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Review of the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA), the Livelihood Restauration Plan, and the Risks and the Disaster Management Plan for the project “Our Neighbourhood is Your Neighbourhood Too – A Participatory Planning Approach for Improvement of Low-Income Settlements in Puducherry,” for AFD – India
Client : French Development Agency
Mission:
The Project titled “Our Neighbourhood is Your Neighbourhood Too – A Participatory Planning Approach for Improvement of Low-Income Settlements in Puducherry,” intends to provide solutions oriented towards development and up-gradation of housing, improvement of access to basic service and infrastructure, enhancement of livelihood development and employment opportunities in low-income settlements though intensive citizen engagement and outreach programme.
As part of this project, an Environmental and Social Impact Assessment, a Livelihood Restoration Plan, and a Risk and Disaster Management Plan were developed.
AFD commissioned Insuco to review these studies in order to identify compliance gaps with the national legal framework and the World Bank’s environmental and social standards. The expert then made recommendations to AFD to close these gaps.
Results:
The following deliverables were provided to the client:
- Gap identification and analysis report and recommendations.
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