Complaint > Ituango Hydropower Plant

Management Response: Management Response

...President, Vice President of Countries, Vice President of Sectors and Knowledge, Manager - Andean Countries, Country Representative in Colombia, Chief of Environmental Safeguards Unit Re: Management Response to Request MICI-BID-CO-2018-0133 referring to the Proyecto “Support for Structuring the Ituango Hydroelectric Project”- (CO- T1250). I. Introduction...

Complaint > Land Administration Project

Management Response: 38-Management Response Annexes (English)

...President: Marcelino Dolmo Vice President: Sotero Mejia Secretary: Feliza Norales Treasurer: Martha Figueroa Fiscal: Virgilia Velásquez I Chairperson: Lucas Martinez II Chairperson: Alejandro Miguel III Chairperson: Sandro Rivas IV Chairperson: Cesar Aquino Mesa Local Comunidad de Sangrelaya, Iriona, Colón. President: Justino Fernández Vicepresident: Francisco Ortiz Dol...

Complaint > Power VI Project

Management Response: Management Response (English)

...Requester. There is also a disparity between the interests of Mr. Nolan, an owner, whose rewards are derived through dividends paid to him by Tannol Holdings Ltd. as opposed to the other Requesters who are allegedly employees of Tannol t Holdings Ltd. In addition, it is not clear that all the Requesters are employees of Tannol Holdings Ltd., since the Supplement to the Request refers to “several of the Requesters“ and not to all the Requesters. In short, the Request fails to demonstrate ...

Complaint > Improving Rural Livelihoods through Carbon Sequestration Project

Management Response: 80-Management Response (English)

...Request; section III – Project Background; and section IV – Management Response. Annex 1 presents the Requesters’ claims, together with Management’s detailed responses, in table format. II. THE REQUEST 3. The Request was submitted by Mr. Sriharsha Masabathula, President of VEDA Climate Change Solutions Limited (VCCSL), representing farmers who are “inhabitants of the backwards districts of Orissa and Andhra Pradesh,” in India (the “Requesters”). 4. A...

Complaint > Transport Sector Development Project - Additional Financing

Management Response: Management Report and Recommendation

...Request had not previously been communicated to Management, the Panel did not register the Request to provide Management with an opportunity to address the concerns. 2. On September 11, 2015, the Panel received another Request for Inspection (“the Request”) from three representatives of the Bigodi and Nyabubale-Nkingo communities in Uganda (“the Requesters”), raising similar concerns to those set forth in the December 19, 2014 Request. The Request was registered on September 28, 2015 and i...

Complaint > Development Programme's Norte Grande Provinces

Management Response: Management Response

...Request No. MICI-AR-2016-0104 referring to the “Norte Grande Provinces Development Program” (AR-L1136) and related to Request MICI-BID-AR-2016-097. Management Response to the Registration of the Request. This is in reference to your June 3, 2016 email notifying the Management of the Inter- American Development Bank (“Management”) of the Registration of Request No. MICI- BID-AR-2016-0104 (“Request”) by the Independent Consultation and Investigation Mechanism (“...

Complaint > Mining Development and Environmental Control Assistance Project

Management Response: 20-Management Response (English)

...Request by stating that the Bank has complied with all operational policies and procedures applicable to the matter raised by the Request, and that the Request fails to demonstrate that the Requestors’ rights or interests have been, or will be, directly and adversely affected by the alleged failure of the Bank in the application of its policies and procedures. II. The Request 3. The Request for Inspection Panel review is filed by a group known as DECOI...

Complaint > Development Programme's Norte Grande Provinces

Management Response: Management Response

...Request No. MICI-AR-2016-0097 referring to the “Norte Grande Provinces Development Program” (AR-L1136). Management Response to the Registration of the Request. This is in reference to your February 11, 2016 email notifying the Management of the Inter-American Development Bank (“Management”) of the Registration of Request No. MICI-AR-2016-0097 (“Request”) by the Independent Consultation and Investigation Mechanism (“MICI”), and asking for Management’s response to the...

Complaint > Special Structural Adjustment Loan

Management Response: 17-Management Response (English)

...REQUEST FOR INSPECTION NO. RQ99/4 MANAGEMENT RESPONSE 1. On July 26, 1999, the Inspection Panel (the Panel) received a Request for Inspection dated July 20, 1999 (subseque ntly supplemented on August 11, 1999) (the Request), from the Argentine non-governmental organization Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales (CELS), acting in alleged representation of beneficiaries of an Argentine government social program called Pro-Huerta (the PH Program). 1 The Re...

Complaint > Program for the Reconstruction of Electricity Infrastructure in Areas Affected by the Earthquake in Ecuador

Management Response: Management Response

...Request Registration and Request Re: for Management Response, Request MICI-BID-EC-2018-0131 in reference to Loan Contract No. 3906/OC-EC “Program for the Reconstruction of Electricity Infrastructure in Areas Affected by the Earthquake in Ecuador” I. Introduction 1. The purpose of this memorandum is to present the Response of the Bank’s Management (hereinafter “Management”) to the document “Notice of Request ...

Complaint > Blumenau's Sustainable Urban Mobility Program

Management Response: Management Response

...President for Countries, Vice President for Sectors and Knowledge, Infrastructure Manager, Representative in Brazil, Chief of the Environmental and Social Safeguards Unit Subject: Case MICI-BR-2015-0093 “Blumenau Sustainable Mobility Program” (BR-L1272). Management Response upon registration of the Request and comments on the ineligibility of the case for the Consultation Phase and for the Compliance Review Phase 1. Objective The obje...

Complaint > Private Sector Development and Competitiveness Project, First Request

Management Response: 54-Management Response (English)

...Request for Inspection related to the above-referenced Project. The second Re- quest has been assigned IPN Request Number RQ09/03. Because the second Request raises similar issues and refers to the same project as the Request of March 12, and for reasons of economy and efficiency, the Panel advised Management that it would consider processing both requests jointly. Unless specifically noted, these are collectively hereafter referred to as the “Requests.” 2. Structure of the Text. The docume...

Complaint > Reconquista River Basin Environmental Sanitation Program- Request III

Management Response: Management Response

...Request to MICI On 14 May 2019, MICI sent Management the Notice of Request Registration and Request for Management Response (“Notification”) related to Request MICI-BID-AR-2019-0148, which refers to the program (“Request”). The Request was filed by residents of the basin (“Requesters”) who allege that they will be adversely affected by environmental harm as a result of the Bank’s failure to comply with its Relevant Operational Policies within the scope of the program. The...

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

Management Response: Management Response

...Request 13. Section F.14 of the MICI Policy establishes the content and format of a request, and section G.22 states the criteria for a request to be declared eligible. In view of these sections, Management summarizes the following considerations with respect to the request filed: a. A clear explanation of the alleged harm and its relation to the noncompliance of the Relevant Operational Policy (sections 14.f and 22.c). Having examined the formal case request and supplementa...

Complaint > Railroad General Roca Improvement Program - Constitución - La Plata Line

Management Response: Management Response

...Request to MICI On 24 June 2019, MICI sent Management the Notice of Request Registration and Request for Management Response (“Notice”) related to Request MICI-BID-AR-2019-0150 in reference to the Project. The Request was filed by a group of numerous individuals residing in the city of La Plata, Buenos Aires (“Requesters”), self-designated as “Neighbors United for the City,” who claim to have been affected by the railway works of the “underpass at 1st and 32nd in the Cit...

Complaint > Land Administration Project (First Request)

Management Response: 53-Management Response (English)

...REQUESTS THE FIRST REQUEST 4. The First Request for Inspection was submitted by members of the indigenous community of Pueblo Naso (hereafter referred to as the “First Requesters”). Attached to the Request is a list of signatures. No further materials were received by Management in support of the Request. 5. Management understands that the First Requesters’ main claims are that: (i) the Project at this stage is not supporting the only and true aspiration of the Naso People, which i...

Complaint > Land Reform and Poverty Alleviation Project, 1st Request

Management Response: 14-Management Response (English)

...Requestors themselves do not meet the eligibility criteria to file a Request for Inspection. 3.5 Of all signatories of the Request identifiable by name, organization, location and national identity number, none is a Project beneficiary. Also, there is no evidence that any beneficiaries designated the Requestors to act as their agents in presenting the Request. The large majority (more than 80%) of the Requestors are from outside the Northeast, and only 4.8% are from States where the Project...

Complaint > Indigenous and Community Biodiversity Project (COINBIO)

Management Response: 30-Management Response (English)

...Request for Inspection, IPN Request RQ04/1 (hereinafter referred to as “the Request”), concerning the Mexico Indigenous and Community Biodiversity Conservation Project (referred to hereinafter as the COINBIO Project or the Project) financed in part by the Global Environment Facility (GEF Trust Fund Grant No. TF24372). 2. This Management Response to the Request for Inspection contains the following sections: Section II briefly presents the Request; Section III provides the Project back- grou...

Complaint > Tietê Várzea Program

Management Response: Management Response

...Request MICI - BID-BR-2016-0106 in reference to the “Tietê Várzea Program” (BR-L1216) - Response to the Request We are writing in reference to your email of 22 August 2016 notifying the Management of the Inter-American Development Bank (“IDB” or “Bank”) of the registration of Request No. MICI-BID-BR-2016-0106 (“Request”), filed with the Independent Consultation and Investigation Mechanism (“MICI”) by three residents of the Jardín Izildinha neighborhood of the city of Guarulhos, ...

Complaint > Ituango Hydropower Plant

Management Response: Consideration by the Board of Executive Directors of the Recommendation and ToRs

...REQUEST7 3.1 On 5 June 2018, MICI received a Request related to the Operations described in paragraph 2.8 of this document. The Request was filed by 477 residents of nine municipalities in the department of Antioquia, who are members of the organization Movimiento Ríos Vivos Antioquia.8 Ms. Isabel Cristina Zuleta represents the Requesters before MICI. They are also supported by the following CSOs: the Center for International Environmental Law, t...