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Annex 2: Information Booklet
Arrangement of Tourism Infrastructure at Ananuri Castle
Third Regional Development Project
The Government of Georgia has asked the World Bank to support financing of the Third Regional
Development Project (RDP III) in Samtskhe-Javakheti and Mtskheta-Mtianeti regions. The
proposed program of interventions will emphasize tourism and agriculture as two key pillars and
drivers of economic growth. The proposed initial project will focus on support for the tourism
sector and enabling the environment for the private sector to invest in the above-mentioned
regions. The Municipal Development Fund of Georgia is Executive Agency of Third Regional
Development Project and specific subprojects.
The Ananuri complex is the one of the best places of tourist attractions on the military road. The
considerable number of visitors, coming to the Ananuri complex every day necessitates improving
the territory that approaches the complex, as well as arranging parking areas and locating some
other infrastructure facilities. Ultimate goal of the sub-project (SP) is to improve the experience of
visiting tourists at the Ananuri castle, as one of the main sites located along the proposed tourism
circuit of Dusheti and thus increase number of visiting tourists to Dusheti.
The project area is located west of the Ananuri Complex, between the Ananuri Complex and the
main road. According to the project, the whole territory must be reformed, in particular, the
bituminous pavement must be removed from the project site, where a recreation area and walking
paths with green lawn, illumination system and decorative benches are planned to make. There are
12 lampions planned to erect along the perimeter, and fertile soil will be delivered to the area and
placed in green moulds, with rolling lawns to arrange above it. The paths will be done with
thermally treated granite slabs sized 15 X 30 X 2.5-3 cm. The structure of laying the slabs is given
in the design drawings. Granite curbs sized 10 X 20 cm will be used to make walking paths, while
the roadway along the bituminous concrete will be arranged with basalt road curbs sized 15X30
cm. In addition, a car parking is to be arranged on the project site. The existing bituminous concrete
pavement must be milled, with bitumen removed and a 4-cm-thick fine bituminous concrete
leveling layer, type II, will be made. The area designated for the car parking must be marked with
white perchlorovinyl paint by adding glass balls. The parking is planned for 23 cars, 6 buses, 4
mini-buses and 3 parking areas are for disabled persons. The existing pavement of the access road
to the Complex, which runs along the Aragvi gorge, must be removed, formed and a bituminous
concrete pavement must be laid, according to type I. On the pedestrian path to the Complex with
not little level difference, stairs with granite steps will be made on the reinforced concrete base.
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All projects funded by WB must comply with the WB social and environmental safeguards. The
WB financed projects, in their turn, require compliance with the WB safeguards and guidelines.
WB BP/OP 4.12 Involuntary Resettlement is one of the most important safeguards guiding land
acquisition and related resettlement/compensation issues during project implementation. In line
with the principles of host-country responsibility, Georgia is committed to implement the WB
financed projects in compliance with the requirements of WB BP/OP 4.12.
Generally, the Georgian legislation is compatible with the major provisions of the WB
Resettlement Policy but a few important differences are to be noted. The WB resettlement policy
is directed at improving (or at least restoring) incomes and living standards, rather than merely
compensating people for their expropriated assets. This improvement of incomes and living
standards broadens the objective of the policy to include the restoration of income streams and
retraining of people unable to continue their old income-generating activities after displacement.
The emphasis on incomes and living standards, in contrast to the conventional emphasis on
expropriated property, expands the range and number of people recognized as adversely affected
and affects the kind of compensation and other assistance that must be provided. Recognition of
this broader range of adverse impacts leads to a greater appreciation of the issues to be considered
in resettlement and consequently requires careful delineation of responsibilities, elaborate risk
management and explicit and distinct resettlement planning.
The WB policy complements the Georgian legislation/regulation with certain additional
requirements, which are mandatory for the WB financed projects. In particular, appropriate
planning/management instruments must be developed prior to project appraisal, like Resettlement
Policy Framework (RPF) and Resettlement Action Pan (RAP), as appropriate
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Table 1: Compensation Entitlement Matrix
Type of Loss
Application
Number of Aps
Compensation
Entitlements
Loss of Income and Livelihood
Temporary
reduction of
incomes
Formal
and informal
PAP’s in project area
26 PAP
PAP’s will be given
20% of profit. The
profit will be
calculated by
considering the
subsistence minimum
fixed for a 5-member
family. At present, the
subsistence minimum
for a family of 5 is
fixed at 338.3 GEL for
three month.
PAP’s will receive
20% of:
338.3X 3 month =
203GEL
Temporary
suspention of
incomes
Formal and informal
PAP’s in project area
26 PAP,s
PAP’s will be given
compensation for three
month. The
compensation will be
calculated by
considering the
subsistence minimum
fixed for a 5-member
family. At present, the
subsistence minimum
for a family of 5 is
fixed at 338.3 GEL for
three month.
PAP’s will receive 2
338.3X 3 month =
1015 GEL
Tempora
ry
reduction of
Incomes
Informal PAP’s outside of
the project area
8
PAP’s
PAP’s will be given
20% of profit. The
profit will be
calculated by
considering the
subsistence minimum
fixed for a 5-member
family. At present, the
subsistence minimum