Complaint > Porce III Hydroelectric Power Plant

Management Response: Management Response

...cash compensation for land acquisition or economic affectation. d. EPM, through the local NGO Codesarrollo (today called Socya, a Colombian Corporation), provided support to the resettled families and monitored their socioeconomic conditions and performance. EPM’s 2013 report on the conditions of the displaced families, with Codesarollo’s support, found that: (i) 100% of the beneficiaries of the resettled program received a house, and 89% could keep their economic project reaching...

Complaint > Porce III Hydroelectric Power Plant

Eligibility: Eligibility Memorandum Public Disclosure

...compensation for involuntary resettlement, Management states that EPM provided a comprehensive compensation and rehabilitation package to minimize the project’s adverse impacts. The solutions offered, which it notes were agreed upon with the affected individuals and communities in a participatory manner, included: (i) resettlement to a similar area; (ii) resettlement to the main towns of the area; and (iii) direct cash compensation. Management also states that support was...