Federal Republic of Nigeria Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development Staple Crop Processing Zones Support Project (scpz)

Nigeria made several commitments to ensuring that gender issues are not only a part of the national discourse but also that they are integrated into policies and development programs. These commitments are contained in frameworks such as the Vision 20:2020 Plan, the National gender Policy and the United Nations’ MDGs framework.

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   Ascertain how to promote women’s participation in the project and in particular activities.
   
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   Determine under what conditions women could participate in the community-based activities.
   

As part of project preparation, a gender study and consultations with communities should be conducted to assess the challenges and opportunities for the mainstreaming of gender concerns in the project

In particular, the study should provide information on:

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  Women’s needs: aims to assess women’s transport needs and identify ways to address such needs, including during subproject selection.
  
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  Women’s voice in community consultation: aims to identify mechanisms to ensure women’s preferences are reflected in community consultations, whether for consultations on social safeguards or subproject selection.
  
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  Women’s participation in community-based maintenance: aims to identify context-specific entry points and mechanisms (e.g. quotas) for women’s participation in the maintenance of rehabilitated infrastructure such as roads.
  
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  Project impact on women’s livelihoods: recommend indicators or give indications on sex-disaggregation of existing indicators to reflect the project direct and indirect impact on women’s livelihoods.
  

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   Cultural property include monuments, structures, works of art, or sites of significance points of view, and are defined as sites and structures having archaeological, historical, architectural, or religious significance, and natural sites with cultural values. This includes cemeteries, graveyards and graves.
   

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   The initial phase of the proposed emergency reconstruction operations pose limited risks of damaging cultural property since projects will largely consist of small investments in community infrastructure, reconstruction of existing structures, and minor public works. Nevertheless, the following procedures for identification, protection from theft, and treatment of discovered artifacts should be followed and included in standard bidding documents as provided in Annex 15.
   

Chance Find Procedures

3. Chance find procedures will be used as follows:

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   Stop the construction activities in the area of the chance find;
   

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   Delineate the discovered site or area;
   

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   Secure the site to prevent any damage or loss of removable objects. In cases of removable antiquities or sensitive remains, a night guard shall be present until the responsible local authorities and the Ministry in charge of Department of Archaeology and Museums take over;
   

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   Notify the supervisory Engineer who in turn will notify the responsible local authorities and the
   

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   Responsible local authorities and the Ministry in charge of Department of Archaeology and Museums would be in charge of protecting and preserving the site before deciding on subsequent appropriate procedures. This would require a preliminary evaluation of the findings to be performed by the archeologists of the Department of Archaeology and Museums (within 72 hours). The significance and importance of the findings should be assessed according to the various criteria relevant to cultural heritage; those include the aesthetic, historic, scientific or research, social and economic values;
   

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   Decisions on how to handle the finding shall be taken by the responsible authorities and the Ministry in charge of Department of Archaeology and Museums. This could include changes in the layout (such as when finding an irremovable remain of cultural or archeological importance) conservation, preservation, restoration and salvage;
   

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   Implementation for the authority decision concerning the management of the finding shall be communicated in writing by the Ministry in charge of Department of Archaeology and Museums; and
   

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   Construction work could resume only after permission is given from the responsible local authorities and the Ministry in charge of Department of Archaeology and Museums concerning safeguard of the heritage
   

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   These procedures must be referred to as standard provisions in construction contracts, when applicable, and as proposed in Annex 11. During project supervision, the Site Engineer shall monitor the above regulations relating to the treatment of any chance find encountered are observed.
   
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   Relevant findings will be recorded in World Bank Project Supervision Reports (PSRs), and Implementation Completion Reports (ICRs) will assess the overall effectiveness of the project’s cultural property mitigation, management, and activities, as appropriate.