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Villagers gathered outdoors for a community consultation meeting with project staff

Our methodology

Our methodology

Ten steps in a fixed order, with consultation, grievance redress and monitoring running beside all of them.

Step by step

The ten steps

  1. 01

    Scope and set-up

    Confirm the project boundary and every affected area. Agree roles with the provincial and district committees. Tell the villages what will happen and when.

  2. 02

    Census and socio-economic survey

    Interview every affected household. Record who lives there, what they do and what they earn.

  3. 03

    Asset survey and cut-off date

    Measure land, houses, trees and crops with each owner. The authorities then endorse the register and declare the cut-off date.

  4. 04

    Valuation and entitlements

    Apply approved unit rates at replacement cost. Set out who is entitled to what, and agree the values with each owner.

  5. 05

    Site and livelihood planning

    Choose and design the new sites with the households and host communities. Plan how incomes will be restored.

  6. 06

    RAP drafting and approval

    Bring the surveys, entitlements, plans, schedule and budget into one plan. Submit it, revise it, and disclose the approved version.

  7. 07

    Compensation

    Pay in full, into joint accounts of husband and wife, before any land is cleared or used.

  8. 08

    Construction and relocation

    Build and hand over houses and services first. Prepare each household, then move by village and phase.

  9. 09

    Livelihood restoration and community development

    Run the livelihood programmes and transitional support. Help the new village organise its services.

  10. 10

    Completion

    An independent evaluation checks that compensation is complete, incomes are restored and no grievance is open. Then the completion report is issued.

Cross-cutting

Running through every step

These three are not steps. They start with the first village meeting and continue to completion.

  • Consultation and disclosure

    Meetings at province, district and village level, with separate sessions for women, ethnic groups and vulnerable households.

    Step 1 through step 10

  • Grievance redress

    Open before the first survey and kept open until after completion. Every complaint is recorded and answered within a set time.

    Step 1 through step 10

  • Monitoring and reporting

    Internal monitoring each month and quarter, external review each year, and household income tracking after relocation.

    Step 1 through step 10

Safeguards

Conditions we hold to

The order of the steps protects affected households. These conditions keep it in place.

  1. No survey

    before the villages are informed and the grievance mechanism is open.

  2. No clearing or use of land

    before compensation is paid in full.

  3. No relocation

    before the houses and services at the new site are accepted.

  4. No relocation

    during Buddhist Lent, the harvest or heavy rain.

  5. No completion report

    before an independent evaluation.

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