Full Resettlement Plan: A Recommended Outline - Mining and the Environment: From Ore to Metal - page 606

Appendix 14.1
Full Resettlement Plan:
A Recommended Outline

Topic Contents

Scope of land acquisition and resettlement
Describe, with the aid of maps, scope of land acquisition and why it is necessary for main investment project.
Describe alternative options, if any, considered to minimize land acquisition and its effects, and why remaining effects are unavoidable.
Summarize key effects in terms of land acquired, assets loss, and people displaced from homes or livelihoods.
Specify primary responsibilities for land acquisition and resettlement.

Socioeconomic information
Defi ne, identify and enumerate people to be affected.
Describe likely impact of land acquisition on people affected, taking into account social, cultural and economic parameters.
Identify all losses for people affected by land acquisition.
Provide details of any common property resources.
Specify how project will impact on the poor, Indigenous Peoples ethnic minorities, and other vulnerable groups, including women, and any special measures
needed to restore fully, or enhance, their economic and social base.

Objectives, policy framework and entitlements
Describe purpose and objectives of land acquisition and resettlement.
Describe key national and local land, compensation and resettlement policies, laws, and guidelines that apply to project.
Explain how Bank Policy on Involuntary Resettlement will be achieved.
State principles, legal and policy commitments from borrower executing agency for different categories of project impacts.
Prepare an eligibility policy and entitlement matrix for all categories of loss, including compensation rates.

Consultation, and grievance redress participation
Identify project stakeholders.
Describe mechanisms for stakeholder participation in planning management, monitoring, and evaluation.
Identify local institutions or organizations to support people affected.
Review potential role of non-government organization (NGOs) and community-based organization (CBOs).
Establish procedures for redress of grievances by people affected.

Relocation of housing and settlement
Identify options for relocation of housing and other structures, including replacement housing, replacement cash compensation, and self selection.
Specify measures to assist with transfer and establishment at new sites.
Review options for developing relocation sites, if required, in terms of location, quality of site, and development needs.
Provide a plan for layout, design, and social infrastructure for each site.
Specify means for safeguarding income and livelihoods.