Survey on Environmental and Social Guidelines in Bangladesh

The project was undertaken to update the JICA Guidelines with respect to the environment and social sector in Bangladesh.

e.Gen assisted the Lead Firm, Propharm Japan Co., Ltd. to update the JICA Guidelines with respect to the following areas:

A. Social environment

1. Status of Review of relevant domestic laws and applicable international treaties ratified

2. Trends and initiatives relating to protecting the rights of socially vulnerable

3. Trends and initiatives relating to the protection of workers’ rights

4. Cultural heritage

5. Laws, policies and related conservation agencies

6. Major national cultural heritage

7. Cultural heritage to be international agreement

8. Archaeological Impact Assessment (AIA) procedures pertaining to the implementatio

B. Other initiatives in the conservation of heritage issues and Legislation and procedures relating to land acquisition and involuntary resettlement

1. Relevant legal system

2. Procedures pertaining to land acquisition and involuntary resettlement implementation

3. Land use rights with respect to the type of relationship

4. Roles & responsibilities of agencies in implementing procedures and land acquisition and involuntary resettlement

5. Who compensation

6. Calculating compensation policy and warranty information

7. Livelihood recovery support content

8. The implementing agency compensation

9. Complaints handling mechanism

10. Providing information to residents and other residents consultation, public participation procedures and actual participation

11. Experts, and other third parties reality of NGO participation

12. Disclosure of information

C. Care legislation and procedures relating to indigenous peoples

Distribution of indigenous minorities

1. Indigenous socio-economic status of minorities

2. Care-related legislation pertaining to indigenous peoples

3. Procedures for development projects on Indigenous-friendly

4. Procedures with regard to indigenous peoples attention

5. Providing information to residents and other residents consultation, public participation procedures and actual participation

6. Information published according to the indigenous peoples attention

7. Monitoring legislation and procedures relating to business, disclosure of the results

8. Procedures & What to do if a problem is confirmed

9. Affirmative action for indigenous peoples

10. Policies and systems according to the ethnic minorities are not given to indigenous peoples

11. Issues and Challenges

12.  Local legislation and new environmental guidelines, the integrity and the gap analysis the World Bank Safeguard Policies