Infrastructure Preparation and Innovation Facility – Additional Financing – 02 Detailed Engineering Design Consultant for Laguna Lakeshore Road Network Project (Loan No. 3886-PHI) in the Philippines – Phase 2 (Eastern Side)

Sector: Urban Development

Country: Philippines

PRIMEX fielded two senior experts in support of the LLRN, namely the Senior Social Resettlement Specialist and Senior Gender and Social Inclusion Specialist. The Senior Social Resettlement Specialist is expected to support the subsection on Land Acquisition and Resettlement Plan (RP). The main deliverable for the task is to provide updated land acquisition and resettlement plans which include parcellary plans, public information booklet, and disclosure agreements. The final RP is expected to comprise (i) screening and impact categorization for involuntary resettlement for the project, (ii) socio-economic profile and summary of poverty reduction and social strategies (SPRSS), (iii) entitlement matrix on compensation and entitlements, (iv) income restoration program (IRP) (v) grievance and redress mechanism, (vi) monitoring plan, (vii) institutional arrangement, and (viii) resettlement plan and budget.
The Senior Gender and Social Inclusion Specialist on the other hand is expected to support the subsection on Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) and Other Social Dimensions. The subsection is tasked to prepare the Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Action Plan, with the main deliverable being the preparation of the Comprehensive GESI Analysis Report and the draft Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Action Plan (GESIAP). These will be carried out to ensure that the project is socially responsive and will facilitate more effective project implementation, forestall some of the potential risks to the project, enable more equitable distribution of project benefits, and build upon the desirable socioeconomic characteristics of the target communities.