Our resettlement plan aims to restore or improve the livelihoods of any physically and economically displaced person related to the project on the Afungi Peninsula.
The resettlement plan aligns with Mozambican legislation and the International Finance Corporation’s (IFC) Performance Standard 5: Land Acquisition and Involuntary Resettlement. Performance Standard 5 is widely recognized as the international best practice standard for private sector projects involving land acquisition and resettlement. The plan was approved by the Mozambican Government on November 8, 2016.
The plan addresses (i) the physical displacement of the Quitupo community and households and (ii) the economic displacement of households losing the use of cultivated land, fallow, bushland or other terrestrial assets. The plan also addresses the economic displacement of inter-tidal collectors and fishermen affected by the construction and operation of nearshore and offshore infrastructure.
Resettlement stakeholder engagement and grievance mechanism
Resettlement planning included extensive consultations with all key stakeholders. Over 800 formal engagement meetings were held and attended by variously impacted community members from Senga, Maganja, Quitupo, Mondlane and Palma-Sede, as well as officials from district and provincial governments, civil society and the media.
A community grievance mechanism has also been developed and implemented to receive, assess, and promptly respond to, as well as effectively resolve, grievances.
