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Environmental and Social Management Frameworkmicro-enterprises, poultry, fishery/fish culture, bee-keeping, livestockraising, storing wood in the women’s sheds , NTFPs, community forestryschemes etc.);• Literacy courses to women;• Hygiene and sanitation campaigns;• Saving and credit schemes;• Nursery establishment, plantation of fodder and fruit trees, improvedgrasses;• Improved hill farming techniques and soil protection measures againsterosion and mineral depletion.8.6 Institutional Responsibilities and Implementation Arrangement8.6.1 Linkage and Overall Responsibilities for Implementing the VCDPThe Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) and the VCDP will be implementedsimultaneously in close coordination with each other. The Ministry of PhysicalPlanning and Work (MoPPW) will be the Executing Agency (EA) and Departmentof Roads (DoR) will be the Implementing Agency (IA) for the entire SWRP. AProject Implementation Unit (PIU) at DoR, headed by the Project Manager (PM)will be established at the central department, which will be responsible for theoverall planning, implementation and coordination of the proposed sub-project aswell as the overall SRN Program. The same unit and institutional arrangementestablished within DoR for RAP implementation will also be responsible toimplement the VCDP activities.8.6.2 Contracting Experienced NGOsSince vulnerable peoples’ issues are sensitive, a local NGO experienced invulnerability issues and livelihood restoration will be hired. This NGO will work aspartner organization with the Engineering Supervision Consultant to providefeedback and facilitation services for implementation of the proposed VCDPactivities. The project leadership has to ensure that the NGO is familiar with thepolicies of GoN, World Bank, ADB and other donor agencies’ requirement onvulnerable communities.The Senior Resettlement/ Social Development Expert will seek support fromDistrict project support units, Local Consultative Forums and the field offices ofthe Consultant to collaborate with the partner NGO will execute and monitor theprogress of the work. S/He will ensure coordination between the relevantdepartments, organizations, NGO and the vulnerable groups. Another core taskof this expert is to ensure that gender discrimination will be avoided by all supportprograms considered.8.7 VCDP BudgetEach sub-project VCDP will have, as applicable, its own budget. A detailedbudget will be prepared by the consultant taking into account of all activitiesassociated with the formulation and implementation of the VCDP. The budget willinclude cost associated with recommended program activities, human resourcecost, monitoring and other associated cost. Such budgets will be an integral partof the project cost, to be included in the cost item for Environmental and SocialManagement costs.The budget will be made available during project implementation. The EA willensure that adequate budget is available to implement VCDP. The EA will alsoApril 2007 Chapter 8-7
Environmental and Social Management Frameworkensure that funds are delivered on time to the implementing Consultant and thepartner NGOs for timely implementation of supplementary programs as devisedin the VCDP.8.8 Monitoring and EvaluationA monitoring and evaluation program will be implemented to (i) record andassess project inputs and the number of persons in the vulnerable groupsassisted, and (ii) confirm that former subsistence levels and living standards arebeing re-established.The implementation of VCDP will be monitored both internally and externally withthe objective of providing feedback to management on implementation andidentifying problems and successes as early as possible to facilitate timelyadjustment of implementation arrangements. DoR will establish a quarterlymonitoring system involving project staff, implementing NGO, affected vulnerablecommunities, and local organizations of the vulnerable communities to ensureparticipatory monitoring arrangements. A set of monitoring indicators will bedeveloped during VCDP implementation. Appropriate monitoring formats will bedeveloped for effective internal and external monitoring and reportingrequirements. In particular, the monitoring aims:• to ensure that the standard of living of vulnerable groups are restored orimproved;• to monitor whether the time lines of the activities planned in the VCDP arebeing met;• to assess if social uplift measures or social development support program aresufficient;• to identify problems or potential problems; and• to identify measures of responding immediately to mitigate problems.Monitoring indicators are in principle the same as identified in the ResettlementManagement Framework (see previous Chapter), applying two monitoringmechanisms, i.e. ongoing internal monitoring of process and output indicators;and external monitoring by an independent monitoring agency or establishingsocial audit system to assess the extent to which VCDP objectives have beenmet.An overall impact evaluation will be carried out in the final year of the project toassess the changes in the overall living standards contributed by the project. ThisAudit shall be part of the foreseen Social Audit as described in the previousChapter. For effective monitoring of the project impacts on the vulnerable groups,the socio-economic baseline established for the project will serve as comparativebasis to cross-check and to verify project-induced impacts (positive and negative)on representative vulnerable households. Monitoring indicators will includegender, ethnic groups and income group specific indicators, and monitoringreports will present data accordingly. Indicators that can be monitored for thispurpose will include how many vulnerable people participated actively in projectactivities, benefited from target assistance to enhance livelihoods, documentationof their opinions on project impacts and if any of their specific concerns wereaddressed during implementation.Chapter 8-8 April 2007
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