Heritage Impact Assessment Jubbah (HIA) Impact Assessment Report for the Historic Site of Jubbah 34-1472-SA4/2015 Introduction: • Baseline assessment: The archaeological inscriptions constitute the baseline and unique value, requiring the use of available impact assessment tools to achieve this, particularly Tool 1. This involves an analytical comparison between the site upon its World Heritage inscription, its current status, and any modifications to it, to determine cumulative impacts. The non-technical summary of the impact assessment report will include key points related to the World Heritage Site. • In addition to the participation of government stakeholders, the participatory process with indigenous peoples must be considered, in accordance with the 1972 UNESCO Convention. Since Dar Al Omran has met this requirement and will share it with the expert, the expert must incorporate this into the assessment process and future recommendations, in accordance with Article 174, to achieve proactiveness. • Task 3. It aims to support Dar Al Omran and the Heritage Commission in accordance with Article 172 of the Operational Principles. Please note that this is subject to a timeframe determined by UNESCO. Accordingly, the expert must communicate with the local World Heritage Representative Committee at the Heritage Commission to ensure that no activity proceeds that would negatively impact the Outstanding Universal Value of the World Heritage property. This will enable the project owner to modify the initial proposal before the formal impact assessment survey steps. • Follow-up: If the proposed action is approved, a clear implementation and monitoring strategy must be in place for the mitigation measures identified in the impact assessment. For a heritage village project (such as changes to adjacent buildings), this may simply be an agreed-upon list of implementation recommendations or commitments. For more complex actions (walkways and services), the mitigation measures must form the basis for developing a draft Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP), to be incorporated into the project owner's bidding documents when inviting contractors for implementation. The impacts of the proposed action and the effectiveness of the mitigation measures must also be monitored. Environmental and heritage authorities and the World Heritage property management team must oversee information on impacts and mitigation measures associated with the World Heritage property. The owner is also expected to follow up on the implementation of the World Heritage Committee's decisions and the recommendations of the Advisory Bodies in this regard. Phase One: Report Contents: 1- Historical Introduction: 2- Visual Inspection: 3- Universal Value Determinants: 4- Baseline Assessment: Inscriptions and Period Comparisons 5- Impact Assessment: 1- Current Archaeological Condition Report. 2- Inventory of the reasons for adding or modifying the paths and the heritage village. 3- Inventory of the direct and indirect impacts of the additions on the site. 4- Table of Impacts on the Universal Value (OUV), Authenticity, and Integrity 5- SAWT for the Value of Interventions, Opportunities, and Warnings 6- Values (Site Features) and Attributes (Site Specificity) 7- Supporting Annexes 8- Review and Accreditation The above items will be submitted within ten working days. Phase Two: 6- Impact Assessment: 1- Impact Level Classification. 2- Prioritization of Available Alternatives. 3- Barriers to Implementing Sustainable Protection. 4- Site Safety and Emergency Plan. 5- Participatory (Stackholder) assessment. 6- Mitigation and enhancement measures (addressing additions before approval). 7- Classification of impact levels. 8- Review of submitted plans and submission of comments. 9- Site management. 10- Assessment and impact methodology. 11- Adoption of iterative assessment periods. 12- Workshop outcomes. The above items will be submitted within ten working days. Phase Three: 1- Processing responses from the Heritage Commission, UNESCO Committee, and stakeholders. 2- Preparing a package of recommendations for project management. 3- Structural and archaeological verification of the impact assessment on the ground. 4- Studying the possibility of enacting local laws specific to the buffer zone and the work area. 5- Visual azimuth recommendations. 6- Assessment of the environmental, climate, and sustainability impacts of the added elements and the site. 7- Impact of the tourism factor on the assessment file and its developments. 8- Making all recommendations available to stakeholders. 9- Submission Support during the completion of the proposed designs and their compliance with international recommendations. 10 - Completing comparisons and addressing alternatives and proposals during the evaluation process. 11 - Analysis of best practices regarding UNESCO recommendations. 12 - A workshop to confirm the parties' commitment to the recommendations for adoption by ICOMOS. This phase takes approximately 12 working days. Required documents: 1 - Updated annual periodic reports submitted to UNESCO. 2 - Site infrastructure plan. 3 - Rainfall, wind, climate, and temperature reports (environmental report). 4 - Village, trail, and landscape plans before approval. 5 - Road, traffic, and slope plans for the area. 6 - Tourism strategy in Jubbah. 7 - Economic status report. 8 - Social status report. 9 - Expansion boundaries and considerations approved by the Geological Survey Authority (survey). 10 - Building regulations in the Hail Authority - Jubbah.