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Support for Structuring the Ituango Hydroelectric Project

Issues

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: 537

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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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Environmental

Description: Complaint raises concerns regarding environmental impacts that do not refer specifically to water, pollution, or biodiversity.

Complaints with this Issue: 408

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Gender-related

Description: Complaint raises concerns regarding impacts on individuals because of their gender identity that do not relate specifically to gender-based violence.

Complaints with this Issue: 22

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Other

Description: Complaint raises concerns about impacts that do not fit in one of the other categories. Complaints about which there is no publicly available information regarding the issues raised are also included.

Complaints with this Issue: 219

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Retaliation (actual or feared)

Description: Complaint raises concerns about incidents or risk of harm against those who have raised concerns about the project perpetrated by the project company, government, public or private security forces, or other individuals acting on behalf of project proponents. Retaliation may include discrimination, slander, threats, denial of services, unfounded judicial proceedings, and termination of employment. Concerns regarding specific incidents of violence are not included.

Complaints with this Issue: 71

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Violence against the community

Description: Complaint raises concerns about incidents of violence against community members or activists perpetrated by the project company, government, public or private security forces, or other individuals acting on behalf of project proponents.

Complaints with this Issue: 51

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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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Project

Name: Support for Structuring the Ituango Hydroelectric Project

Investments: IDB CO-T1250

Client:

Support: Advisory services

Country: Colombia

Complaint

IAM: Independent Consultation and Investigation Mechanism (MICI)

ID: MICI-BID-CO-2018-0133

Date Filed: June 5, 2018

Date Closed: Aug. 2, 2019

Status: Closed Without Outputs

Description

The request describes the situation faced by communities located in the municipalities of Briceño, Ituango, Toledo, Peque, Sabanalarga, Valdivia, Caucasia, San Andrés de Cuerquia, and Sopetrán. The Ituango Hydroelectric Project, currently under construction, is located in this area. The request alleges current and potential impacts in the construction and operation stages of the project related to the identification of the project’s area of influence and the affected population; the identification and management of social and environmental impacts; the increase in conflict, insecurity, and violence in the project area and gender-differentiated impacts; the absence of adequate public consultation and participation; and the lack of adequate resettlement or compensation plans for physical and economic displacement resulting from the project’s construction. The requesters also maintain that the emergency that began in April 2018 has worsened and led to additional impacts both upstream and downstream of the dam, and that the project's handling of its consequences and related information has been inadequate. The Request describes the situation faced by 480 people in various communities along the Cauca river canyon in the municipalities of Briceño, Ituango, Toledo, Peque, Sabanalarga, Buriticá, Liborina, Olaya and Santa Fe de Antioquia. The Ituango Hydroelectric Project, currently under construction, is located in this area. They underline the situation of violence and reprisals against those who have shown opposition to the project, claiming death threats and homicides. Regarding the MICI process, the Requesters have stated that they wish to resort to both the Consultation Phase and the Compliance Review Phase, in case their Request be declared eligible.

Complaint Stages

Filing

June 5, 2018

Filing

Status:

Start Date: June 5, 2018

Registration

June 5, 2018 -

July 3, 2018

Registration

Status: Closed With Output

Start Date: June 5, 2018

End Date: July 3, 2018

Eligibility

July 3, 2018 -

Sept. 26, 2018

Eligibility

Status: Closed With Output

Start Date: July 3, 2018

End Date: Sept. 26, 2018

Dispute Resolution

Sept. 26, 2018 -

Dec. 7, 2018

Dispute Resolution

Status: Closed Without Output

Explanation: Other

Compliance Review

Dec. 7, 2018 -

Aug. 2, 2019

Compliance Review

Status: Closed Without Output

Explanation: Other

Has Compliance Report: Yes

Non-Compliance Found: No

Monitoring

Not Undertaken

Monitoring

Status: Not Undertaken

Explanation: Case closed in earlier stage

Closed

Aug. 2, 2019

Timeline

Related Complaints

Project IAM Country Date Filed Status
Ituango Hydropower Plant IDB MICI Colombia 05/06/2018 Active