The project is co-financed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The LARP was developed in accordance with the principles of the Safeguard Policy Statement (SPS 2009) and includes an assessment of project impacts and values, as well as a detailed action plan for the provision of land acquisition and resettlement rehabilitation measures and compensation to affected persons (APs) and households (HHs).
Implementation
Media-Model is implementing the CAP/LARP Addendum for the new project under Tranche 2, as well as the CAP(s) for utility relocation under Tranches 2 and 3 of the North–South Road Corridor Investment Program. The assignment covers the full cycle of organizing and implementing the acquisition process for affected properties.
By the total number of affected units, this is the largest-scale acquisition process implemented in Armenia. The project consists of several subprojects:
- the 8 km road section bypassing the Agarak Historical and Cultural Reserve and the Agarak and Aghdzk section (Agarak 2 km) under the LARP Addendum for the Tranche 2 road section bypassing the Agarak Historical and Cultural Reserve
- Tranche 2 utility relocation section
- construction of access roads to agricultural fields on the Tranche 3 Talin–Lanjik section
- construction of field and land-plot access roads and the Nor Yedesia intersection along the Ashtarak–Talin road (km 37+545 – km 71+435; 34 km) under Tranche 2
- Tranche 3 utility relocation section
The main activities included, but were not limited to:
- official notification of affected persons and negotiations
- preparation of acquisition contracts and compensation agreements
- coordination of property-related and other required documentation
- support in resolving ownership, inheritance, legalization and other legal and organizational issues
- organization of the acquisition process and monitoring the progress of each case
- organization of compensation payments
- implementation of notarial transactions and cadastral and state registration procedures
- where required, organization of acquisition through deposit accounts
- initiation of judicial acquisition proceedings and management of court cases
- coordination with the relevant state and local authorities
Judicial proceedings have been initiated and managed for units subject to acquisition through the courts. More than 160 court cases have been initiated and managed under this LARP.
