Important note: Yellow parts should come mainly from the Afghanistan national social sector consultant, blue

parts are done by the international consultant

Report 1: Resettlement Policy Framework

0. Summary 1. Brief Description of the Project Components A summary should come from Fichtner technical experts 2. Principles and Objectives Governing Resettlement Preparation and Implementation in Afghanistan

Here, we need links to the constitution, is there any article regarding land ownership, loss of land for public purposes, compensation? All articles should be translated into English ADB standards to be summarized 3. Preliminary Survey of Numbers of Affected Households and of Population to be Replaced

There are three things to do: First, when visiting the final line corridor and the land required for the substations (mainly in Sherbagan) list all houses and all other buildings (e.g. schools) which have to be demolished and people resettled o mark place in map and provide GPS data by N and E coordinates

Secondly, we need to know how much agricultural properties are along the line corridor. So we need detailed information on average agric. land sizes per hh in the different districts. Thirdly, we have to know o o o o 4. 5. how many towers (corner towers and suspension towers) will be constructed on used land which has its owners, how many towers will be constructed on private grazing areas, how many towers will be constructed on community grazing areas, how many towers will be constructed on barren or waste land which has no owners.

Process of Preparing and Approving the Resettlement Plan Comparision of National regulations With ADP Policy requirements

We need a full list of all relevant national Afghan documents which refer to land acqusition, resettlement and compensation payments. Some regulations are already listed in the Fichtner Social Safeguard Information. However, a full translation of the document titles (name of law/decree/circular, date of approval) and of all specific paragraphes is required.

It is important to find out in detail how compensation is valued (how the value of lossed products and housest is assessed) 6. Valuing Affected Assets and Compensation of Losses

This is one of the key issues of the survey. We need for all districts regarding agriculture a full list of all agricultural products represented in the area of the line corridor by type (from wheat to carrots, onion, etc.) even if we have 30 different types!!! the average yields of these agric. products per hectare in tons/ha, on-farm price for all agric. products (on-farm is more or less the wholesale price, not the price for customers on the local markets) in AFG per kilogramm, input costs per hectare for the various products.

The same is required for fruit trees all trees in the areas, number of per hectare, yields of fruits per hectare, on-farm price for products, input costs for farmers per hactare of fruit trees

For the fields, channels, etc. we need to know the costs for replacement (local market price/labour costs) one meter of wood fence, one meter of fence from iron wires, one meter of clay made wall, sticks for grapewines per piece, meter of small (max. 100 cm) concrete channel.

Value of average timber tree (poplar), mulberry tree, etc. if sold for cutting to people.

Value of houses and adjoining buildings: Establish categories of houses (for example traditional simple, middler, better; modern simple, modern better) and prices for new constructions of such houses, Provide costs for various types of stables, stores according to the local traditions.

7.

Eligibility Criteria for Defining Categories of Affected Persons

Do other projects differ between different categories of beneficiaries and/or affected people, for example normal population vulnerable households, or poor or very poor

households? What does it mean in detail for the implementation of the project if someone is classified as vulnerable? 8. 9. 10. Preliminary Entitlement Matrix Detailing for Assistance and Compensation Implementation Process Mechanisms for Consultation With and Participation of Affected Persons

see ToR for Social Impact Analysis (10 focus group discussions should be made during this survey work) Final arrangements by international consultant 11. Grievance Redress and Conflict Resolution Mechanism

Provide information how disputes on land and property are handled informally on the local level and officially with inclusion of courts How long do such cases last (years, months, weeks) and how is the chance for poorer people to get their rights? Which legal system people prefer if it comes to disputes e.g. on exproptiation and compensation? Final arrangements by international consultant 12. 13. Arrangements for Funding Resettlement and Cost Estimates Monitoring Arrangements

Provide information on how monitoring is done with support of local population and local authorities in other projects in the concerned areas - who is participating Final arrangements by international consultant 14. 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 14.6 14.7 Outline of a LARP Based on the findings Dimension of land acquisition and resettlement Principles for expropriation and compensation Valuation of assets and compensation procedures Cost estimates of LARP Institutional aspects of implementation and time schedule Grievance mechanism Monitoing

Here the findings from the focus group discussion have to be incorporated

Report 2: Social Impact and Gender Analysis

1. 2. 2.1 Summary Analysis of Social Baseline Conditions Along the Alignment of the Transmission Line Demography and Socio-Cultural Set-Up

Demographical data by district affected by the transmission line (see maps) on population figures, pop. per sqkm, by sex and by age distribution

Data on ethnical distribution is possible per district Which are minorities, which majorities in the different districts? Which languages are spoken? Are some groups being discriminated amongst the ethnical groups, Why they are discriminated?

Which are the religions groups in the area of intervention (Sunnis, Shiites, ShiaIsmailites)? Which group has which percentage?

2.2

Vulnerable Groups

Provide general poverty data on the districts Who is poorer than the others? Provide figures for the poor and poorest mention the local criteria for poor and very poor.

Why some households are poorer than the others? provide reasons for being poore and some case studies/examples.

Are women headed households in general more vulnerable than the others? 2.3 Socio-Economic Set-Up Social service availability: Percentage of scholarization girld and boys in primary and secundary schools, costs of school attendance.

Health facilities types, numbers, which infrastructure for how many people available, average distance, costs of services.

Drinking water, how much of the population has access to safe water sources, average distance to next safe source, costs of water per cbm, per household and month.

Access roads (passable for cars)available to how many percent of the villages? Public transport availability, cost examples.

Livelihood indicators Occupation figures by sectors agriculture, trade, transport, small scale industries incl. milling, services, agro/food processing.

Employment figures for male, female, youth Migration (how many people in percent are temporarily outside of the area (i.e. less than 6 months) or migrated permanently provide data on income groups by category (rich, middle, poor, extremely poor) Figures on distribution of income (percentage of all by income groups, establish practical categories e.g. from 0 x, from x y, from y-z, from zyz, etc.)

Agriculture and land use Provide a general overview on the agric. system for crops, fruit trees,

animal husbandry.

Detailed information on land tenure landownership and land use right categories, who owns the land? Value of rain fed land per acre/hectare, Value of irrigated land per acre/hectare How important is leasing/renting, o Costs for rented land per year (wo compare with value of yields)

Energy sector information How many households in the project area have already access to a private or a public network? provide figures per district

Who are the major electricity users? domestic sector, shops/trade, producing business, agriculture (e.g. electro pumps), governmental institutions as schools, health centres, administration buildings?

How is the quality of electricity supply in supplied areas? What are the major problems? o o e.g. limited quantity in hours provided quality (e.g. low voltage)?

2.4

What are the costs for electricity for public and private networks (per kWH and per new household/workshop connection? Are there statements available regarding the positive impacts of an improved electricity supply infuture? Please provide loval and district level development plans (digital data) wherever possible Socio-Political Structures How is the formal political structure on village level, o o on sub-district level and on district level?

(provide data on hierarchies, authorites, functions and assessment of role in verydays decision making processes)

How is the informal political structure on village level above village level?

(provide data on hierarchies, authorites, functions and assessment of role in verydays decision making processes) What is the role of clans and extended families (strong weak in which sector (social, political, economic, religious)? Are there still influencial elders? Who is an elder? Are there differences between the ethnical group regarding the authority of elders?

How do people act in case of disputes? Who has the authority to solve the disputes? What happens if disputes are not solved locally?

Are there any longer lasting conflicts in parts of the project area between various stakeholders (ethnical or social groups)? Do these conflicts influence the line construction in a negative way?

3. -

Analysis of Stakeholders Which institutions and organizations can be identified in the project areas? What is their role and influence? What is their legitimacy as seen by the populations? NGOs? Community based organization? Local government? Womens organizations? Cooperatives?

Could such an organization participate in the assessment of value of land to be given to the project and the valuation of compensation payments? If yes, which ones? (please provide names).

What is the role of the national institutions in the project areas? Energy companies Police, School and health service administrations?

4. 4.1 -

Which organizations and which individuals might favour the electricity line project, which organizations or individuals might be a challenge for the implementation? How is the qualification and the institutional capacity of the various groups of mentioned stakeholders? Who is best trained, which groups are the weakest and why? Gender Analysis Target Beneficiaries and Gender What is the role of women in the project areas regarding o agriculture (please provide details) what are women what are men doing, who sells which products, where (on markets, on-farm)

who gets which benefits?

o business and trade including agro-processing,

o regarding domestic obligations such as house keeping, cooking, providing drinking water, fetching firewood?

Who in the household is esponsible for the payment of food and clothes, repair and reconstruction of house, payment of health expenditure, zakat and contributions to marriages, paying costs for education?

Who is the owner of the following items agricultural lands, house and attachment parts of houses, household devices (kitchen, carpets, beds, if available fridges, fans, sewing machines, etc.), larger animals such as cows, horses, and donkeys, sheep and goats, chicken, ducks, etc.?

Who in the household decides mainly if it comes to purchasing daily food staff, purchasing clothes,

purchasing household devices, purchasing agricultural inputs and utensils, purchasing animals, enrolement of boys and girls to school, go to health clinics for treatment, marriage of sons and daughters?

(Please consider difference between boys and girls as objects of decision) 4.2 4.3 Constraints for Potential Participation of Women in the Project What are the legal, cultural or religious constraints to the potential participation of women in the Project? What is the relation between Islamic religious legislation and traditional customs? Could women became members of a supervisory committee which follows up the assessment of losses and valuation of damages and compensation payments? Would women profit from electricity supply by opening shops or/and starting businesses (if e.g. they would get crdits)? Employment Opportunities Within the Project Can women in the project districts be employed in the project district as unqualified workers in the project? (e.g. cleaning construction site from shrubbs, transport of utensils, etc.)? Can women be employed as kitchen staff for work camps? Would women be able to come to a work camp or a construction site and sell (in front of the camp) their farm products, sweets and drinks to the workers? Are there any other job opportunities for women in the context of the project (for example transport with donkeys)? Is there a chance that physically handicapped men would be employed by the construction firms for the transmission line and/or the substations?

4.4 -

Project Impacts Do women so far if available - use electricity in the affected areas for any personal purposes?

If yes, for which purposes?

Are there job opportunities for women in the project area which depend mainly or solely on the availability of electricity? (for instance, small restaurants, cookshops, food selling)

If yes, which? Please decribe jobs/businesses, specific role of women and their possible profits

Which benefits at home would women (and girls) gain if their housholds could get an electricity connection for the first time?

Please list all typs of benefits and rank from most important to less important.

4.5 -

Potentials for Gender-Inclusive Project Design Which measures could be initiated/adopted to allowe for a higher benefit for women from rural electrification?

What should for instance be done in addition to the provision of electricity so that women could profit personally and economically from electricity supply? Would women (economically) profit from a credit programme? What would they do with the credits?

4.6 -

Capacities of TE and DABS Regarding Involvement of Women How (if at all) did TE and DABS implemented gender aspects in previous projects? Are there studies available? How do their senior staff members view this aspect? Do they think that it would be important to include gender issues into planning and implementation of a transmission line project (including construction of substations)?

5.

Identification of Affected Properties Along the Alignment

See Resettlement Policy Framework 6. Analysis of the Institutional Capacity

The key staff of DABS and the concerned staff of the relevant ministries will be trained on the content of the Resettlement Policy Framework and their role and responsibility in its implementation, i.e. the preparation of the LARP, inclusive the consultation process and the social assessment. This will be done within the frame of a seminar for all related people and organizations in Kabul. So, what are the current capacities of DABS and the Ministry of Energy? Do they have a Project Management Unit (PMU)? If yes, which staff and which qualification?

Do they have a social expert? If yes, which qualification?

Do they have a Monitoring and Evaluation Unit? If yes, which staff and which qualification?

How do staff members view their capacities regarding the implementation of land acquisition and resettlement according to international standards if an excellent performance is essential for the disbursement of the ADB credit? you should tell them: ADB will not release the loan in case that people are complaining regarding the fairness of the process.

10

7.

Training Requirements of DABS and Ministry

From the assessment under chapter 6 the training requirements are dissipated. Please assess in discussion with the concerned staff the personal views regarding the existing qualification for land acquisition and resettlement according to international standards, demands for training (detailed information on what would be needed is required)

Summary by the international consultant

Send please all files with reports from organizations available in Afghanistan on electrification impacts, poverty, social development, gender, etc.

11

Questions for focus group discussions:

Date://2012
Place of discussion Province District: Village:

Participants

No of all:........

No of men:..

No of women:

Type of group

No of privates:.

No of business:.

Electrification status

Connections exist [

Connections dont exist [ ]

Question 1: Do you have already electricity in the village / living area? - Public connection - Private (generator) based network [Yes] [No] [Yes] [No]

Question 2: If one or two [yes] in question 1 who out of this group has a public or private connection? [No of persons:..] Question 3: If one or two [yes] in question 1 what is the reason for those persons who do not have any electricity connection for not applying? .................................................................................................................................................. ...................................................................................................................................................... .............................................................................................................................................. .................................................................................................................................................. .................................................................................................................................................. .................................................................................................................................................. .................................................................................................................................................. Question 4. If there is no electricity connection in the village, do you want to have a connection? [No of persons who want a connection: male:....... female:.......] Why do you want a connection:.............................................................................................. ................................................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................................... 12

................................................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................................................... [No of persons who do not want a connection: male:...... female:......] Why do you do not want a connection: .................................................................................................................................. ................. ................................................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................................................... Question 5: For those who want a connection: If you have to pay only for installation a fee, do you still want such a connection and can you pay for such a connection? [Number of persons who want: .....] Question 6: If persons still want the connection: Whats about the electricity fees? You would have to pay each kWh consumed a certain amount. Can you pay for this? Number of answers [Yes: ...] [Perhaps: ...] .......[No: ...]

For concerned villages / neighborhoods:

Please explain: The project will construct new electricity lines. It could happen that the line will cross your land and even your house although this is almost unlikely. However, it could be possible that the project needs a piece of your land and would also damage some of your crops. For the damages and the land needed you will get full compensation in cash. Question 7: Reactions (positive-negative) with regard to the project in general: ................................................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................................................... Question 8: Proposals for the expropriation and compensation procedure : ................................................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................................................... 13

................................................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................................................... Question 9: Who should supervise the expropriation and compensation in order to ensure a fair and transparent procedure? ................................................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................................................... Question 10: Which questions do people have about the project? ................................................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................................................... Question 11: About what would people be afraid with regard to the project, expropriation, compensation, electricity supply, danger from electricity itself, etc.? ................................................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................................................... Question 12. Are there any most vulnerable groups of the population and how could they be assisted specifically in case of expropriation/compensation? ................................................................................................................................................... ...................................................................................................................................................
Many thanks for participating in the discussion

14