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There are
many development projects where the resettlement of
people living and using the land is unavoidable.
Often, these people depend completely or partially
on this land and its resources for their basic needs
and livelihoods. Consequently, such involuntary
resettlement can have many negative impacts on the
affected people. Today many governments, local
authorities and companies are required to take steps
to ensure that these impacts are assessed, avoided,
mitigated and compensated. The World Bank, IFC and
other international funding agencies also now
require that proponents of development projects
develop Resettlement Action Plans that conform to
their best practice standards.
CES has developed a number of Resettlement Action
Plans (RAP) based on World Bank Guidelines for major
development projects in African countries that
involve the resettlement of hundreds of households.
This has involved detailed household surveys
documenting the identity, location, characteristics
and assets of the affected households. It has also
involved the facilitation of negotiations between
the key stakeholders (proponent, affected
households, government and service providers) to
agree on an acceptable Resettlement Plan or Policy
and the documenting of these agreements in the
Resettlement Action Plan.
CES has also been involved in follow-up monitoring
surveys aimed at ensuring that the Resettlement
process conforms to World Bank guidelines and the
procedures and polices set out in the RAP documents.
CES has established a separate company, jointly with
Water For Africa, called Resettlement and
Development Solutions (Pty) Ltd. RADS specialises in
resettlement projects and related studies.
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