AGRICULTURE RESILIENCE AND COMPETITIVENESS PROJECT (ARCP)                                     Resettlement Policy Framework
                                                       BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
                            AGRICULTURE RESILIENCE AND COMPETITIVENESS PROJECT 
                                                                          (ARCP)
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                                        RESETTLEMENT POLICY FRAMEWORK
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                                                                          May 2021
                   AGRICULTURE RESILIENCE AND COMPETITIVENESS PROJECT (ARCP)                                     Resettlement Policy Framework
                   Table of Contents
                      1.    INTRODUCTION...............................................................................................................................1
                         1.1.    Brief Description the Project....................................................................................................1
                         1.2. Scope and Purpose of the Resettlement Policy Framework..........................................................1
                         1.3. Potential for Land Acquisition/Resettlement and the Screening Process......................................2
                      2.    WORLD BANK STANDARDS ON LAND ACQUISITION, RESTRICTIONS ON LAND AND INVOLUNTARY 
                      RESETTLEMENT........................................................................................................................................4
                      3.    LEGAL FRAMEWORK IN FEDERATION OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA............................................6
                         3.1. Law on Expropriation of FBiH........................................................................................................6
                         3.2. Other Related Legislation of FBiH.................................................................................................8
                         3.3. Gaps between the national and World Bank legal requirements................................................10
                      4.    KEY LAND ACQUISITION / RESETTLEMENT PRINCIPLES AND COMMITMENTS...............................15
                      5.    COMPENSATION AND ENTITLEMENTS...........................................................................................18
                         5.1. Eligibility criteria for compensation............................................................................................18
                         5.2. Compensation for different categories of assets.........................................................................18
                      6.    RESETTLEMENT INSTRUMENTS......................................................................................................29
                         6.1. Social analysis of sub-projects for land acquisition, restriction on land use and involuntary 
                         resettlement impacts.........................................................................................................................29
                         6.2 Resettlement Action Plans...........................................................................................................29
                         6.3 Resettlement Audit......................................................................................................................30
                      7.    DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION AND PUBLIC CONSULTATIONS......................................................32
                         7.1. Disclosure of information............................................................................................................32
                         7.2. Public consultation......................................................................................................................33
                         7.3. Stakeholder Engagement Log (SEL).............................................................................................33
                      8.    GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISM................................................................................................34
                         8.1. Description of the GRM..............................................................................................................34
                         8.2. Raising grievances.......................................................................................................................34
                         8.3. Grievance administration............................................................................................................34
                         8.4. Grievance log..............................................................................................................................35
                         8.5. Grievance feedback....................................................................................................................35
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                         8.6. Grievance processing..................................................................................................................36
                         8.7. Monitoring and reporting...........................................................................................................36
                         8.8 World Bank Grievance Redress Service........................................................................................36
                      9.    IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS.............................................................................................38
                         9.1. Monitoring and Reporting on Resettlement Process..................................................................39
                      10.     COST AND BUDGET....................................................................................................................40
                         ANNEX A - Minimum elements of a Resettlement Action Plan..........................................................41
                         ANNEX B - Resettlement Screening Form..........................................................................................46
                         ANNEX C - Sample Grievance Form....................................................................................................48
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                   AGRICULTURE RESILIENCE AND COMPETITIVENESS PROJECT (ARCP)                                     Resettlement Policy Framework
                   Abbreviations
                   ACRP                Agriculture Resilience and Competitiveness Project
                   BiH                 Bosnia and Herzegovina
                   BoE                 Beneficiary of Expropriation 
                   CGRC                Central Feedback Desk
                   COVID-19            Coronavirus Disease
                   ESA                 Environmental and Social Assessment 
                   ESF                 Environmental and Social Framework
                   ESMF                Environmental and Social Management Framework
                   ESS                 Environmental and Social Standards
                   EU                  European Union
                   FBiH                Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
                   GIS                 Geographical Information System
                   GRM                 Grievance Redress Mechanism
                   GRS                 Grievance Redress Service
                   IDP                 Irrigation Development Project
                   IPF                 Investment Project Financing
                   IT                  Information Technology
                   LGRC                Local Grievance Admission Desks
                   MoAWMF              Ministry of Agriculture, Water Management and Forestry
                   NGO                 Non-Governmental Organization
                   PAP                 Project Affected Person
                   PIU                 Project Implementation Unit
                   RAP                 Resettlement Action Plan
                   RPF                 Resettlement Policy Framework
                   SEL                 Stakeholder Engagement Log
                   SEP                 Stakeholder Engagement Plan
                   WB                  World Bank
                   WUA                 Water User Association
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