roadsdepartmentoftheministryofregionaldevelopment.docVIP

Roads Department of the Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure of Georgia Environmental and Social Management Framework for Implementing Secondary and Local Roads Project-II Tbilisi 2012  1. Introduction The following Policy framework for Environmental and Social Assessment and Protection has been prepared for the purposes of implementing the Georgia Secondary and Local Roads Project - II (SLRP-II) supported by the World Bank. The project will rehabilitate high priority sections of the existing roads which are classified as secondary and local roads. The project triggers two safeguard policies of the World Bank: OP/BP 4.01 Environmental Assessment, and OP/BP 4.12 Involuntary Resettlement. According to the World Bank OP/BP E4.01, the project is classified as environmental Category B. Present Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF) formulates the main principles of environmental management applicable to the project and provides guidance for carrying out site-specific environmental work required for individual investments as well as for the public disclosure and stakeholder consultation on the potential impacts of the project. The national legislation of Georgia does not require any type of environmental assessment, management planning, review and permitting for the types of activities included in the project design. Therefore, the World Bank safeguard policies will shape environmental due diligence in the course of the project implementation. According to the World Bank OP/BP E4.12, a Resettlement Policy Framework (RPF) is developed, which outlines the main principles of fair compensation for property or user rights to any assets involuntarily given up by affected people due to the project implementation. Site-specific Resettlement Action Plans (RAPs) will be prepared for those individual investments to which OP/BP 4.12 is applicable. Such cases are expected to be rare, but arrangements shall be