Deal #10447

The project has GESI Action Plan: https://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/project-documents//43281-013-nep-gap.pdf The activities planned are: - Inclusive consultations on Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) and Community Development Strategy (CDS) goals - Recruiting women representatives/community mobilizers - Gender equity awareness consultations - Facilitating access to local job opportunities - Creating gender- and socially-inclusive workplaces - Inventory of: (i) local people interested and available to work on the project, (ii) the existing skill levels of the workforce, and (iii) required training needs in the project area - Skilled and unskilled employment opportunities in the project area - Life and financial management skills training for displaced households (HH) - Vocational training for eligible HHs on new skills for project jobs/opportunities - Collecting and monitoring sex-disaggregated data on the local workforce - Offering eligible households access to microfinance assistance for enterprise development - Providing financial and administration skills training and market assistance - Training on informal cottage industry skills and opportunities, including sewing, arts and crafts, veterinary services, agro-forestry, etc. - Offering Micro Enterprise Development training and financial support through seed capital - Formation and promotion of self-help groups (SHG) for credit and savings activities - Supporting the formation/affiliation to "skills and knowledge-based" community groups (e.g., SHGs, CSOs, CBOs) - Establishing campaigns to raise awareness about basic health, safety, hygiene, and nutrition, and improving quality of life - Conducting literacy campaigns and carrying out programs to increase people's access to education - Documenting challenges, opportunities, successes, recommendations, and lessons learnt - Disaggregating data by sex, caste, and ethnicity, specific parameters, and indicators - Establishing comprehensive corporate policies informed by GESI considerations (including assessments on resettlement and activities focused on women's entitlements to compensation and livelihood benefits)