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Environmental & Social Management Frameworkinvolved in similar donor funded projects. In particular, the Social andEnvironmental Management Framework prepared for the Rural AccessImprovement and Decentralization Project (RAIDP, 2004) proved to beparticularly helpful in identifying institutional capacity issues related to thecountry’s road and transport sector.The Consultant undertook an updating and comprehensive analysis of the latestsetting in the Unit, together with the Head of GESU, Mr. Krityanand Thakur in lateOctober-November, 2006. Based on this consultation, a set of institutionalreforms for the GESU and improvements is recommended to increase theircapacity for better coping with the ongoing and forthcoming environmental andsocial management tasks entailed by road projects in Nepal.The need assessment for increasing the Unit’s capacity took three aspects intoaccount:(i) institutional issues linked to coordination, interactions andcommunications with external entities,(ii) organisational issues relating to internal structural, manpowerlevels and mix, budgets, logistics, and(iii) individual level, referring to manpower, level of expertise, training,task distribution and responsibilities.The updated need assessment formed the basis of an institutional strengtheningproposal, described in detail in a separate document entitled ‘Training Plan forEnvironmental and Social Safeguard Measures Relating to Road DevelopmentProjects in Nepal’.10.2 Organisation of the Geo-Environment & Social Unit of DoR10.2.1 Development of the UnitOriginally, a Unit was set up in 1988 as the “Environmental ManagementCoordination Unit” of the DoR to support the Arun Access Road for the proposedArun-III Hydropower Project and reformed as a permanent cell under Planning &Design Branch with a new name as Geo-Environment Unit (GEU) in the year1994. In the beginning from 1994 to 1999 the unit remained supported withOverseas Development Agency (British) and World Bank financial support forRoad Maintenance and Rehabilitation Projects. The British support was mainlyfocused in DoR's capability building and strengthening in bio-engineering areawhereas World Bank’s support was focused in the field of environmental sector.The preparation of a Reference Manual on Environmental and Social Aspects ofIntegrated Road Development was completed later in 2003, funded by DoR’sInstitutional Strengthening Component of the Road Maintenance andDevelopment Project (RMDP).Ayodhya Pd. Shrestha, former Chief, GEU/DoR on 03/19/2006, for analyzing the institutionalaspects of the GEU.In addition, institutional capacity information had been obtained through contacting the RMDPInstitutional Strengthening Project Office between December 2005 and March 2006.Chapter 10-2 April 2007
Environmental & Social Management FrameworkFig. 10.1: Organizational Chart of the Department of Roads and the embedding of the Geo-Environment & Social UnitDIRECTOR GENERAL (DG)DG's OfficeForeign CooperationBranch, DDGPlanning &Design Branch,DDGMechanicalBranch, DDGMaintenanceSectionBi-LateralCo-operation UnitMulti-LateralCo-operation UnitDisputeUnitResolutionHighwayManagementInformationSystem UnitPlanningProgram,Monitoring &evaluationunitGeoEnvironment& Social UnitRoad SectorSkillsDevelopmentUnitCentralLaboratoryQualityControl UnitRoad andTraffic UnitBridge UnitEquipmentmaintenanceManagementSection&EquipmentProcurement &Training SectionMechanicalTraining CentreHeavy EquipmentDivisions (6)MechanicalOffices (9)AdministrativeSectionPersonalAdministrationLegal and LandCompensationInternalAdministrationCentral StoreFinancialAdministrativeSectionCentral level& AuditingOperationSectionApril 2007Chapter 10-3
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