Complaint > São José dos Campos Urban Structuring Program- Request III

Eligibility: Eligibility Memorandum Public Disclosure

...Request received 11 February Telephone call with the Requesters 12 February Request registered and notification sent to the Requesters and IDB Management 12 February – 1 April Document review and desk audit 14 March Management’s Response received 22 March Telephone call with the Requesters 12 April Eligibility Memorandum issued 4.2 Once the Request had been ...

Complaint > Bogota Urban Services Project

Eligibility: 52-Eligibility Report (English)

...Request was submitted by Ms. Mariana Luna Crudo, and signed by her and seven other affected people. 2. The Panel registered the Request on October 31, 20071 and notified the Executive Directors, the President of Bank and the Requesters that it had registered the Request. The Panel received Bank Management’s Response to the Request on December 3, 2007 (the “Management Response”). 3. As provided in Paragraph 19 of the 1993 Resolution establishing the Inspection Panel (“the...

Complaint > Mario Covas Rodoanel Project - Northern Section 1 (2011)

Eligibility: Issuance of Eligibility Memorandum

...Request filed by Mauro Antonio Moraes Victor and Marco Antonio Garcia Martins on their behalf and in representation of members of a coalition of non-governmental organizations (hereinafter Colectivo de Entidades Ambientalistas or the Requesters). The Requesters complain about the potential negative impacts that the planned construction of the Northern portion of the Rodoanel Mário Covas Project (hereinafter the Project or the Beltway) could cause. 1.2. The Requester...

Complaint > Quellaveco Mining-01/Moquegua

Eligibility: Ombudsman Assessment Report Regarding Community and Civil Society Concerns in Relation to IFC's Quellaveco Project (#3823), July 2012

...President of the World Bank Group, and its mandate is to assist in addressing complaints from people affected by IFC/MIGA supported projects in a manner that is fair, objective, and constructive and to enhance the social and environmental outcomes of those projects. The purpose of CAO‟s assessment is to: (1) clarify the issues and concerns raised in the complaint; (2) gather information on how relevant stakeholders see the situation; and (3) help stakeholders understand and determine whether a c...

Complaint > Bujagali-02/Bujagali Falls

Eligibility: Assessment Report, Complaint regarding the Uganda Bujagali Hydropower Project, September 2001

...request to the Inspection Panel. The CAO now needs the Complainant to consider the assessment of the Ombudsman and comments by IFC management [under the CAO’s Advisory role] and request further intervention, if necessary. The CAO does not see a role for facilitation or mediation at this stage because the IFC has not made a final decision to participate in the project. 6

Complaint > Productive Infrastructure Program - Request II: Caracol Industrial Park (MICI)

Eligibility: Eligibility Memorandum Public Disclosure

...Request is filed by a representative, the identity of the Requesters on whose behalf the Request is filed will be indicated and written proof of representation will be attached. - 10 - b. The Request clearly identifies a Bank-financed Operation that has been approved by the Board, the President, or the Donors Committee. c. The Request describes the Harm that could result from potential noncompliance with one...

Complaint > Isolated Indigenous Peoples Reservations Regularization

Eligibility: Eligibility Memorandum Public Disclosure

...Request or the issues raised therein, nor a determination of the IDB Group’s compliance or noncompliance with its Relevant Operational Policies. Requests determined to be eligible are transferred to begin the phase selected by the Requesters, while Requests declared ineligible are submitted for administrative closure. If the Request is declared ineligible, the process will be deemed concluded. All Requests received by the MICI and their processing will be reported to the Requesters, Management, ...

Complaint > Reventazon Hydroelectric Power Project

Eligibility: Eligibility Memorandum Public Disclosure

...Request is filed by a representative, the identity of the Requesters on whose behalf the Request is filed will be indicated and written proof of representation will be attached. b. The Request clearly identifies a Bank-financed operation that has been approved by the Board, the President, or the Donors Committee. c. The Request describes the Harm that could result from potential noncompliance with one or more Relevant Operational Policies. d. The Reque...

Complaint > Energy Loss Reduction Project (Rogun HPP, Tajikistan)

Eligibility: 70-Eligibility Report (English)

...Request for Inspection, p. 1, para. 2. 16 Request for Inspection, p. 1, para. 3. 17 Request for Inspection, p. 1, para. A. 18 Request for Inspection, p. 2, para. B. 19 Request for Inspection, p. 2, para. C. 20 Request for Inspection, p. 2, para. D-E. 21 Request for Inspection, p. 3, para. F. 4 with the Bank’s response and request the Panel to recommend to the World Bank’s Boa...

Complaint > Power Sector Generation and Restructuring Project

Eligibility: 46-Eligibility Report (English)

...Request was filed on April 30, 2007, about 2.7% of the IDA Credit, had been disbursed. The Request therefore satisfies the requirement in Paragraph 9(e) that the related Credit has not been closed or substantially disbursed. 46 65. Furthermore, the Panel has not previously made a recommendation on the subject matter of the Request. Therefore, the Request satisfies Paragraph 9(f) of the 1999 Clarifications. F. Conclusions 66. The Request...

Complaint > South-West Roads: Western Europe-Western China International Transit Corridor (CAREC-1b & 6b) - 1st request

Eligibility: 66-Report and Recommendation (English)

...request for inspection, as well as some interconnected issues related to the city of Turkestan. They requested that the Panel conducts an investigation into these matters. They also asked the Panel to keep their identities and contact information confidential. Theses communications, incorporating and supplementing the claims in the initial Request, constitute the Request for Inspection (the “Request”) to the Panel. The Request focuses on the segment of the Project passin...

Complaint > Parana Biodiversity Project

Eligibility: 41-Final Eligibility Report (English)

...Request was submitted by a non-governmental organization (NGO) based in the State of Paraná, Brazil. The Requesters asked that their names and their organization’s name be kept confidential. 2. On July 11, 2006, the Panel notified the Board of Executive Directors and the World Bank’s President that it received the Request and registered it as IPN RQ06/04. 1 The Panel received Bank Management Response to the Request for Inspection on Augus...

Complaint > Second Urban Environment Sanitation Project

Eligibility: 49-Eligibility Report (English)

...Request was submitted by the Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE) on behalf of the Agyemankata Community, which lives in an area known as Kwabenya in Ga District, Ghana. 2. The Panel registered the Request on August 22, 2007 1 and notified the Executive Directors, the President of IDA and the Requesters that it had registered the Request. The Panel received Bank Management’s Response to the Request on September 21, 2007 (“the Management Response”). 3. As p...

Complaint > Downtown Redevelopment, Modernization of Metropolitan Public Transport, and of Government Offices Project

Eligibility: Eligibility Memorandum Public Disclosure

...Request is filed by a representative, the identity of the Requesters on whose behalf the Request is filed will be indicated and written proof of representation will be attached. b) The Request clearly identifies a Bank-financed Operation that has been approved by the Board, the President, or the Donors Committee. c) The Request describes the harm that could result from potential noncompliance with one or more Relevant Operational Policies. d) The Reque...

Complaint > Mario Covas Rodoanel Project - Northern Section 1 (2011)

Eligibility: Issuance of Eligibility Memorandum

...Requesters the opportunity to clarify and correct their Request by telephone and in writing. The Requesters took advantage of this opportunity. 3.2 Given the complexity of the project and the alternative Environmental Impact Study 6 submitted by the Requesters, the Ombudsperson felt that an in-depth analysis of the Request, the Counter Rima (Environmental Impact Report), as well as the project design and the most relevant environmental studies needed to 3...

Complaint > AD Hydro Power Limited-01/Himachal Pradesh

Eligibility: English

...requesting this information directly. CAO expects to remain engaged and informed of progress relating to this request in order to understand the responsiveness of the grievance mechanism to concerns from its community. - 11 - 5.3. Does the project have a No Objection Certificate? The No Objection Certificate (NOC) is a required permit, issued by the village-elected council – the Panchayat – to indicate local support for significant development ...

Complaint > Northern Corridor Highway Improvement Program - Santa Barbara - Rurrenabaque and San Buenaventura

Eligibility: Issuance of Eligibility Memorandum

...Request On February 28, 2011, inhabitants of the municipality of Rurrenabaque (the “Requesters”), including the Committee of Residents of Rurrenabaque in La Paz, the Committee of Residents of Rurrenabaque in Santa Cruz and the Foro Boliviano sobre el Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo (FOBOMADE), and one other party that requested confidentiality, submitted a Request to the ICIM. 9 The Request expressed concern about the plans for the construction and operation of the Bridge. 10 The Requesters allege t...

Complaint > BTC Pipeline-22/Tsemi

Eligibility: Tsemi Assessment Report, February 2006

...President of the World Bank Group, and its mandate is to assist in addressing complaints by people affected by projects in a manner that is fair, objective, and constructive and to enhance the social and environmental outcomes of projects in which these IFC and MIGA play a role. In the first instance, complaints are managed through the CAO’s Ombudsman function. The purpose of this assessment is to: 1. Provide a neutral assessment of the facts gathered during the assessment that are associat...

Complaint > Lukoil Overseas-01/Berezovka

Eligibility: English

...President Wolfowitz, appear to respond directly to complainants’ requests that IFC “acquire more independent monitoring of its projects” and that IFC “increase transparency and citizen participation in project monitoring” (April 2005 Assessment Report, page 9). In addition, the KPO initiatives as described by IFC appear to respond directly to the following CAO recommendations, which appear in the April 2005 assessment report: • KPO should continue the process of appoin...

Complaint > Compania Minera Antamina S.A.-02/Huarmey

Eligibility: Capacity Building Workshop Summary and Recommendations - Huarmey, Peru, July 19 and 20, 2006

...requested by both CMA and by CMVFAH following CAO’s assessment and closure of a complaint filed in May 2005 by members of the Federación de Pescadores del Perú. Among the recommendations in CAO’s final assessment report was that the company work more closely with the environmental monitoring committee to strengthen CMVFAH’s technical capacity; improve communication between the two parties and between the committee, the complainants, and community members; and to improve strategies for interpreti...