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Issues

Displacement (physical and/or economic)

Description: Complaint raises concerns about physical relocation, loss of shelter, and/or loss of assets that relate to income or livelihood.

Complaints with this Issue: 494

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Livelihoods

Description: Complaint raises concerns about impacts on the means by which people make a living, including wage-based income, trade and bartering, agriculture, fishing, foraging, and other natural-resource based means.

Complaints with this Issue: 345

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Sectors

Extractives (oil, gas, mining)

Description: Project relates to the extractive industries, including oil, gas, and mining. Examples may include mines, drilling operations, pipelines, and the associated legal frameworks.

Complaints in this Sector: 201

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Infrastructure

Description: Project relates to construction or improvement of large structures, facilities, or public works projects. Examples include roads and other transportation projects, sanitation and water treatment facilities, power plants, and industrial facilities.

Complaints in this Sector: 995

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Project

Name: BTC Pipeline

Investments: IFC 11251

Client: Baku Tiblisi-Ceyhan Pipeline

Support: Loans

Country: Georgia

Complaint

IAM: Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman (CAO)

ID: georgia-btc-pipeline-32vale

Date Filed: Aug. 1, 2008

Date Closed: Oct. 31, 2009

Status: Closed With Outputs

Description

To date, CAO has received 33 complaints in relation to the project ranging from individuals to communities to local organizations. In August 2008, CAO received a complaint from a representative of the Georgian Young Lawyers Association (GYLA), signed by 31 residents of the village of Vale, regarding reinstatement of their land following completion of the BTC pipeline. The complaint claims that BTC Co. has not fulfilled the terms of its “Guide to Land Acquisition and Compensation”, which commits to undertaking a final inspection – together with the primary owners/users of the land – of the whole pipeline territory to ensure its proper reinstatement and suitability for agricultural activity. The complainants also question why BTC’s compensation calculations for certain plots are based on 2002 market prices, and are not commensurate with 2007-08 prices.

Complaint Stages

Filing

Aug. 1, 2008

Filing

Status:

Start Date: Aug. 1, 2008

Registration

Not Undertaken

Registration

Status: Not Undertaken

Start Date: None

Eligibility

Closed With Output

Eligibility

Status: Closed With Output

Start Date: None

Dispute Resolution

Closed With Output

Dispute Resolution

Status: Closed With Output

Start Date: None

Compliance Review

Not Undertaken

Compliance Review

Status: Not Undertaken

Explanation: Case closed in earlier stage, Complaint settled in Dispute Resolution so Compliance Review not offered

Has Compliance Report: No

Non-Compliance Found: No

Monitoring

Closed With Output

Monitoring

Status: Closed With Output

Start Date: None

End Date: Oct. 31, 2009

Closed

Oct. 31, 2009

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