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Recruitment Of Resettlement Specialist – Individual Consultant
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Request For Expressions Of Interest (Reoi) Recruitment Of Resettlement Specialist – Individual Consultant
The Government of the Somaliland has received financing from the African Development Bank (AfDB) to finance the Multinational project between Somaliland and Djibouti namely Negad- Lowyaddo-Borama Road project, and intends to apply part of the proceeds for this loan to make eligible payments under the contract for the provision of Consultancy services for RESETTLMENT SPECIALIST (Individual Consultant) for the proposed construction of the Lowyaddo- Borama Road -Phase 1 from Lawyaddo to Zeila (30km)
SCOPE OF SERVICES
Reporting to the Project Coordinator, the Resettlement Action Plan Specialist will have the following duties and responsibilities:
• Review and update the approved resettlement action plan for the project for compliance with relevant legislation, standards and regulations of Somaliland and African Development Bank guidelines for environmental and social safeguards.
• Visit Project sites to monitor implementation of RAP to determine the extent to which procedures and outcomes are consistent throughout the corridor and, if discrepancies are identified in valuation, eligibility, registration, payment, or other elements, to bring the discrepancies to the attention to the Somaliland Roads Development Agency and the Ministry of Transport and Roads Development through the Project Coordinator on RAP implementation status and issues.
• Establish a grievance mechanism program throughout the Corridor that ensures that all grievances (verbal and written), are registered, transmitted to responsible authorities, addressed in a timely manner and reported back to the aggrieved parties. This mechanism should include a HotLine.
• Conduct assessment on persons affected by land acquisition, resettlement or the loss of assets due to construction of the road that establishes the socio-economic status of affected households. This assessment will be used as the basis for follow-up surveys to determine whether or not the incomes of the affected persons are fully restores or improved as the result of the project.
• Conduct Social Assessments in the communities affected by bypasses or other major investments to understand how the communities will be affected by the Project and develop mechanisms to increase positive impacts or mitigate expected negative impacts.
• Implement, and expand where necessary, the communication strategy laid out in the Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) to ensure that project affected people are well informed of their rights and responsibilities set out in national legislation, the Resettlement Policy Framework and respective Resettlement Action Plan.
• Ensure relevant government agencies, including Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Environment are well informed on issues related to the implementation of RAPs and request support and facilitation where necessary for timely implementation of RAPs.
• Visit project sites during the implementation of RAPs, observe the implementation of RAPs and provide monthly reports to the Committee and relevant institutions and government authorities.
• Assist the PIU with the physical relocation of households through ensuring that necessary support and compensation measures for their livelihood restoration, as defined in the RAP, are employed, that relocated people have access to infrastructure and other services, and that any grievance they may have are adequately addressed. |