts come to an end, etc. 6.3 Access to training The RU will assess affected peoples’ preferences and needs for training and education through the preparation of the Individual Assistance Plans (See Section 7) and provide the following: • access to vocational training opportunities provided by the MLMEP (see Table 6.2 for examples of existing training) depending on their skills and preferences. Skills and preferences of the affected people will be discussed and recorded during the development of the individual assistance plans. In this process, affected people will be informed about existing job or other livelihood generation opportunities, to enable them to make informed choices on the types of trainings which will give them more chances to find a job. If appropriate trainings are not already available, new trainings will be developed and delivered where possible by the MLMEP and/or in cooperation with other partners, as listed in the below bullet points. Lists of interested affected people per training topic will be exchanged with the MLMEP, who will then register individuals for training. The MLMEP has declared that they are prepared to organize trainings in local schools whenever possible, so that affected people are not required to travel to their offices, as well as trainings which may not currently be available in that specific location, if an interest exists among affected people. • access to other types of training organized in cooperation with partners, such as the National Association of Businesswomen of Tajikistan (e.g. searching for and applying for employment, small business start up and management, product placement, etc.). The types of trainings will be defined based on the 17 For example, according to the Director of the new school in Tursunzade, two former teachers were offered teaching jobs in the new school at the beginning of the 2014/2015 school year, however they turned them down as they stated that they have better opportunities to work in construction in the new place of residence. 24 ROGUN HPP ESIA Livelihood Restoration Plan needs and preferences of affected people and further discussions with potential partner organizations. • access to training in adapting to new agricultural practices and conditions in the resettlement locations and improving agricultural productivity and livestock management. This could be organized in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture or other external relevant partners, e.g. Faculty for Agriculture of the State University, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), etc. Many women expressed an interest in various types of trainings and in accessing employment. Recognizing this, the RU will place a special focus on providing training for affected women, to ensure that there is equal access to all employment / livelihood generation opportunities for men and women. Access to training is only considered to be a tool for generating livelihoods. Upon training, the RU team will assist the affected person to access employment and/or a livelihood generation opportunity working closely with the MLMEP (e.g. soft loans provided by the MLMEP or other potential partners as presented in Section 4.3.2). The matching of newly acquired skills and employment/livelihood generation opportunities will be done through the updating of the individual assistance plans as presented in Section 7. Table 6.2 Examples of training opportunities offered through the Employment Agency per region18 Gorno- Badakhshan Districts of Autonomous Khatlon Sughd republican No. Type of skills training Region Region Region Dushanbe subordination Accountant with 1 computer skills 162 214 109 2 Computer literacy 165 882 415 443 144 3 Seamstress 130 1524 905 492 612 4 Secretary 20 5 Gas welder 158 44 144 6 Car repair specialist 30 25 44 24 Secretary with English 7 language 20 8 Electrician 55 94 42 14 58 9 Barber 40 70 123 19 10 Baker 65 119 340 215 180 11 Accountant 42 184 131 94 12 Bee keeping 20 148 68 13 Electric welder 50 282 83 14 Tailor 40 15 Cook 35 20 21 17 177 16 English language 75 126 80 29 17 House keeper 55 18 14 38 18 Embroidery with 211 87 20 18 Table 6.2 lists training opportunities available in all parts of the country, with the relevant regions marked in grey (Dushanbe and Districts of republican subordination). The MLMEP is prepared to organize training for affected people in their new places of residence even if it is not currently being provided in these regions and therefore the full list of available trainings is presented here. 25 ROGUN HPP ESIA Livelihood Restoration Plan Gorno- Badakhshan Districts of Autonomous Khatlon Sughd republican No. Type of skills training Region Region Region Dushanbe subordination golden fiber 19 Child care (nanny) 15 19 45 20 Russian Language 347 70 15 179 21 Entrepreneur 35 22 Farmer – orchard 22 growing 20 20 20 23 Knitting 135 358 142 40 Builder – brick 24 masonry 20 25 Embroidery 116 270 141 22 120 National embroidery 26 (small pieces of fabric) 120 115 60 27 Jewelry 4 28 Carver 15 12 2 29 Sanitary engineering 1 16 4 30 Flower growing 40 31 Fitter 20 32 Painter 15 15 33 Carpet maker 324 408 23 142 Embroidery of national 34 cover 145 35 Welder 15 36 Waiter 1 2 131 45 37 Massage therapist 15 1 1 38 Carpenter 20 57 31 Sewing of traditional 39 robe 15 40 Shoe maker 19 41 Wool maker 35 42 Shop assistant 38 43 Basket maker 40 Sewing of traditional 44 bands for women 15 45 Carpet maker 80 46 Sock knitting 40 47 Electrolysis 20 48 Crane operator 1 Computer repairing 49 specialist 21 50 Canning 15 51 Bead weaving 29 Source: MLMEP, December 2014 6.4 Access to social welfare and unemployment benefits Social workers from the Jamoats with assistance from the Livelihood Field Officers will screen all vulnerable affected people in new resettlement sites to determine who among them is entitled to what kind of assistance by the Law on Social Services (2008) and will assist them to access and maintain this assistance. This includes financial payments (gas and electricity rebates, child allowance and one off assistance payments for families who find themselves “in difficult situations”), in kind support (food, clothing), access to health care or residential institutions, etc. 26 ROGUN HPP ESIA Livelihood Restoration Plan MLMEP will provide all persons who register as unemployed in the Employment Agency with unemployment benefits, in accordance with national legislation. The monthly amount provided is 80 TJS. 6.5 Other possible forms of assistance The affected people will also be provided with any other forms of assistance identified by the RU as being useful in contributing to family livelihoods and/or improved access to other livelihood sources. This includes but is not limited to the following: • direct access to seasonal jobs in the new area of residence offered by the Jamoats, e.g. fruit picking. PAPs will be informed about these opportunities through information centers and directly by Livelihood Field Officers, if through the development of individual assistance plans it is established that they are interested in these opportunities. • assistance with obtaining personal documents, particularly national passports, (as a condition for formal employment, training, access to social welfare, health care, unemployment benefits, pensions, soft loans, etc.) • assistance to access to educational facilities (e.g. the Technical College in Rogun) in view of securing future livelihood opportunities for young adults. Assistance can be in the form of provision of text books and other needed school materials, travel and subsistence allowances, or provision of scholarships, which could be a particularly important incentive for very poor affected families to allow children to continue their education and secure better livelihoods in the future. • assistance with enrolling children into schools or providing child care, particularly for female headed (single parent) households, so that they can be employed • assistance with covering travel costs (for accessing employment, training, land which is significantly far from the new place of residence) • short term assistance to lease market stalls to sell products in new places of residence, etc. • assistance to start up small gardens or nurseries, i.e. seeds, trees, compost (for example, households which have split into families after resettlement and have received several land plots on which they did not construct houses) • assistance to lease additional land in the new place of residence (one year lease contracts), with an application to the relevant Jamoat, etc. 6.6 Entitlements Matrix A generic entitlements matrix for each location is presented below (see Table 6.3). Individual assistance plans will be developed for all interested members over the age of 16 of each affected family, based on their needs and preferences, where one or several of the activities presented in the entitlements matrix will be structured into an individualized plan. Individual assistance plans for all members of one family in aggregate will comprise the family assistance plan. 27 ROGUN HPP ESIA Livelihood Restoration Plan Table 6.3 Generic entitlements matrix Category of project ENTITLEMENTS affected person Project affected • Continued employment in Rogun HPP (including all subcontractors) persons (in all • Ability to work in 15 day shifts if their new place of residence is in Tursunzade and Rudaki, with provided transport to locations) who were and from work and per diems employed in Rogun HPP (all subcontractors) Project affected • Provision of replacement land for farming, i.e. transferring their rights to land in their new places of residence persons (in all (particularly agricultural land in Tursunzade and Rudaki and pasture land in the Rogun district settlements), free of any locations) who had costs. The affected people will not only be assisted to apply for land, they will be provided with replacement land as rights to dehkan land required under the RAP. or presidential land or • If the affected people are not interested in continuing with agricultural activities, assistance through any of the below pasture land in their listed measures to restore their livelihoods in their new place of residence old place of residence Access to Training • Access to vocational or other training opportunities provided by the MLMEP (see Table 6.2) and partners Other forms of assistance • Access to seasonal jobs, personal documents, educational facilities, travel allowances, etc. as listed in Section 6.5 of the LRP. ROGUN HPP ESIA Livelihood Restoration Plan Category of project ENTITLEMENTS affected person Access to Employment / Livelihood Generation Programs • Access to direct or indirect employment opportunities on the Rogun HPP project • Priority access to jobs on construction of infrastructure and/or housing in future resettlement locations, including for phases beyond Stage 1 resettlement • Priority access to known employment opportunities in new schools and health care centers, as follows: • Direct access to employment/income generation programs provided through the Employment program of the MLMEP Project affected • Access to job fairs organized through the Employment program of the MLMEP persons over the age • Access to income generation programs i.e. small business development programs (soft loans) offered through the of 16, resettled to MLMEP and other specialized organizations, for example the Association of Business Women of Tajikistan. This Rogun district includes opportunities to develop small service providing businesses for the construction of Rogun HPP, i.e. laundry (Yoligarmova and services, catering, etc. Novi Saidon) • Access to employment/income generation programs available in or near their new place of residence, provided through UN agencies and other donor organizations or projects. • Support to accessing work abroad (Russia, Kazakhstan), through programs implemented by the MLMEP Access to Training • Access to vocational or other training opportunities provided by the MLMEP (see Table 6.2) and partners (see section 4.3.2) Other forms of assistance • Access to personal documents, educational facilities, travel allowances, etc. as listed in Section 6.5 of the LRP. Access to Employment / Livelihood Generation Programs • Access to direct or indirect employment opportunities on the Rogun HPP project • Priority access to jobs on construction of infrastructure and/or housing in future resettlement locations, including for phases beyond Stage 1 resettlement Project affected • Priority access to known employment opportunities in new schools and health care centers, as follows: persons over the age • Direct access to employment/income generation programs provided through the Employment program of the MLMEP of 16, resettled to • Access to job fairs organized through the Employment program of the MLMEP Tursunzade • Access to income generation program i.e. small business development program (soft loans) offered through the MLMEP and other specialized organizations, for example the Association of Business Women of Tajikistan. • Access to employment/income generation program available in or near their new place of residence, provided through UN agencies and other donor organizations or projects. • Support to accessing work abroad (Russia, Kazakhstan), through program implemented by the MLMEP 29 ROGUN HPP ESIA Livelihood Restoration Plan Category of project ENTITLEMENTS affected person Access to Training • Access to vocational or other training opportunities provided by the MLMEP (see Table 6.2) and partners Other forms of assistance • Access to seasonal jobs, personal documents, educational facilities, travel allowances, etc. as listed in Section 6.5 of the LRP. Access to Employment / Livelihood Generation Programs • Access to direct or indirect employment opportunities on the Rogun HPP project • Priority access to jobs on construction of infrastructure and/or housing in future resettlement locations, including for phases beyond Stage 1 resettlement • Priority access to known employment opportunities in new schools and health care centers, as follows: • Direct access to employment/income generation programs provided through the Employment program of the MLMEP Project affected • Access to job fairs organized through the Employment program of the MLMEP persons over the age • Access to income generation program i.e. small business development program (soft loans) offered through the MLMEP of 16, resettled to and other specialized organizations, for example the Association of Business Women of Tajikistan. Rudaki • Access to employment/income generation program available in or near their new place of residence, provided through UN agencies and other donor organizations or projects. • Support to accessing work abroad (Russia, Kazakhstan), through program implemented by the MLMEP Access to Training • Access to vocational or other training opportunities provided by the MLMEP (see Table 6.2) and partners Other forms of assistance • Access to seasonal jobs, personal documents, educational facilities, travel allowances, etc. as listed in Section 6.5 of the LRP. Project affected persons (in all • Access to assistance defined by the Law on Social Services (2008) locations) belonging to any vulnerable • Priority assistance through any of the above listed measures to improve or at least restore their livelihoods in their new place of residence category described in Section 5 of this LRP 30 ROGUN HPP ESIA Livelihood Restoration Plan 7 Implementation of the LRP The following section lists the detailed steps that will be undertaken by the RU in the implementation of the Livelihoods Restoration Plan. A precondition for implementation is the appointment of the Livelihood Program Manager, which is expected to happen at the beginning of 2015. In short, the steps for implementing the LRP, include the following: 1. Development of three types of excel data bases as follows: • census level (covering all 2,048 affected persons) - Annex 3 • individual level (covering all affected individuals over the age of 16 who will be covered by the livelihood restoration program) - Annex 4 • existing and newly developed employment/income generation/training opportunities (GoT, UN agencies, organizations, donors, etc.) - Annex 2 2. Community meetings with all affected families to present the LRP 3. Individual meetings with families and development of Individual Assistance Plans 4. Identification of possible employment/income generation/training providers 5. Implementation of Individual Assistance Plans: • Matching individuals with employment/income generation/training opportunities • Offering employment/income generation/training opportunities to individuals • Three months update of individual data bases for a period of two years and then six month updates for the next three years Each of the above steps is described in more detail further in the text. 7.1 Development of excel data bases Census level data base The census level data base will contain basic information on all 2,048 project affected people, such as to which household and family the person belongs to, as well as personal data – name, age, sex, place of residence, education, skills, employment preferences, special needs, etc. In this data base, family members who are targeted by the livelihoods restoration program will be clearly marked and for them, individual level files will be produced. Individual level files The individual level files will be prepared and updated in excel for all individuals who will be targeted by the livelihoods restoration program, as identified by the family and RU. In these files, details regarding each interview with the affected person will be recorded, including what priority assistance they need/want, what has been offered to them, whether they accepted or not, what assistance has been completed and how the 31 ROGUN HPP ESIA Livelihood Restoration Plan assistance could change their personal income and the income of the family. Once the main entitlements have been agreed between the affected person and the RU, a contract will be issued listing these entitlements and will be signed off by both the affected person and the Head or Deputy Head of the RU. The contract will list obligations and rights of both sides. This will limit the liability of the RU in terms of livelihood restoration if the individual does not meet his/her commitments (e.g. attendance at meetings, trainings, job interviews, etc.), but also give the affected people security that their entitlements will be provided. Employment/income generation/training opportunities data base This simple data base will list all potential providers of employment, income generation and training opportunities, contact details and records of what they are able to provide, where and how. Over time, data on what they have provided will also be included, as well as any remarks on what is needed to foster cooperation (for example, special cooperation agreements, additional data on affected people, funds, etc.). Data on newly developed and implemented trainings will also be added to the data base, as well as remarks on whether the training has been successful and should be considered for implementation for Stage 2 resettlement. All of the provided templates will be adjusted by the RU team throughout implementation of the LRP, as needed. At the start of implementation, the RU team may populate the template data bases with any information that they already have available from various sources, for example, names of Heads of households, names of Heads of families, old place of residence, new place of residence, employment in Rogun HPP, etc. 7.2 Community meetings in each location to present the activity Community meetings will be organized in each location where affected people live, by the LRP Manager and Livelihood Field Officer, in cooperation with the village chief (rais of mahalla) and/or his deputies. As a priority, meetings will be held in new locations with families that have already resettled and after that, they will be held in locations from which Stage 1 families are still waiting for resettlement. The aim of these meetings will be to explain the provisions of the LRP and the steps which will be undertaken by the RU in implementing it, as described further in this section, particularly the sequence and timing of individual activities Information centers are expected to be established in early 2015 in all new sites. Each center will have two employees from the host community, one man and one woman. As the centers become operational, information on livelihood restoration activities will be provided to affected people through them. 7.3 Individual Meetings and development of Individual Assistance Plans One RU field staff member (Livelihood Field Officer) in each location together with a Jamoat representative will meet with each affected family to fill in the information on all family members in the census level data base. The data collected in this data base will serve as a starting point for developing individual assistance plans for each affected individual over the age of 16 in each family, in aggregate comprising the family assistance plan. 32 ROGUN HPP ESIA Livelihood Restoration Plan Individual Assistance plans will be held electronically, in the form of a simple excel sheet and they will be regularly updated by the RU team throughout the implementation of livelihood restoration assistance. This will also serve as a monitoring and evaluation tool, to determine the starting point with regards to livelihoods for each family and progress made as a result of the implementation of measures under this LRP. Individual plans will be reviewed and updated at least every three months, or on an as needed basis. Assistance plans will be developed for families that have already resettled to new locations as a priority. The development of Individual Assistance Plans will be voluntary. Individuals who are not interested in participating in the Livelihood Restoration Program can opt out of the program. The initial meeting to collect data on sources of livelihoods for each family will record both the situation before resettlement (pre-displacement) as well as the current situation, as of the date of the initial meeting (post-displacement). All progress will be measured against pre- displacement data recorded on that date. For all future activities, including subsequent phases of resettlement, the individual assistance plans will be initiated before resettlement, recording the situation with livelihoods before they were impacted. In this way, the RU will be able to measure how livelihoods were impacted by resettlement and the effect of the implementation of assistance measures to restore them. Through this activity all family members over the age of 16 will be considered as potentially eligible for assistance. The RU will make plans for assistance for all interested members in each family over the age of 16, which in total will enable the whole family to restore and/or improve their standard of living in the new location. It is anticipated that approximately three individuals per family will be eligible for participation in the program. However, in order to reach the overall goal of improving or at least restoring the standard of living from a livelihood perspective of at least 80% of affected families, the RU will aim to ensure that at least two members in each family (not household, as before relocation) are engaged in generating the family income, in their new place of residence.. In addition at least 30 percent of beneficiaries will be women. Special efforts will be made to assist vulnerable families. The individual assistance plans of the vulnerable will be developed as a priority and they will be provided with all possible assistance to improve their livelihoods in the new locations. The RU will also ensure that affected people are provided with various social and other services in line with individually designed assistance plans and record all types of assistance offered and provided. The plans will be forward looking to capture possibilities for income generation in the period of three to five years and so will include measures for training/educating young adults for employment, so that they may assist the family in the coming years. For example, the young adults can be assisted to attend the Technical College in Rogun with a view of employing them one day on the Rogun HPP project. 33 ROGUN HPP ESIA Livelihood Restoration Plan 7.4 Identification of Available Services and Programs of Support The RU will identify all services and program of support, which could be accessed for assisting the affected people. This will include all programs and services which are implemented by a variety of stakeholders in the area or country, such as state agencies, ministries, non governmental organizations, UN organizations, donor organizations, etc. The RU Livelihood Program Manager will actively seek for opportunities, contacting potential service providers, meeting with them, informing the RU Director of progress, support needed, etc. As mentioned earlier, during the development of the LRP contacts with international agencies, microfinance institutions and local organizations were made (see Annex 2), however no definite opportunities for cooperation with the RU have been identified yet. 7.5 Implementation of Individual Assistance Plans Livelihood Field Officers will analyze the needs/preferences of affected people recorded in individual assistance plans and begin matching them with employment/income generation/training opportunities recorded in the data base. Livelihood Field Officers will be supported by representatives from the Employment Agencies (in Rogun, Tursunzade and Rudaki), in matching skills, preferences and income/livelihood generation opportunities. They will contact individuals to offer them the opportunities and provide them with any additional information they need to access the opportunities. For example, if several affected people have expressed a wish to attend training on improved agricultural practices, the RU team will try to organize such training either with the Employment Agency or another provider of services and then inform each interested individual on organizational details. Where needed, and as identified by a review of the individual assistance plans, the RU will coordinate the development of new training (using existing institutions – such as the Ministry of Agriculture, universities and training institutes). The fact that such training was offered will be recorded in the individual assistance plan of all contacted individuals, as well as if they attended the training or not, with any other special remarks (e.g. if they refused to participate and why, if they attended but not regularly and why, etc.). Incentives for participation – e.g. individuals participating in business development training will receive priority for receiving micro-grants will be used to encourage participants. Participants will also be able to opt out of the program at any point. Meetings will be held with families at least every three months to analyze progress, agree any changes to the plans, etc. for a period of two years and then six month updates for the next three years 34 ROGUN HPP ESIA Livelihood Restoration Plan 8 Consultation, Disclosure of Information and Grievance Management 8.1 Consultations for the development of the LRP Results of all previously undertaken stakeholder engagement activities, i.e. for the development of the RAP, as well as meetings held during the November 2014 site visit (Annex 1), were taken into account in the development of the LRP. These meetings included the following: • Site visit and meetings with affected people from Kishrog and Mirog village, Talkhakchashma village and Tagi Kamar village, who have not relocated yet • Site visit and meetings with affected people in Tursunzade and Rudaki, who have already relocated • Meetings with representatives of various local authorities and institutions, i.e. Jamoats, cities, villages, schools • Meetings with representatives of MLMEP and the Agency of Labor and Employment at the national and local level Contacts were also made with international and local organizations, who are potential providers of employment/livelihood restoration opportunities, as listed in Annex 2. The main messages received through all the meetings have been taken into account in the development of the document, and they are as follows: • Affected people moving to urban environments would like to have more job and training opportunities • Women moving to urban areas would like to get training and employment even if they were not employed in their old villages. As reported by the HLA survey, before one to three members of each household (not family) were generating incomes. The fact that at least two people in each family will be assisted to generate an income for the family through the LRP will provide more opportunities for women to be targeted. That said, the program will ensure that at least 30 percent of beneficiaries are women. • Measures to allow affected people to continue working in Rogun HPP have already been undertaken to the satisfaction of affected people, so the implementation of these measures will continue • Measures to enable teachers to work in new schools, under improved conditions have been/will be undertaken and even more opportunities will be created as the new schools are/will be larger, including for people to be employed as technical staff (cleaners, cooks, etc.) • Some affected people would like to continue with their farming activities and they will be provided with replacement land as a priority (those who have already moved) and prior to resettlement (for those who will move), as foreseen by the RAP. Trainings on improved techniques for farming and livestock management were also requested and have been included as a possibility in the LRP. • Affected people staying in rural areas would also like to have opportunities to develop services for the Rogun HPP project, as well as services in the field of tourism or fishing and this can be done through trainings and provision of loans 35 ROGUN HPP ESIA Livelihood Restoration Plan • The MLMEP has been tasked with providing employment for resettled people through the Rogun Resettlement Law and this will be done through all available measures as listed in Section 4.3.2. • At present there are not many programs offered by agencies and organizations (from outside the governments sector), which could be accessed for assisting affected people, however as this will be a long term process, the RU will continue to seek partnerships, particularly when the exact needs are known after the development of Individual Assistance Plans. New programs can be developed for specific groups of affected people in cooperation with the RU and funding sought to implement these programs, both by international and local organisations. • The fact that young people are particularly vulnerable as they are unemployed, has been taken into account with listing other forms of assistance that could be provided under the Individual Assistance Plans, e.g. access to education. As written earlier on targeting women, the fact that at least two people in each family will be assisted to generate an income for the family will provide more opportunities for targeting young people too. 8.2 Planned consultations and grievance management Details on planned consultation activities, as well as grievance management, are provided in the RAP and are not repeated in this LRP. Livelihood restoration issues will be regularly addressed together with all other topics regarding resettlement through these activities. Two activities are key in the implementation of livelihood restoration assistance: • Community meetings to present the LRP and announce the development of individual family assistance plans (to be held at the beginning of LRP implementation) • Individual family meetings for developing the individual assistance plans and monitoring their implementation (to be held throughout the implementation of the LRP). The individual assistance plans which have been agreed between the Head of the RU and the affected person will be provided in the form of a contract, clearly spelling out commitments and obligations, and signed off by both parties. The RU will also actively engage with all other stakeholders to ensure that livelihood restoration activities are on schedule and producing the desired outcomes, defined by this LRP. As with the RAP, the LRP will be available in English, Russian and Tajik and will be made available and accessible to all PAPs and other stakeholders. It will be available for review in publicly available places that are accessible to affected people at no cost (either direct or indirect), including in information centers that are expected to open in the first quarter of 2015, and will be posted on the project website. 36 ROGUN HPP ESIA Livelihood Restoration Plan 9 Institutional Responsibilities for Implementation of the LRP The RU, which reports directly to the Government of Tajikistan, will be responsible for the implementation of the LRP. The LRP details the process and activities which will be implemented (directly by the RU or with support from other partners) to reach the goal of improving or at least restoring affected people’s livelihoods. The LRP also sets the targets which have to be reached by the RU, to ensure that international good practice and WB standards are met. The timetable/workplan for LRP implementation (Annex 5), presents the detailed activities and who is responsible for carrying out each activity in the RU as well as where the RU will be supported by other partners. The RAP provides details on the present structure of the RU, roles and responsibilities, as well as plans for future staffing. In accordance with the recommendations for future staffing in the RAP, the RU will employ 7 new individuals in 2015. As prescribed by the RAP, one person in the RU will be appointed to be a Livelihood Program Manager, at the beginning of 2015 to manage the overall implementation of the LRP. As noted in the RAP, “the Program Manager will manage the livelihood restoration elements of the RAP. The main tasks of the Program Manager will be to develop a plan for livelihood restoration and its implementation, coordinate efforts done by Ministry of Labor and Ministry of Agriculture and other entities, identification of PAP’s needs and development of additional livelihood restoration measures as may be required, and monitoring of livelihood restoration measures in collaboration with the monitoring and evaluation specialist.” Among other qualifications, the Program Manager will have a background in employment generation, livelihood restoration, skills development, vocational training, or a related field and demonstrated experience managing multi-faceted development programs. This person will be supported in his/her work by other RU staff, particularly the Livelihood Field Officers, which will be based in Information Centers. Four Livelihood Field Officers will be working on the implementation of the LRP as follows: 1 in Tursunzade and in Rogun and 2 in Rudaki. The Livelihood Field Officers will work more proactively and interactively with affected families. Livelihood Field Officers will have experience working at the community level on community development, counseling, vocational training, entrepreneurship development, agricultural extension, and/or related fields. They will have strong community engagement skills. In implementing the LRP, the RU will be supported by other partners for carrying out specific activities (as presented throughout the document) and will monitor this process. For example, as presented in Section 3, the Rogun Resettlement Law specifies that the Ministry of Labor, Migration and Employment of Population, together with several other institutions, is tasked with taking practical measures on assistance in ensuring the employment of migrants. The MLMEP currently provides a range of trainings, job fairs, and related activity throughout the country (see for example, Table 6.2), through the Employment Agency. Through a range of concrete activities listed in the timetable/workplan for LRP implementation (Annex 5), the RU will ensure that the affected people have access to these trainings, job fairs, credits, etc. At the local level, the staff from local Employment Agencies will actively support the Livelihood Field Officers in developing and implementing Individual Assistance Plans, i.e. in matching individuals with training/employment opportunities, in 37 ROGUN HPP ESIA Livelihood Restoration Plan informing affected people of the logistical details for accessing opportunities (i.e. where, when, etc. to go for interviews, trainings), following up on the outcomes, etc. MLMEP representatives will also support the RU in identifying which additional trainings have to be developed and implemented, to respond to needs of affected people and to enable them to access locally available livelihood generation / employment opportunities. Where possible, such trainings will be developed by the MLMEP and the Employment Agency. If not, the MLMEP will assist the RU to identify and liaise with other possible partners to develop and implement these trainings. In organizing the process of providing replacement land for farming, the RU will actively cooperate with the Jamoats, to implement the activities detailed in the timetable/workplan for LRP implementation (Annex 5). Jamoat representatives will also support the RU in organizing individual meetings with affected people to fill in the census level data base. 10 Timetable / workplan for LRP Implementation The RU will begin implementation of the LRP as soon as it is adopted by the GoT, in the period of three to five years, from the beginning of 2015. A timetable and workplan for all activities is provided as Annex 5. 11 Monitoring and Reporting 11.1 Monitoring The Livelihood Program Manager, with support from the Livelihood Field Officers will monitor the implementation of the Livelihood Restoration Plan to ensure that activities are producing desired outcomes and to determine if changes in the approach or implementation are necessary. Details on various types of monitoring are provided in the RAP, while this section focuses only on the progress monitoring which will be carried out by the RU. Pre-displacement incomes and expenditures of each family will be recorded in the census level data base and changes in incomes and expenditures after resettlement will be regularly registered and monitored to reach the overall target of improving, or at least restoring the standard of living from a livelihood perspective of at least 80% of affected families. An indicative list of indicators, which will be used for monitoring, is provided in Table 11.1 below. Additional indicators may be identified and later added by the LRP team, particularly after the development of individual family assistance plans. 38 ROGUN HPP ESIA Livelihood Restoration Plan Table 11.1 Indicative list of indicators for monitoring Topic Indicative indicators Monitoring frequency (3 to 5 years) LRP • Number of community meetings to present Biannually implementation the LRP and meeting minutes (number of process participants disaggregated by gender) • Number of individual family meetings and Monthly number of individual assistance plans, disaggregated by gender • Number of individual assistance plans Monthly signed in the form of contracts, disaggregated by gender • Number of individual assistance plans in Quarterly the form of contracts, breached by affected people, disaggregated by gender • Number of individual assistance plans in Quarterly the form of contracts, breached by the RU, disaggregated by gender • Number and types of grievances submitted, disaggregated by gender of complainant Quarterly and the rate of successful resolving of grievances, disaggregated by gender of complainant • The timing of implemented activities in comparison to the LRP implementation Quarterly schedule • The amount of funds spent for the Biannually implementation of the LRP and the rate of spending Changes in • Number of families with at least two Quarterly income levels and members assisted to generate an income, expenditures disaggregated by gender • Number of individuals with Quarterly increased/reduced income, disaggregated by gender • Number of families with increased/reduced Quarterly total family income • Number of families with increased / reduced total family expenditure and types of expenditures • Number of families whose standard of living from a livelihood perspective has improved (the difference between the family income and expenditures is greater than before displacement). Access to jobs in • Number and type of jobs held by affected Biannually Rogun HPP people in Rogun HPP 39 ROGUN HPP ESIA Livelihood Restoration Plan Topic Indicative indicators Monitoring frequency (3 to 5 years) • Number and types of jobs newly provided Biannually to affected people in Rogun HPP Access to land • Number and type of farming land plots Quarterly for farming provided per location to entitled PAPs • Number and type of farming land plots Quarterly provided per location to individuals who did not have access to land for farming prior to resettlement Assistance with • Number and types of employment/income Quarterly employment and generation programs offered livelihood • Number and type of job fairs organized Quarterly restoration • Number of newly employed individuals Quarterly disaggregated by gender and types of jobs, types of contracts (i.e. short term or temporary) • Number of individuals disaggregated by Quarterly gender who have successfully accessed income generation activities and types of activities Assistance with • Number and type of vocational training Quarterly access to training organized • Number and type of other trainings Quarterly organized • Number of training participants Quarterly disaggregated by gender and training reports • Number of individuals, disaggregated by Quarterly gender who received diplomas Other forms of • Number and type of new personal Quarterly assistance documents provided for PAPs, disaggregated by gender • Number of affected people who received Quarterly social welfare and type of assistance provided, disaggregated by gender • Number of children / young adults Quarterly disaggregated by gender assisted to access education, type of assistance provided • Number of affected people disaggregated Quarterly by gender who receive transport/travel assistance to go to work, to attend trainings, etc. and types and amounts of transport/travel assistance Vulnerable • Number of vulnerable families assisted Monthly groups and types of assistance, disaggregated by gender of head of family 40 ROGUN HPP ESIA Livelihood Restoration Plan 11.2 Reporting When the implementation of the LRP begins, the Livelihood Program Manager will submit regular quarterly progress reports to the Head / Deputy Head of the RU. All meetings and consultations will be documented with minutes and photographs, while all other activities will be documented through regular updating of individual family assistance files, which will be provided together with progress reports. LRP Progress Monitoring Reports will be prepared by the Livelihood Program Manager, while Resettlement Monitoring Reports focusing on outcome monitoring, which will also include an evaluation of livelihood restoration activities will be prepared by external consultants, as stipulated by the RAP. The work of the RU is continually monitored by the GoT and the RU submits quarterly report on progress to the GoT. 12 Estimated budget for LRP Implementation The budget for implementing the LRP for Stage 1 resettlement for the first two years has been estimated at 350,400 USD. This budget has been developed on the basis of costs of livelihood restoration, already included in the RAP. The costs are indicative and given the results of needs from the development of the individual assistance plans the budget will need to be revised. In addition, the costs of all items to be delivered will need to be revised periodically to take into account changes in costs. Table 12.1 Estimated budget for the first two years of LRP implementation Unit Total No. Item Unit Amount Amount amount in in USD USD Livelihood Program Manager to be appointed person- 1 24 500 12,000.00 by the Head/Deputy of month the RU 4 Livelihood Field person- 2 Officers to be hired in 96 400 38,400.00 month 2015 Training through 3 person 200 400 80,000.00 MLMEP Training through partner 4 person 50 500 25,000.00 organizations Start up grants (for small person 5 50 1,500 75,000.00 businesses) (family) 41 ROGUN HPP ESIA Livelihood Restoration Plan Unit Total No. Item Unit Amount Amount amount in in USD USD Assistance for agricultural production 6 (seeds, trees, compost, family 50 1,000 50,000.00 small agricultural machinery, tools, etc.) Other assistance (documents, travel 7 family 50 500 25,000.00 allowances, text books, etc.) RU training (visit to 8 another resettlement person 3 10,000 30,000.00 project abroad) External Monitoring 9 (half time dedicated to year 2 7500 15,000.00 livelihood restoration) 10 TOTAL 350,400.00 Note: In developing future budgets a separate cost for the development of the LRP has to be included. This cost will vary, as it will depend on the scale of resettlement, i.e. number of affected households, number of locations, etc. 13 Conclusions This LRP has been developed with assistance of the Resettlement Unit, based on all available previously collected data, consultations with affected people and meetings with relevant institutions in charge of various components of resettlement work. It was developed in a moment when a part of the affected families were already resettled to new locations. The resettlement process for Stage 1 is continually improving and more work is being undertaken in that direction by the Resettlement Unit every day. Throughout this process lessons are constantly being learned and more will follow as future resettlements take place. For Stage 2 resettlements, the following key lessons learned have been identified: • Collect data relevant for livelihoods during the census which is to be conducted for the RAP (record all affected individuals) • Investigate potential livelihood opportunities at each new location and provide a summary to affected people so that they are well informed before selecting a site. Provide affected people with an opportunity to visit the new sites before selection. Site visits should include women and the youth. • Discuss potential preferences for future livelihood generation with people before they move and in light of the various opportunities at each location 42 ROGUN HPP ESIA Livelihood Restoration Plan • Identify appropriate replacement land at new locations and prepare for transfer of land rights, before relocation takes place. Inform affected people about the size, type and quality of land before relocation to help inform their decisions. • Sign individual assistance plans before resettlement • Take into consideration young people and their opportunities at new resettlement sites for education, provide career counseling so that they select schools which offer them greatest chances for employment at new sites 43 ROGUN HPP ESIA Livelihood Restoration Plan ANNEXES 44 ROGUN HPP ESIA Livelihood Restoration Plan for Stage 1 Annex 1 – List of meetings during the site visit 24.11.2014. to 28.11.2014. Kick off meeting – 24.11.2014. Sharif S. – Director of Resettlement Unit Jamilzoda M. F. – Deputy Director of Resettlement Unit Sattorov M. – Project Management Group Mahmadulloev Kh – representative of Ministry of Labor Imtiaz Hizkli - Senior Power Engineer Furkat Kadyrov - Energy Sector Consultant Meeting with the WB – 24.11.2014. Imtiaz Hizkli, Senior Power Engineer Furkat Kadyrov, Energy Sector Consultant List of individuals met in Rogun – 25.11.2014 1. Jamilzoda M. F. – Deputy Director of RU 2. Yorov S – Deputy Head of Rogun City 3. Abdulhakov S – Deputy of general director of Rogun HPP 4. Sharipov Kh – secretary of chairman of Jamoat Sicharogh 5. Mahmadulloev Kh – representative of Ministry of Labor 6. Abdulloev Kh – member of the Project Implementation Group 7. Qamaridinov K - specialist of Rogun HPP 8. Qurbonov L – Director of Bureau of Technical Inventory of Rogun 9. Saidov Sh - Head of migration department in Rogun Kishrog village • Open meeting with residents of Kishrog village (approx. 15), all men of different ages, including several young men between 15 and 25. • Group meeting with 4 Heads of Household (3 from Kishrog and 1 from Mirog), all men ages between 50 and 70, one of them teacher in local school. Talkhakchashma village • Group meeting with 2 Heads of Household and their household members, all men of different ages • Group meeting with 6 women, 5 of them between the ages of 20 and 30 and 1 over 60. Tagi Kamar village • Group meeting with 3 Heads of Household and their household members, all men of different ages 1 • Meeting with two women, one teacher in the local school and the other a housewife List of individuals met in Tursunzade - 26.11.2014 1. Tursunov R.U - First Deputy of Tursunzade city 2. Jamilzoda M. F. - Deputy of director of RU 3. Mirzoahmadova J. - Deputy of chairman of Jamoat “Jura Rahmon” of Tursunzade city 4. Khojakulov I - Secretary of chairman of Jamoat “Jura Rahmon” of Tursunzade city 5. Saboev S - Head of community Toichi in Jamoat “Jura Rahmon” of Tursunzade city 6. Jumaev S - The head of migration department in Tursinzada city 7. Yatimov T – Deputy of Chief Doctor of Tursunzade hospital 8. Safiyev M - Deputy Director of energy network of Tursunzade city 9. Akramov S – Director of water distribution unit of Tursunzade 10. Niyozov M - Director of center of adult education in Tursonzoda city 11. Mirzoev Sh - the specialist of technical and industry department of Rogun HPP 12. Afghonov Mukim - School Director Tursunzade • Open meeting with residents of Tursunzade in front of newly constructed school, over 30 participants (approx. 10 actively participating), mix of Phase 1 resettled people and host community, 75 to 80% men • Meeting with one male HH, approximately 65, resettled from Chorsada List of individuals met in Rudaki - 26.11.2014 1. Jamilzoda M. F. - Deputy of director of RU 2. Ismatov F. - Deputy of the Head of Rudaki district 3. Qazoqov E - specialist of Rogun HPP 4. Fozilov A - Deputy of the chairman of Jamoat Rudaki 5. Idiev Kh - The head of migration department in Rudaki 6. Abdulloev Kh - the member of Project Implementation Group 7. Mahmadulloev Kh – representative of Ministry of Labor 8. Kabitov Mirzobek - School Director 9. Jalolov Akbar - Rais of mahalla (part 3) 10. Nazarov Kibor – Rais of mahalla (part1) 11. Mardonov Dilovar – Rais of mahalla (part 2) Rudaki • Open meeting with residents of Rudaki in front of newly constructed school, 20 to 25 participants (approx. 8 actively participating), 90% men • Meeting with one male, approximately 45 • Meeting with one head of HH, approximately 60 and 4 household members, 2 sons and 2 grandsons • Meeting with housewife, approximately 60 • Meeting with two young women, between 25 and 35, sisters in law 2 Ministry of Labor, Migration and Employment of Population – 27.11.2014. Sanginzoda E. N. - First Deputy Minister Sharipov Tolibjon - Deputy Chief of Migration Department Mahmadulloev Kh. – representative of Ministry of Labor Agency of Labor and Employment – 27.11.2014. Kurbonov Niyozbek Mahadbakievich - Deputy Director Resettlement Unit – 28.11.2014. Jamilzoda M. F. - Deputy Director of RU Bureau on Human Rights and Rule of Law – 28.11.2014. Juraeva T. – Deputy Director Close out meeting – 28.11.2014. Jamilzoda M. F. – Deputy Director of Resettlement Unit Sattorov M. – Project Management Group 3 ROGUN HPP ESIA Livelihood Restoration Plan for Stage 1 Annex 2 - Employment/income generation/training opportunities Date of last update: 22.12.2014. Area where Key staff / the Potential Institution / Organization / Main Phone Fax, Telex, Contacted in the development of Additional remarks, action No. Office (City) Address Title (Office Project / employment / training available institution/org number of Donor/Project numbers email the LRP / if yes, response given points phone, E-mail) anization is beneficiaries active Ministry of Labor, Migration Job vacancies, trainings, loans, as per National Dushanbe 1 and Employment of Population Meetings held Employment Program Contact after initial census survey Agency for Labour and Rogun Job vacancies, trainings, loans, as per National to define individual assistance 2 Employment Meeting with Deputy Director Employment Program Rogun plans Contact after initial census survey Agency for Labour and Rudaki Job vacancies, trainings, loans, as per National to define individual assistance 3 Employment Meeting with Deputy Director Employment Program Rudaki plans Contact after initial census survey Agency for Labour and Tursunzade Job vacancies, trainings, loans, as per National to define individual assistance 4 Employment Meeting with Deputy Director Employment Program Tursunzade plans Training, small business development services for women i.e. assistance with developing and implementing business plans, accessing Contact after initial census survey National Association of Contacted, interested in subsidized loans, assistance with product to define individual assistance 5 Businesswomen of Tajikistan Khudjand cooperation. placing both in country and abroad. All areas plans Contacted, branch office in Rudaki Individual and group business loans, individual Contact after initial census survey OXUS Microfinance Dushanbe district to provide loans on a agro livestock loans and individual agro to define individual assistance 6 general basis to all people horticultural loans Rudaki plans Loans for small and medium-sized businesses, Contact after initial census survey Imon International micro-business, agro loans, educational loans, to define individual assistance 7 Khudjand Not contacted loans to start a business All areas plans Carried out an evaluation of the resettlement process for Rogun HPP, under an EU Contact after initial census survey Bureau on Human Rights and Dushanbe assignment, worked with affected people and to discuss possible opportunities Rule of Law RU. Interested in further cooperation, but for cooperation, i.e. application to 8 Meeting held currently no funds available. All areas donors with a joint project Contact after initial census survey NGO "Mimtoz" / NGO "Mir Rudaki All areas, to discuss possible opportunities Detey" Contacted, interested in cooperation Various trainings, activities targeting women particularly for cooperation, i.e. application to 9 but currently no funds available and young people Rudaki donors with a joint project Contacted but working only with ILO PROJECT Dushanbe 10 external migrants CESVI Cooperazione e Contacted but currently no projects Dushanbe Sviluppo in the affected areas or with the 11 target group (resettled persons) ACTED (France) (Agency for Technical Dushanbe Contacted but no current 12 Cooperation and evelopment) opportunities 734001 Contacted but no current JICA Tajikistan Office 13 Dushanbe opportunities Contacted but no current GIZ Dushanbe 14 opportunities UN WFP United Nations World Food Dushanbe Contacted but no current 15 Program opportunities Contacted, but office closing no Volunteer Service Overses Dushanbe 16 more projects RCVC Contacted but currently working Refugee Children And Dushanbe only with refugees from 17 Vulnerable Citizens Afghanistan Danish Justitute for Human Contacted but no current Dushanbe 18 Rights opportunities Contacted but no current Dushanbe 19 Mission East opportunities Contacted but no current opportunities, only hotline Eurasia Foundation Dushanbe providing legal consultations for 20 Tajik citizens IFC (International Finance Dushanbe 21 Corporation) Contacted, but no call back 22 Swiss Cooperation Office Dushanbe Contacted, but no call back AKDN Contacted but currently no projects (Aga Khan Development Dushanbe in the affected areas or with the Network) 23 target group (resettled persons) Asian Development Bank Dushanbe 24 Tajikistan Resident Mission Contacted but no response Association for Aid and Relief, Dushanbe 25 Japan Contacted but no response 26 Operation Mercy- Tajikistan Dushanbe Contacted but no response CARITAS Switzerland in Contacted but currently no projects Tajikistan Tajikistan in the affected areas or with the 27 target group (resettled persons) CARITAS Luxemburgein Contacted but currently no projects Tajikistan Tajikistan in the affected areas or with the 28 target group (resettled persons) CARITAS Germany in Contacted but currently no projects Tajikistan Tajikistan in the affected areas or with the 29 target group (resettled persons) Contacted but currently no projects Dushanbe Community Program / UNDP/ in the affected areas or with the 30 CP / target group (resettled persons) IOM Information Resource Contacted but working only with Dushanbe, 734023 31 Center for Labour Migrants external migrants IOM - International Contacted but working only with Dushanbe, 734013 32 Organization for Migration external migrants Concern Worldwide in Contacted but currently no projects Dushanbe Tajikistan in the affected areas or with the 33 target group (resettled persons) 34 FINCA TAJIKISTAN Dushanbe Not contacted Focus Humanitarian Assistance (An Affiliate of Aga Khan Dushanbe Contacted but currently no projects Development Network) in the affected areas or with the 35 target group (resettled persons) German Agro Action Regional Dushanbe 36 office Not contacted Contacted but currently no projects Habitat for Humanity Tajikistan Dushanbe in the affected areas or with the 37 target group (resettled persons) Contacted but currently no projects IFRC Dushanbe in the affected areas or with the 38 target group (resettled persons) 39 League of Women Lawyers Dushnabe Contacted but no response Contacted but currently no projects Dushanbe in the affected areas or with the 40 Mercy Corps target group (resettled persons) MSDSP Mountain Societies Contacted but currently no projects Dushanbe Development in the affected areas or with the 41 Support Programme target group (resettled persons) Contacted, but no current NSIFT opportunity, main area of National Social Investment Dushanbe, 734017 implementation is construction of Fund of Tajikistan 42 educational activities 43 Ora Tajikistan Dushanbe Contacted but no response 44 OSCE Dushanbe Contacted but no response 45 Oxfam GB in Tajikistan Dushanbe Contacted but no response Branch Office of the International Organization of Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation in the Dushanbe Republic of Tajikistan. 46 Contacted but no response 47 USAID Dushanbe Contacted but no response Helvetas Swiss Association for Dushanbe, Tajikistan 48 International Development Contacted but no response UNFAO Contacted but currently no projects Food & Agriculture Dushanbe in the affected areas or with the Organization 49 target group (resettled persons) UNFPA Dushanbe United Nations Population Fund 50 Contacted but no response 51 UNWomen Dushanbe Contacted but no response United Nation Development Contacted but currently no projects Dushanbe, 734024 Programme in the affected areas or with the 52 target group (resettled persons) ROGUN HPP ESIA Livelihood Restoration Plan for Stage 1 Annex 3 - Census level data base 2.3 Officially 2. INFORMATION 1. GENERAL registered 2.4 Relationship 1.1 Household file 1.2 Family file 1.3 Date of the ON ALL 2.2 Contact phone FILE 2.1 Name: residence address to the Head of 2.5 Age 2.6 Sex (M/F) number: number: interview: AFFECTED number: INFORMATION (street, number Family INDIVIDUALS and city) 2.7 Personal documents 2.8 Languages Birth certificate ID card / Passport International Driver's license Other (specify) Tajik (Y/N) Russian (Y/N) Other (specify) (Y/N) (Y/N) passport (Y/N) (Y/N) 3.1 Does the person have an income 2.11 Skills (informal) 2.12 Chronic illness or disability (Yes/No) 2.9 Last grade / 2.10 Profession 3. INCOMES AND type of school (according to EXPENDITURES completed diploma) Skill 1 Skill 2 Skill 3 Y/N Type of disability Before resettlm After resettlm 3.2 The source of his/her income (if 3.3 The amount of his/her monthly 3.7 Family's #1 monthly expenditure 3.8 Family's #2 monthly expenditure 3.4 Family's total monthly income 3.5 Family's total annual income 3.6 Family's total monthly expenditure Yes) income (item 1 and amount) (item 1 and amount) Before resettlm After resettlm Before resettlm After resettlm Before resettlm After resettlm Before resettlm After resettlm Before resettlm After resettlm Before resettlm After resettlm Before resettlm After resettlm 3.9 Family's #3 monthly expenditure 3.10 Family's total annual 3.11 Family's #1 annual expenditure 3.12 Family's #2 annual expenditure 3.13 Family's #3 annual expenditure 4.1 Three priority types of assistance for livelihood (item 1 and amount) expenditure (item 1 and amount) (item 1 and amount) (item 1 and amount) 4. PRIORITY generation ASSISTANCE NEEDED Before resettlm After resettlm Before resettlm After resettlm Before resettlm After resettlm Before resettlm After resettlm Before resettlm After resettlm Priority 1 Priority 2 Priority 3 ROGUN HPP ESIA Livelihood Restoration Plan for Stage 1 Annex 4 - Individual level file 2.3 Officially 2. 1. GENERAL registered 1.1 Household 1.2 Family file 1.2 Date of the INFORMATION 2.2 Contact FILE 2.1 Name: residence address file number: number: interview: ON THE phone number: INFORMATION (street, number INDIVIDUAL and city) 2.7 Personal documents 2.8 Languages 2.4 Relationship to the Head of 2.5 Age 2.6 Sex (M/F) Birth certificate ID card / International Driver's license Russian Other Family Other (specify) Tajik (Y/N) (Y/N) Passport (Y/N) passport (Y/N) (Y/N) (Y/N) (specify) 2.11 Skills (informal) 2.12 Chronic illness or disability 2.9 Last grade / 2.10 Profession type of school (according to Type of completed diploma) Skill 1 Skill 2 Skill 3 Y/N disability 4.1 Three priority types of assistance for 3. INCOMES 3.1 Does the 3.3 The amount livelihood generation 3.2 The source 3.4 Family's 4. PRIORITY AND person have an of his/her of his/her total monthly ASSISTANCE EXPENDITURE income monthly income (if Yes) income NEEDED Priority 1 Priority 2 Priority 3 S (Yes/No) income 4.3 5. 5.1 5.2 Type of Assistance/emp ASSISTANCE/ Proposed/possi assistance/empl loyment EMPLOYMENT ble type of oyment offered provided PROVIDED assistance and accepted (Yes/No) ROGUN HPP ESIA Livelihood Restoration Plan for Stage 1 Annex 5 - Timetable (workplan) 2015 2016 2017 - 2019 No. Activity No. Sub-activity Responsibility Jan to March April to June July to Sept Oct to Dec Jan to March April to June July to Sept Oct to Dec Appointment of the Livelihood Head of the Resettlement Unit X 1 Program Manager in the RU Appointment and training of the Head/Deputy Head of the RU, X 2 Livelihood Field Officers (1 in Livelihood Program Manager Tursunzade, 2 in Rudaki and 1 in Rogun) Establishing Information centers in Resettlement Unit (Head and X X Rudaki, Tursunzade and Rogun and Deputy Head, with assistance of 3 equipping them with all relevant all staff) documents and information (RAP, LRP, Grievance mechanism, leaflets, etc.) Collection of data - lists of all individuals/families who Livelihood Field officers, X 4.1 have land in the old villages, size of land, quality, etc. Livelihood Program Manager clearly marking who has resettled and who has not. Proactive communication and meetings with Livelihood Field officers, X individuals/families who have resettled to determine if Livelihood Program Manager they are interested in replacement land or not, recording Provision of replacement land for 4.2 the agreed outcome of discussion and collection of title farming for those who have resettled documents and any other documents needed for transfer 4 already will be a priority activity to be of land rights for those who are interested (filling in undertaken before the next planting application forms) season. Meetings with Jamoats in Rudaki, Tursunzade and Deputy Head od the RU, X 4.3 Rogun to present how much land (of what quality) is Livelihood Program Manager needed in each location, for which individual/family When appropriate land has been identified, meetings with Livelihood Field officers and X (before the the affected individuals/families, to finalise all relevant Jamoat representative next planting 4.4 arrangements and transfer land rights, as required under season) the RAP. Transferring data from files (hard copies), Jamoat Livelihood Field officers, X 5.1 records, etc. Livelihood Program Manager, Populating the census level data base Jamoat representative 5 with any known/available data As a priority, developing a list of all vulnerable Livelihood Field officers, X 5.2 individuals based on all available data Livelihood Program Manager, Jamoat representative Meetings in new resettlement sites Livelihood Field officers, X 6.1 Livelihood Program Manager, Community meetings to present the village chief (rais of mahalla) 6 LRP and announce the development of Meetings in villages from which Phase 1 families are still Livelihood Field officers, X individual family assistance plans 6.1 waiting for relocation Livelihood Program Manager, village chief (rais of mahalla) Individual meetings in new resettlement sites (assistance Livelihood Field officers, X X X plans for vulnerable families will be developed as a supported by Jamoat 7.1 priority); at the first meeting the census level data base representatives Individual meetings and development will be fully filled in for all members of the family of Individual Assistance Plans (for all 7 Individual meetings in villages from which Phase 1 Livelihood Field officers, X X X interested project affected people over families are still waiting for relocation (assistance plans supported by Jamoat the age of 16) 7.2 for vulnerable families will be developed as a priority) at representatives the first meeting the census level data base will be fully filled in for all members of the family Signing of contracts confirming Resettlement Unit (Head or X X X commitment of both sides to fulfilling Deputy Head), affected people 8 the aims of the Individual Assistance Plans for (e.g. RU to provide training and PAP to attend training). Search for international and local organisations providing Livelihood Program Manager, X X X X X X X X X employment, income generation, training opportunities in supported by staff from the areas/on topics which match needs and preferences of MLMEP and the Employment affected people. Identification of additionally needed Agency 9.1 trainings, which do not already exist (based on needs of affected people and available employment/livelihood Identification of available services and generation opportunities) and search for potential programs of support and population of partners for developing and implementing these 9 data in the employment/income trainings. generation/training opportunities data Individual meetings with international and local Livelihood Program Manager, X X X X X X X X X base organisations to determine if cooperation is possible Deputy Head of the RU, 9.2 supported by staff from the MLMEP and the Employment Agency Signing of contracts with potential providers of available Resettlement Unit (Head or X X X X X X X X X 9.3 services and programs of support Deputy Head) Matching individuals with employment/income Livelihood Field officers, X X X X X X X X 10.1 generation/training opportunities supported by staff from Employment Agency Provision of replacement land for farming as a priority Livelihood Field officers, X X X X X X X X X for those who are interested in continuing with this Livelihood Program Manager, 10.2 activity, prior to relocation as required under the RAP (as Deputy Head of the RU and in Activity 4.) relevant Jamoat representative Informing individuals on identified employment/income Livelihood Field officers, X X X X X X X X X generation/training opportunities - with logistical details supported by staff from Implementation of Individual 10.3 (i.e. where and when to go for meetings, what documents Employment Agency Assistance Plans (implementation of to prepare, where trainings will be organised, etc.) 10 plans for vulnerable families will be a priority) Provision of support to individuals where necessary in Livelihood Field officers, X X X X X X X X X 10.4 securing the necessary documents, filling in application supported by staff from forms, etc. Employment Agency Organising group activities, i.e. specific trainings, Livelihood Field officers, X X X X X X X X 10.5 presentations of opportunities (e.g. available micro supported by staff from credits, etc.) Employment Agency Regular communication and follow up with individuals Livelihood Field officers, X X X X X X X X X and service providers, employers, etc. (have the supported by staff from 10.6 individuals attended trainings, job interviews, were they Employment Agency sucessful, etc.) Three months update of the census level Livelihood Field officers, X X X X X X X X (every 6 data base and individual assistance Livelihood Program Manager months) 11 plans (in the excel data base) for a period of two years and then six months updates for the next three years Progress (internal) monitoring and Livelihood Program Manager, X X X X X X X X X (every 6 12 reporting supported by the Deputy Head of months) the RU 13 Outcome (external) monitoring External unit (consultant) X X X X (annualy)