Complaint > Irrigation System Enhancement Project (Second Request)

Eligibility: Report and Recommendation(English)

...Request, the Panel received another Request for Inspection (the “second Request”) relating to the same Project. The Request was submitted by Ms. Sara Petrosyan and Ms. Arusyak Ayvazyan on their own behalf and on behalf of 531 residents of Garni village 3 (the “Requesters”) affected by the Kaghtsrashen Gravity Irrigation System. The Requesters asked the Panel to keep the identities of the 531 residents confidential. They are concerned about a lack of water for gravity irrigation, the destru...

Complaint > Irrigation System Enhancement Project (First Request)

Eligibility: 106-Report and Recommendation(English)

...Request, the Panel received another Request for Inspection (the “second Request”) relating to the same Project. The Request was submitted by Ms. Sara Petrosyan and Ms. Arusyak Ayvazyan on their own behalf and on behalf of 531 residents of Garni village 3 (the “Requesters”) affected by the Kaghtsrashen Gravity Irrigation System. The Requesters asked the Panel to keep the identities of the 531 residents confidential. They are concerned about a lack of water for gravity irrigation, the destruction ...

Complaint > Empresa Electrica Pangue S.A.-02/Upper Bio-Bio Watershed

Closing Report: English

...request of the complainants, Alto Bio Bio, Chile CAO Ombudsman continued to monitor the settlement by working with local and indigenous The Pangue Hydroelectric Project is a 450MW organizations to address broader cultural impacts hydroelectric dam on the Bio Bio River in Chile. of the project. The CAO began to work with the Completed in September 1996, the dam was Mapuche...

Complaint > Kosovo Power Project (Proposed)

Management Response: 78-Management Response (English)

...presidential crises in 2010 and 2011 and a subsequent compromise across all major parties, President Atifete Jahjaga—Kosovo’s first female, first non-partisan president—is expected to be the last head of state elected indirectly by Parliament. Two commissions are currently finalizing a broad-based overhaul of the Constitution and the Electoral Law to allow, inter alia, for the direct election of the President. On this basis, the next rounds of presidential and general elections are foreseen...

Complaint > CAREC Transport Corridor I Investment Program

Dispute Resolution: Review and Assessment Report (RAR) (English)

...request for two cattle passages and a bridge or underpass for agricultural machinery, which they had also requested in earlier consultations. They are concerned about access to grazing pastures; the safe passage of agricultural equipment; adequate means of water flow from the south side to the north side of the road, where the village is located; accessing the highway; and obtaining information about the project. Several factors have led OSPF to conclude that there is a reasonable ...

Complaint > Bilt Paper-02/Sipitang

Compliance Report: CAO Compliance Investigation Report - Bilt-02 - April 13, 2018 - ENGLISH

...request. IFC reported that the reason for the request was that the sale was expected to be imminent (after which SFI would no longer be part of the IFC investment), and to avoid or minimize any transaction related sensitivities. In February 2016, IFC visited Bilt Paper’s plants in India. In accordance with the company’s request, however, no supervision visit was carried out to SFI at that time. IFC recorded its supervision findings in a document dated June 2016. IFC understood, based on limited ...

Complaint > Reventazon HPP-01

Compliance Report: English

...President, the CAO Vice President, or senior management of IFC/MIGA. CAO compliance investigations focus on IFC/MIGA and how IFC/MIGA assured itself/themselves of a project’s E&S performance. The purpose of a CAO compliance investigation is to ensure compliance with policies, standards, guidelines, procedures, and conditions for IFC/MIGA involvement, and thereby improve the institution’s environmental and social (E&S) performance. In the context of a CAO compliance investigation, at issue is whe...

Complaint > Yanacocha-02/Cajamarca

Closing Report: CAO Exit Report, February 2006

...request of affected communities and the Mesa. Due to lack of US courts Magdalena, San Juan – cooperation from government authorities and desire by some health impacts from the complainants to seek remedies through litigation, health study was mercury spill not implemented. (see further explanation in Background section) Land, Soil, Air – impacts In November 2001, the President’s Office for the Government of The CTAR Mesa oversaw an environmental audi...

Complaint > South-West Corridor Road Project

Monitoring: Compliance Review Monitoring Report II

SOUTH-WEST CORRIDOR ROAD PROJECT REQUEST NUMBER: 2014/04 Compliance Review Monitoring Report II – October 2017 The Project Complaint Mechanism (PCM) is the independent accountability mechanism of the EBRD. PCM provides an opportunity for an independent review of complaints from one or more individual(s) or organisation(s) concerning an EBRD project, which allegedly has caused, or is likely to cause harm. PCM may address complaints through two functions: Compliance Review, which seeks to determ...

Complaint > Coal Sector Mitigation Project and Coal Sector Rehabitation Project

Compliance Report: 23-Investigation Report (English)

...Requesters and the Request and its recommendation on the Request for Inspection. It concluded that the Requesters were eligible and that the Request met all of the technical eligibility criteria contained in paragraph 9 of the 1999 Clarifications.21 It also concluded that the Request and Management’s Response contained conflicting assertions and interpretations about the issues, the underlying assumptions, the facts, compliance with Bank policies and proce...

Complaint > Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project

Compliance Report: Final Report (English)

...Request for Compliance Review On 17 October 2013, the CRP received a request for compliance review (Appendix 1) of Loan 2419-IND: Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project in India. The request was filed by Bharat Patel representing a group of affected persons, and by Gajendrasinh Bhimaji Jadeja and Harun Salemamad Kara as individual complainants. On 27 December 2013, the CRP determined the request eligible and recommended to the Board the conduct of a compliance review. The Compliance Rev...

Complaint > Tata Ultra Mega-01/Mundra and Anjar

Filing: Complaint from Machimar Adhikar Sangharsh Sangathan (MASS – Association for the Struggle for Fishworkers Rights) regarding Tata Ultra Mega, June 11, 2011

1 June 11, 2011 Vice President Meg Taylor Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman International Finance Corporation 2121 Pennsylvania Ave NW Washington DC 20433 USA Fax: +1 202 522‐7400 Email: cao‐compliance@ifc.org Dear VP Taylor, We, members of the Machimar Adhikar Sangharsh Sangathan (MASS – Association for the Struggle for Fishworkers’ Rights), representative organization of the affected people, submit our complaint against the Tata Ultra Mega ‐ Coastal Gujarat Power Limited investment, with funding fr...

Complaint > Third Power Project, Fourth Power Project, and proposed Bujagali Hydropower Project

Eligibility: 24-Management Report and Recommendation (English)

...Request for Inspection (Request) was submitted to the Inspection Panel (the Panel) on July 27, 2001 by the National Association of Professional Environmentalists of Kampala (NAPE), Uganda Save Bujagali Crusade (SBC) and other local institutions and individuals (the Requesters). The Requesters claimed that failures and omissions of the International Development Association (IDA) in the design, appraisal, and implementation of the Power III, Power IV and the Bujagali Hydropower Projects have ...

Complaint > Integrated Coastal Zone Management and Clean-Up Project, First Request

Management Response: 47-Management Response (English)

...Request for Inspection, IPN Request RQ07/04 (hereafter referred to as “the first Request”), concerning the Albania: Integrated Coastal Zone Management and Clean-Up Project (Credit No. 4083-ALB) fi- nanced by the International Development Association (IDA). A second Request for In- spection was registered by the Inspection Panel on August 16, 2007 (RQ07/05) (hereafter referred to as “the second Request”). Collectively, the first Request and second Request are referred to as “the Requests” hereaft...

Complaint > Bidco-04/Thika

Compliance Report: CAO Compliance Investigation Report - Bidco 01 & 04 - October 2018 - English PDF

...President, the CAO Vice President, or senior management of IFC/MIGA. CAO compliance investigations focus on IFC/MIGA, and how IFC/MIGA assured itself of the E&S performance of an IFC/MIGA project. The purpose of a CAO compliance investigation is to ensure compliance with policies, standards, guidelines, procedures, and conditions for IFC/MIGA involvement, and thereby improve E&S performance. In the context of a CAO compliance investigation, at issue is whether: • The actual E&S outcomes of...

Complaint > Bidco Bev. & Det.-01/Thika

Compliance Report: CAO Compliance Investigation Report - Bidco 01 & 04 - October 2018 - English

...President, the CAO Vice President, or senior management of IFC/MIGA. CAO compliance investigations focus on IFC/MIGA, and how IFC/MIGA assured itself of the E&S performance of an IFC/MIGA project. The purpose of a CAO compliance investigation is to ensure compliance with policies, standards, guidelines, procedures, and conditions for IFC/MIGA involvement, and thereby improve E&S performance. In the context of a CAO compliance investigation, at issue is whether: • The actual E&S outcomes of...

Complaint > Itaparica Resettlement and Irrigation Project

Filing: Request for Inspection

...requested in the World Bank’s Operational Procedures, our request to the Inspection Panel is brief, but we are ready to provide you with any additional information you may require. As we are an organization of Brazilian civil society, we authorize and ask that this request, with its annexes, be made public. We take this oppomnity to inform you that we are sending a copy to the Worid Bank Resident Mission in Brasilia, to the Secretariat of Lnternational Affairs of the Brazilian Ministry of ...

Complaint > EPS Emergency Power Sector Reconstruction Loan, EPS Power II and EPS Kolubara Environmental Improvement

Monitoring: Monitoring report I

...requests Management to provide PCM with information on developments. Action 19 Implementation update The 2012 action plans will be updated by EPS for The 2012 action plans have been updated and subsidiaries by Q4 2015, and EPS will be posted by EPS on the EPS website. requested to publish the summary report for these audits by Q1 2016. Management requests that this action item be ...

Complaint > Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project

Eligibility: 19-Eligibility Report (English)

...Request for Inspection (the “Request”) related to the Kenya: Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project. (Annex 1). On November 9, 1999 the Requesters, at the request of the Chairman of the Panel, clarified some points surrounding the delivery of the Request. On November 22, 1999 the Panel notified the Executive Directors and Bank President of receipt of the Request (meaning “Registration” under the Panel’s Operating Procedures).1 A. THE LOAN 2. The Lake Victoria Environmental Manageme...

Complaint > Program to Improve Highway Corridors in Paraguay

Compliance Report: Publication of Panel Report

...Request and Subsequent Actions .............................................................. 15 A. Initial Request ..............................................................................................................................15 B. Present Request ..........................................................................................................................15 C. Management Reaction to the Request ...................................................................