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Gibe III – Environmental and Social Impact Assessment 300 ENV R CS 002 C - A9003099 ANNEX 4: SAMPLE MINUTES OF PUBLIC CONSULTATION MEETINGS Annex 4.1: Unofficial Translation of the Transcription Transcription of Zone Officials concerns as registered during the ‘preliminary consultative meeting’ (PCM) held with experts of the consulting firm (MDI) in connection with ‘Gibe III Hydro-Electric Power Project’. Place/Venue of the PCM: In the Zone Office Date: 09/01/08 Zone: Dawro PCM composition: Representatives from different Zone Offices and MDI Number of participants: 09 The PCM members are composed of various Zone Officials/representatives and MDI representatives. The focus of the PCM is to identify: • Project benefit; • Negative effect resulting from the project; • Relocation places/sites for the households that are going to lose farm lands and other assets by the reservoir; and • Who or which of the organisations are pertinent to take part in the event of payment for compensation. The following are outcomes of the consultation in the form of summary. Project Benefit: • It will provide better opportunity for the promotion of tourism and fishery; • It will enhance income and employment opportunity; and • It will provide ample opportunities for the expansion of basic infrastructural services. Negative effect: • Although there are a number of advantages that are going to be obtained from the project, it will also result adverse effects and these are: � Displacement of farmers and the loss of farm lands and other assets. � Ruin of forests and forest resources including organisms sheltering them. � The reservoir will damage the available crossings to adjacent Weredas and existing communication among communities will be blocked and there will be access problem to markets. � Devastation of hot springs that have healing effects both for human and livestock population. � Malaria infestation will increase as a result of the reservoir since it will create conductive environment for the breeding of the vector. � Increased spread of HIV/AIDS as there will be influx of migrants in search of work from other areas to the project site, and � Decimation of Halala Wall- a historical heritage of the Dawro people. Relocation sites: • Some displaced farms could be squeezed in kebeles where there are relatively some spaces to accommodate them. • Others who would be interested to engage in trading should be given a sort of business skill training before they embark on the job. CESI SpA - Mid-Day International Consulting Engineers Page 305
Gibe III – Environmental and Social Impact Assessment 300 ENV R CS 002 C - A9003099 Participants in compensation payment: The form of compensation may not be limited to financial payment alone. Government sectors that could provide their services should involve in augmenting the compensation in kind. The Administration Office being as coordinator, the following representatives from Government Offices should be included in the compensation and rehabilitation activities: • Agriculture and Rural Development; • Health; • Justice and Security; and • Trade and Small Scale Enterprise. Place/Venue of the PCM: Wereda Office Date: 18/01/08 Wereda: Loma PCM composition: Wereda Officials and represent.MDI Number of participants: 11 The PCM members are composed of officials of the wereda who are serving under various capacities and MDI representatives and the following were main points of the consultative meeting: • Expected benefits accruing from the project; and • The negative effects resulting from it. Outcomes of the consultation are summarised below. Advantages of the project: • It will create employment opportunity for the local residents; • Fish farming will be introduced and communities nearby the reservoir will increase their income through fishing; • Electric light and power supply capacity of the country in general and to the local communities in particular could be enhanced; Negative impact of the project: • Displacement of limited number of farmers will occur; • Trees where incense and Arabic gum are extracted from will be destroyed; • Forest products which are essential for construction and energy sources will be affected; • Grazing lands will be lost due to the reservoir; • Potential agricultural areas will be covered by the reservoir water; • Crossing points will be inundated and travel time to markets and other social services will increase and so will transportation cost; • Malaria could be the major source of ill health for people living nearby the reservoir; CESI SpA - Mid-Day International Consulting Engineers Page 306
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