The key processes and activities involved in undertaking involuntary resettlement and bringing about a successful outcome are as follows:
Project Design - clearly define project objectives and scope, and the potential impacts and measures to avoid or mitigate adverse impacts.
Resettlement Action Planning - conduct consultations and information dissemination about potential project impacts and benefits; prepare and disclose potential compensation entitlements; prepare census and detailed measurements of affected assets, and socioeconomic profiling of project affected persons (PAP)3; identify and prepare the development of relocation sites (where appropriate); determine appropriate compensation entitlements; establish institutional arrangements to implement the resettlement action plan (RAP) and address grievances; prepare budget and implementation schedule; and legitimize the RAP documents for implementation.
Resettlement Action Plan Implementation - validate issues and resolve disputes in the computation of compensation and other grievances; processing of payments; relocation site development where required; clearing of the project area after delivery of compensation; and reporting and closing of financial accountabilities.
Resettlement Action Plan Monitoring - determine RAP implementation compliance with agreed LGU policy on resettlement, and the RAP; and conduct post-implementation evaluation to measure changes in the living conditions of PAP.