Elaboration of Resettlement Action Plan of the Mozambican Integrated Transmission Backbone System Home|Projects|Elaboration of Resettlement Action Plan of the Mozambican Integrated Transmission Backbone System The Mozambican Integrated Transmission Backbone System (STE Project) is a major power transmission project linking the Provinces of Tete and Maputo, through extra high voltage transmission lines. The goals of this project are to connect and integrate the current two isolated power systems in Mozambique and to allow the evacuation to the southern region of surplus power generated in the north. The scope of this ESIA was Phase 1 of the STE Project (Vilanculos – Maputo), which includes a 561 km long 400 kV line connecting these two cities, the construction of three new substations (in Vilanculos, Chibuto and Matalane) and the upgrade of the Maputo substation (in Boane). EDM is the Proponent of the Project. The Project is financed by the World Bank. This provision of services included the development of the Project’s the Resettlement Action Plan. The Ministry of Land, Environment and Rural Development (MITADER) classified the project as of Category “A”, which requires a full ESIA process. Resettlement Policy Framework (RPF) – developed, and submitted, simultaneously with the EIS. Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) – developed after the approval of the EIS, and based on the Project’s detailed engineering. The provided services also included the project´s Resettlement Action Plan, which was carried out in two phases: Resettlement Policy Framework; Resettlement Action Plan. 1/2 INFORMATION Activity Environment Location Several Provinces Year 03/2021 Client EDM - Electricidade de Moçambique Associated companies WSP / Parsons Brinckerhoff State In Progress TEAM Project Manager Emanuel Viçoso Socio-economist Rafael Noronha PPP Management Hortência Rebelo PROJECT SHEET Download PDF Projects
