ARAIHAZAR ECONOMIC ZONE (JAPANESE ECONOMIC ZONE)

Assignment Name:

Updating of Environmental & Social Impact Assessment and Preparing a Resettlement Action Plan of BSEZ (Japanese Economic Zone)”.(Funded by IFC, World Bank Group).

Name of Client:

IWM

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Country:

Bangladesh

Assignment Location within country:

Narayanganj

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Start Date (Month/Year):

January 2021

Completion Date (Month/Year):

June 2021

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Duration of Assignment (Months):

05

Total No. of staff-month of the assignment:

44

Name of Joint Venture Consultants, if any:

N/A

No. of Staff-Months of Key Professional Staff provided by Joint Venture /Associated Consultants:

0

Name of Senior Staff (Team Leader, Resettlement Specialist/Land Acquisition Specialist/MIS Specialist/Area Manager)Involved and Functions Performed:

Khairul Matin: Team Leader, Md. Mesbaul Haque: Social Specialist, Md. Mahidul Islam : Resettlement /Rehabilitation Expert, Md. Asif Zaman : MIS/Modelling Expert, Ms. Nasrin Akhter Jahan: Livelihood Restoration Expert

Detailed Narrative Description of Project:

Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA) with support of JICA and Sumitomo Corporation is developing a Japanese Economic Zone (referred to as Bangladesh Special Economic Zone-BSEZ, initially named as Araihazar Economic Zone-AEZ) under Araihazar upazila and Narayanganj district which is adjacent to the Dhaka-Sylhet highway. The total land of BSEZ is approximately 218.84 ha or 540.77 acres for the first phase (Phase-I).

Detailed Description of Actual Services Provided by our Staff:

• Collect Mouza Maps, Khatians etc from concern offices.
• Socio-economic impacts, household survey, census survey
• Household Marking
• Conduct Video filming
• Arrange Consultation Meetings
• Conduct census, inventory of lost assets and support to JVC and PVAC
• Focus Group Discussion.
• Preparation of RAP,  Social impact assessment (SIA) & , Social management plan(SMP)