Mozambique - Roads and Bridges Management and Maintenance Project : resettlement policy framework

Page 1 The World Bank THE NATIONAL ROADS ADMINISTRATION CONTRACT N o 441/DG/2006 RESETTLEMENT POLICY FRAMEWORK FOR THE ROADS SECTOR NOVEMBER 2006 RP503 Page 2 i THE NATIONAL ROADS ADMINISTRATION CONTRACT No. 441//DG/2006 RESETTLEMENT POLICY FRAMEWORK FOR THE ROADS SECTOR The National Roads Administration (ANE) Av. De Mozambique 1225 C.P. 1439 MAPUTO MOZAMBIQUE Tel. +258 1 47 61 63/7 Fax. +258 1 47 58 62 NOVEMBER, 2006 PREAMBLE In Mozambique, there are a number of development projects that have been implemented recently, involving resettlement and compensation programmes. The Sasol Natural Gas Project prepared a resettlement and compensation procedure for the Temane/Pande Field Development Projects and the Page 3 ii Mozambique/Secunda Pipeline. The compensation and resettlement procedure was aimed at ensuring that all parties affected by the project were resettled and compensated fairly. The project was implemented in 2001. The Mozambique Aluminium (MOZAL) project carried out resettlement and compensation work for the affected persons. The resettlement and compensation activities aimed at providing the same or better conditions of living to the affected persons. Compensation in the form of land, buildings, cash, seed and other help was provided as appropriate. The project has taken strides to ensure mutual sustainable development through the involvement of the communities, within10 kilometres of the aluminium smelter. The Mozal Community Development Trust (MCDT) established in 2000, is supporting community development projects in the areas of Small Business Development, Education and Training, Health and Environment, Sports and Culture and Community Infrastructure. MOZAL is supporting the community to become self sufficient by enabling them to harness indigenous skills and to turn them into income generating businesses. Single mothers and widows in Matola and Djuba areas, for instance, are receiving training to generate income for themselves and their families in chicken raising, carpet making, embroidery and cashew nut cropping. These activities are part of the MOZAL initiatives, aimed at reducing or mitigating the environmental and social impacts of resettlement, associated with the aluminium smelter project. The Directorate for Lands and the Directorate for Planning have been involved in resettlement and compensation works where evaluations have been done by multi-sector committees comprising representation from Housing, Health, Education, Local Government, Agriculture, Energy and Lands authorities. It was learnt that in their payment for compensation, lists of prices are used for determining the amounts to be paid for loss of trees, for instance. The experience of government institutions in compensation and resettlement issues mainly boarders on responses to natural disasters such as floods. In these circumstances, no plans have been developed to direct the process of resettlement and compensation in the road sector. The EN 4 Road Construction project implemented by ANE in 2000 had a land acquisition and resettlement component where approximately 500 households were affected near Matola. The majority of the households were moved from the project area to Magowani and Matola areas. New houses were constructed for the affected households that were moved as a community by the contractor for the road works. Better homes than the ones the affected persons had before resettlement were constructed in the new areas. Social facilities including piped water supply and sanitation, electricity supply services, a clinic, a school and shops were constructed, some of which were previously owned by the persons moved from the old site. Impacts on the moved households included longer distances to work for the affected persons, most of who maintained their jobs in their respective places. This was mitigated by construction of a new road to accommodate the movement of vehicles from the new sites to the affected person