Table 2 - Overview of environmental and social planning and management activities, by project phase

GRM implemented.

Community informed preferably four weeks prior to contractor mobilization, with details of activities, information on contacts and identification of liaison officer.

Construction/ site-specific ESMP prepared by contractor (CESMP). ESIA/ESMP updated if required.* If specific mitigation measures are necessary, environmental or social baseline conditions are documented.

Construction phase readied by project management unit/project implementation unit (PMU/PIU) working with supervision consultant and contractor.

Design and supervision consultant, counterpart, development partner

Options refined, negotiations with individual owners or communities finalized, or land and asset valuation finalized if expropriation is necessary. Land access agreements or land acquisition plans revised if necessary.

ESMP or other plans or frameworks updated to reflect detailed engineering design re-disclosed.

Establishment of GRM.

Implementation of the SEP. Community informed of design details and environmental and social impacts, and how feedback was incorporated.

Updated ESIA/ESMP prepared. Impacts inform design. Environment and social input to bid documents and contract documents. Environment and social input to tender review.