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Environmental and Social Management Framework• Consultation of the completion documents that were recently developedunder the RMDP Program.The concepts and procedures presented in this framework is intended to helpDoR, stakeholders and project proponents to fulfil their environmental and socialresponsibilities as required under the National Environmental Impact AssessmentGuidelines of 1993 and GoN policies and regulations detailed in Chapter 2. Thefocal addressee within the DoR is the GESU (Geo-Environment & Social Unit)who is responsible for supervising and managing E&S aspects in all phases ofstrategic road network development. Details are given in Chapter 9 and 10 of thisESMFThis ESMF will help keep the overriding E&S responsibilities firmly in mind duringthe scoping process while writing the Terms of Reference (ToR), whileconducting the Initial Environmental Examination (IEE) or the EnvironmentalImpact Assessment (EIA) with reference to the proposed and sector-wide roaddevelopment. It will also aid in the process of compliance monitoring in regards toeach project's Environmental Management Action Plans (EMAP), Social ActionPlans (SAP) and related plans and resettlement (RP/RAP).Table 1.1 Main Stakeholders and Users of the ESMF1) ROAD AGENCY : DEPARTMENT OF ROADS• Planning and Design Branch• Geo-Environment & Social Unit• Monitoring and Evaluation Unit• Road and Traffic Unit• Roads Sector Skills Develop. Unit• Highway ManagementInformation System Unit2) GOVERNMENT LINE AGENCIES• Ministry of Physical Planning andWorks• Nepal Roads Board (in asupervisory role)• Ministry of Labor and TransportManagement• Dept. of Transport Management3) OTHER RELEVANT GOVERNMENT MINISTRIES• Ministry of Forest and SoilConservation• Dept of Forests• Department of National Parks andWildlife Conservation• Department of Soil Conservationand Watershed Management4) CONSULTANTS• Environmental/EIA Consultants• Social/SIA Consultants5) CONTRACTORS• Construction Implementing Contracts• Foreign Cooperation Branch• Road Project managers• Maintenance Branch• 5 Regional Road Directorates• 25 Divisional Road Offices• Ministry of Local Development• Department of Local InfrastructureDevelopment and Agricultural Roads(where agricultural roads and/orother local infrastructure areaffected)• Ministry of Water Resources• Ministry of Culture, Tourism and CivilAviation• Department of Archaeology• Nepal Electricity Authority / Dept. ofElectricity Development• Nepalese Army• Technical/Engineering Consultants• Legal ConsultantsApril 2007 Chapter 1-7
Environmental and Social Management Framework6) COMMUNITY LEVEL STAKEHOLDERS• Local Authorities (LAs)• District Development Community• Village Development Community• Municipalities• Community Based Organizations• Non-Governmental Organizations7) PRIVATE INVESTORS• Local Constructive Forums• Compensation DeterminationCommittee (CDC)• Road Neighbors• Political Leaders and Representatives• Private Investors under BUILD OPERATE AND TRANSFER (BOT)• Private Investors under BUILD OWN OPERATE AND TRANSFER (BOOT)1.5 Structure of the ESMF DocumentThis Environmental and Social Management Framework Report, following thisintroductory section, contains further 10 Chapters:Chapter 2: Proposed Methodological Framework for SRN-related EnvironmentalAssessment Studies: contains details of the necessary activities carried outduring various stages of the project planning, study, design and implementation.This chapter contains major framework conditions to be provided by the ESMF. Itstepwise details on carrying out environmental and social assessment in projectsfor sector wide application, guiding the user on what to be conducted with whatmethodology at various stages of the EA study, including the environmentalauditing. It also provides the basic principles for planning, implementing andmonitoring mitigation measures while considering this road development project.Chapter 3: Legal Framework: Policies, Regulations and Guidelines: Review ofthe Legal Framework: Policies, Regulations and Guidelines of the Government ofNepal, and those of the major donor agencies, that bear relevance to theforthcoming SRN program.Chapter 4: Identification of Potential Environmental and Social Impacts in SRNSub-Projects: Describes in specific details the various impacts that may occurdue to implementation of the envisaged road sub-projects. It contains bothbeneficial as well as adverse impacts experienced in different ecological settingsof the country. Experiences of other / similar road projects implemented in Nepalhave also been included. However, additional compilation of the impacts basedon the experience of this Study as well as past studies conducted in the countryis still being carried out.Chapter 5: Public Consultation Framework: presents the specific publicconsultation framework that needs to be applied while carrying out the respectiveEAs for the corresponding sub-projects It also includes the consultativeprocedures required for different project implementation phases as outlined in theEnvironmental Management Plan and in the Social Action Plan.Chapter 6: A Compendium of Environmental and Social Impacts MitigationMeasures in Road Projects Planned under SRN: Provides technical aspects howto maximize beneficial impacts and how to avoid or minimize of adverse impactsunder the typical setting in the forthcoming road development program.Chapter 7: Resettlement Policy Framework: contains the framework preparedfor carrying out land and property acquisition, compensation and resettlementduring project implementation. It follows the GON and WB policy and provisions.The National Resettlement Policy Framework is currently being prepared byNational Planning Commission, and is expected to be finalized within couple ofmonths. Once this is finalized, the RPF will also refer to this binding document.Chapter 1-8 April 2007
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