FILE COPY RP238. Water Sector Restructuring Project Ghana Resettlement Training Plan. Volume 2. Ghana Water Company Ltd. 9P2503

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1 Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized RP238 Volume 2 Water Sector Restructuring Project Ghana Resettlement Training Plan Ghana Water Company Ltd. 13 April 2004 Draft Report 9P2503 FILE COPY

2 0 00 ROYAL HASKONING HASKONING NEDERLAND BV ENVIRONMENT Hoofdweg 490 P.O. Box 8520 Rotterdam 3009 AM The Netherlands +31 (0) Telephone Fax Internet Arnhem CoC Document title Water Sector Restructuring Project Ghana Document short title Status Project name Project number Author(s) Resettlement Training Plan Draft Report Date 13 April 2004 Client Reference Environmental, Resettlement and Dam Safety Studies for Ghana WSRP 9P2503 Fred6ric Giovannetti Ghana Water Company Ltd.

3 COD ROYAL HASKONING CONTENTS Page Page 0 INTRODUCTION SCOPE OF THE ASSIGNMENT SCOPE AND CONTENTS OF THIS REPORT TRAINING NEED ANALYSIS POTENTIAL TRAINEES NEED ANALYSIS AND TRAINING OBJECTIVES RESETTLEMENT TRAINING PLAN TRAINING WORKSHOP Detailed programme of the workshop Equipment and logistics required... 6 APPENDIX 1 - TERMS OF REFERENCE - EXCERPT (RESETTLEMENT TRAINING). ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED. Draft Report 13 April 2004

4 ROYAL HASKONING 0 INTRODUCTION 0.1 SCOPE OF THE ASSIGNMENT This Resettlement Training Plan has been prepared by Royal Haskoning in connection with the first year of implementation plan of the Water Sector Restructuring Project (WSRP) in Ghana. It is established in compliance with the Terms of Reference of the contract. The consulting contract between Ghana Water Company Ltd (GWCL) and Royal Haskoning also includes the development of a ReseKtlement Policy Framework (RPF), which is provided as a separate document. The Resettlement Training Plan is established in consistency with this RPF. 0.2 SCOPE AND CONTENTS OF THIS REPORT This report is the draft Resettlement Training Plan (RTP) for the Water Supply and Sanitation Project. It has been prepared in April 2004 by Frederic Giovannetti acting as a sub-consultant to Royal Haskoning, and Andrew Kwaku Agyeman Mensah, a Ghanaian expert sub-contracted through AY & A. It follows consultation with the Project Management Unit (PMU) established within the Ministry of Civil Works, and other organizations, including Land agencies and the Estates Department of GWCL. 1 TRAINING NEED ANALYSIS 1.1 POTENTIAL TRAINEES Consultation with the Project Management Unit on this matter indicates that trainees may fall under the following categories: - About 10 Project engineers with Ghana Water Company Ltd, mostly based in the regional offices, - About 2 to 3 Ghanaian consultants, potentially in charge in the future of developing Resettlement Action Plans (RAPs) or Abbreviated Resettlement Plans (ARPs), - The Estates Unit of GWCL (1 to 2 persons), - PMU team members (2 persons). In order to provide training on an appropriate level, the maximum amount of trainees is set at NEED ANALYSIS AND TRAINING OBJECTIVES The following table shows the need analysis and related training objectives for the 4 categories of attendees outlined above in paragraph 1.1. Draft Report April 2004

5 ROYAL HASKONING Table 1: Need analysis and training objectives Category of Main tasks related with Need analysis and main training objectives trainees resettlement as per the RPF Regional project - Oversee at local level the - Detailed understanding of the RPF engineers - GWCL preparation of RAPs and ARPs by consultants - Ability to undertake a rapid assessment of resettlement issues in a given location - Oversee at local level the - Ability to participate in, and coordinate field implementation of RAPs and activities related with preparation of RAPs and ARPs ARPs - Liase at regional level with - Ability to coordinate resettlement activities at external agencies involved regional and field level in land acquisition and resettlement issues (land agencies) Ghanaian - Develop RAPs and ARPs - Detailed understanding of the RPF consultants - Ability to implement field activities related with preparation of RAPs and ARPs Estates - Trigger legal procedures - General understanding of resettlement issues Department - required by land acquisition - Detailed understanding of the RPF GWCL - Monitor compliance of preparation and - Detailed understanding of OP 4.12 requirements and their relationship with Ghanaian law implementation of RAPs and requirements, including gaps between the two ARPs with Ghanaian law and how to address them PMU team - Make sure Ghanaian legal - General understanding of resettlement issues members requirements and WB - safeguard policies are - General understanding of the RPF General understanding of Ghanaian law and OP complied with 4.12 requirements - Make sure the RPF is - Ability to coordinate resettlement activities at complied with national level - Oversee preparation and - Ability to contract consultants for RAPs and implementation of RAPs and ARPs development ARPs at Project level 2 RESETTLEMENT TRAINING PLAN 2.1 OVERVIEW The Terms of Reference provide that a workshop is to be organized by the Consultant as part of this assignment. Although this workshop is intended as a core part of the training plan, all objectives as per Table 1 above may not be achieved as a result of the workshop only, and some follow-up activities will be required later. Draft Report April 2004

6 EOYAL HASKONING 2.2 TRAINING WORKSHOP Training tools Dates The following training tools will be used during the workshop: - Computer assisted presentations (Powerpoint), - Work in small groups on documents, - Site visits. It is agreed upon to hold the training workshop from Monday, June 7, 2004, to Friday, June 11, Detailed programme of the workshop The detailed programme of the workshop is shown in Table 2. Table 2: Detailed programme of the workshop Day Hours Detailed content Training materials Monday Official opening - List of participants - Introduction of participants and trainers - Agenda of the training - Introduction to the programme of the session training session Monday General introduction: - Powerpoint - Involuntary vs. voluntary resettlement, presentation - Main issues associated with - Associated handout involuntary resettlement in the context of development projects in Africa, - Evolution of the resettlement practice in the last 30 years Monday Break Monday The World Bank OP 4.12 on Involuntary - Full text of OP 4.12 for Resettlement: each participant - Planning requirements, (included in the RPF) - Implementation requirements, - Documentation and disclosure requirements, - Specific provisions related with vulnerable groups, grievance and conflict management, monitoring & evaluation, etc... Monday Break 9P2503/RIFG/Rottl Draft Report April 2004

7 ROVAL MASKONING Day Hours Detailed content Training materials Monday The Resettlement Policy Framework (RPF) - Full copy of the RPF prepared for the WSR Project: for each participant - Overview and objective of the RPF, - Powerpoint - The Ghanaian legal context, presentation - Gaps between OP 4.12 and local legislation and/or practice, and how to bridge them, - Eligibility and entitlements, - Resettlement & compensation packages as proposed in the RPF, Monday Break Monday The Resettlement Policy Framework - Full copy of the RPF prepared for the WSR Project (continued): for each participant - Assessment processes (i.e. - Powerpoint introduction to the ARPs and RAPs as presentation proposed in the RPF), - Census methodology, - Content of an ARP, - Content of a RAP, - Grievance and conflict management, - Vulnerable people, - Monitoring and evaluation. Tuesday First case study: Urban resettlement, the - Powerpoint Riviera-Marcory toll bridge and highway in presentation Abidjan, C6te d'lvoire: - Associated handout - Background, - Resettlement packages, - Consultation and negotiation with affected people, - Development of resettlement sites and construction of resettlement housing, - Assistance to vulnerable people - Potential weak points (discussion with participants) Tuesday Break Tuesday First case study (Abidjan): Potential weak points (discussion with participants) Tuesday Second case study: Urban resettlement, - Powerpoint the upgrade of the El Mina shantytown in presentation Nouakchott, Mauritania: - Associated handout - Background, - Resettlement packages, - Consultation and negotiation with affected people, - Development of resettlement sites and construction of resettlement housing, - Assistance to vulnerable people Tuesday Break Draft Report April 2004 U~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

8 000 ROYAL HABKONING Day Hours Detailed content Training materials Tuesday Second case study: Urban resettlement, - Powerpoint the upgrade of the El Mina shantytown in presentation Nouakchott, Mauritania (continued) - Associated handout - Potential weak points (discussion with participants) Tuesday Break Tuesday Third case study: Rural resettlement, the - Powerpoint Doba oil project in Southern Chad presentation - Background, - Associated handout - Resettlement packages, - Consultation and negotiation with affected people, - Development of resettlement sites and construction of resettlement housing, - Assistance to vulnerable people - Potential weak points (discussion with participants) Wednesday Fourth and fifth case studies: Acquisition of - Powerpoint temporary easement rights and related presentation compensation: the Chad Cameroon oil - Associated handout pipeline and the Baku - Tbilisi - Ceyhan oil pipeline (Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey): - Background, - Compensation policies, - Monitoring and evaluation NB: Could potentially be changed to a Ghanaian example (Abasso mine) Wednesday Break Wednesday Work in small groups: analysis of three Copies of each of the Resettlement Action Plans: Bujagali dam three RAPs (Uganda), DSUP (Ghana), Rosia Montana Gold Mine (Romania): - Presentation of the objectives of the work in small groups, - Formation of the groups and start of the work Wednesday Break Wednesday Work in small groups: analysis of three Copies of each of the RAPs three RAPs Wednesday Break Wednesday Presentation of their findings by each of the Copies of each of the three groups, for each of the 3 RAPs three RAPs analysed: - Background, - Resettlement & compensation policies, - Socio-economic surveys and census instruments used, - Gaps observed in the RAPs 9P2503/RIFG/Rottl Draft Report April 2004 U~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

9 EOVAL HASKONING Day Hours Detailed content Training materials Thursday Three teams of 7 to be formed. Site visit in - 40 copies of the Greater Accra (three locations to be household survey form determined by the PMU, close to each other). Assuming design for these Sub- Projects will be complete and available at the time of holding the workshop, these site visits will include: - Initial reconnaissance of resettlement issues with reference to the Sub- Project design - Identification of affected people and affected assets - Household survey Thursday Lunch break Thursday Activities of the morning to be continued Friday Group discussion: - Practical lessons learnt from the field exercise - Changes to be made to the forms Friday Vulnerable groups Friday Break! ~~~~Friday Monitoring & Evaluation! ~~~~~Friday Implementation issues (payment, channelling of funds, overseeing committee, etc.. Friday Break Friday Lunch break Friday Group wrap-up discussion: - Evaluation of the session by the participants - Follow-up activities required Questions and answers to the trainers Official close-out of the session t l ~~~~~~RPF ~~~~~~Draft WSRP Ghana Report April 2004 U~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

10 ROYAL HASKONING Equipment and logistics required Documents The following table recapitulates the documents provided for the training: Table 3: Training documents Document Number of pages Presentation handout 1 (Introduction) 3 Resettlement policy framework 100 Presentation handout 2 (RPF) 5 Presentation handout 3 (Riviera- 5 Marcory) Presentation handout 4 (Nouakchott) 3 Presentation handout 5 (Doba) 3 Presentation handout 6 (Chad- 3 Cameroon and BTC) Presentation handout 4 (Nouakchott) 3 Presentation handout 4 (Nouakchott) 3 Bujabali RAP 80 Rosia Montana RAP 80 DSUP RAP 40 Household survey form Training equipment The following equipment will be required for all 5 days of the training workshop: - Video-projector and screen, - Paperboard and felt pens Contribution GWCL As per contract, the PMU will provide training facilities (meeting/conference room and equipment) and travel and per diem costs for the participants. Draft Report April 2004 U~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

11 non non ROYAL HAIKONING 2.3 FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITIES Further to the above described workshop, the following activities are recommended (not part of this assignment):. The first RAP to be prepared in the framework of this Project should be developed by Ghanaian consultants with support from an experienced international consultant, in order to bring in international experience into field practice;. At implementation stage, it is recommended that Ghanaian consultants provide support GWCL offices and other parties involved. Budgetary provisions are made accordingly in the Resettlement Policy Framework to accommodate these needs. Draft Report April 2004 l