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Maritsa East Mines

Issues

Community health and safety

Description: Complaint raises concerns related to public health and safety including incidents of or an increase in accidents, release of hazardous materials, and spread of diseases. Concerns related to retaliation and/or violence are not included.

Complaints with this Issue: 363

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Consultation and disclosure

Description: Complaint raises concerns regarding inadequate or absent consultation about or disclosure of project information, including project impacts and/or mitigation plans.

Complaints with this Issue: 538

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Cultural heritage

Description: Complaint raises concerns about impacts on any type of tangible or intangible cultural heritage, including significant sites, unique environmental features, cultural knowledge, and traditional lifestyles.

Complaints with this Issue: 120

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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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Due diligence

Description: Complaint raises concerns about inadequate or absent prior investigation of project impacts.

Complaints with this Issue: 486

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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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Property damage

Description: Complaint raises concerns about specific harm to property, including buildings, land, or property value. Concerns related to physical or economic displacement, pollution, or community health and safety are not included.

Complaints with this Issue: 169

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Sectors

Energy

Description: Project relates to energy access, legal frameworks regarding the energy sector, and development and operation of energy infrastructure, including power generation and electric and gas distribution and storage. Projects specifically related to the extraction of oil and gas are not included.

Complaints in this Sector: 353

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Complaint

IAM: Independent Project Accountability Mechanism (IPAM)

ID: 2021/03

Date Filed: Oct. 28, 2021

Status: Active

Description

Six residents of the village of Beli Bryag in Bulgaria submitted a request to IPAM asking for confidentiality. Requesters are supported by CEE Bankwatch, a regional civil society organization, represented by Fidanka Bacheva-McGrath, and Za Zemiata, a local civil society organization, represented by Desislava Stoyanova. Requesters allege that the expansion of the mining activities of the Maritsa East Mines have led to loss of land for the community and economic losses. They allege that EBRD is not fully compliant and is not insuring the compliance of its Clients in relation with the following Projects: Grant to Maritsa East Mines through the Kozloduy International Decommissioning Support Fund, BEH Bond Issue (48556) and BEH Bond 2018 (50221). Requesters have expressed their interest for their Request to be considered for a Compliance Review. Requesters had filed a complaint presenting the same concerns with PCM in 2017 which underwent Problem Solving as Case 2017/09 and was closed in August 2020 with no agreement.

Complaint Stages

Filing

Oct. 28, 2021

Filing

Status:

Start Date: Oct. 28, 2021

Registration

Oct. 28, 2021 -

Dec. 1, 2021

Registration

Status: Closed With Output

Start Date: Oct. 28, 2021

End Date: Dec. 1, 2021

Eligibility

Dec. 1, 2021 -

Dec. 20, 2021

Eligibility

Status: Closed With Output

Start Date: Dec. 1, 2021

End Date: Dec. 20, 2021

Dispute Resolution

Not Undertaken

Dispute Resolution

Status: Not Undertaken

Explanation: Not desired by complainant

Compliance Review

Dec. 20, 2021

Compliance Review

Status: In Progress

Start Date: Dec. 20, 2021

Has Compliance Report: No

Non-Compliance Found: No

Monitoring

Not Undertaken

Monitoring

Status: Not Undertaken

Explanation: Complaint not yet reached stage, Compliance Review in progress

Closed

Not Closed

Timeline