Complaint > Kosovo Power Project (Proposed)

Timeline: 78-Register (English)

...Request No. RQ 12/01 Country: Kosovo Project: Kosovo Power Project (Proposed) Action Other Comments 1. Request for Inspection received by Secretariat March 29, 2012 2. Request Registered April 12, 2012 3. Notice of Registration with the Request sent to the April 12, 2012 President 4. Notice of Registration s...

Complaint > Kosovo Power Project (Proposed)

Registration: 78-Notice of Registration (English)

...Request The Request raises several social, economic and environmental concerns, and related issues of compliance with Bank policies and procedures. The Requesters' concerns, as stated in the Request for Inspection, are elaborated below. Environmental Pollution. The Requesters state that the KPP is planned to be built in Obiliq municipality where the existing Kosovo A and Kosovo B power plants already operate, and that the "use of lignite for the needs of both existing power p...

Complaint > Kosovo Power Project (Proposed)

Management Response: 78-Management Response (English)

...presidential crises in 2010 and 2011 and a subsequent compromise across all major parties, President Atifete Jahjaga—Kosovo’s first female, first non-partisan president—is expected to be the last head of state elected indirectly by Parliament. Two commissions are currently finalizing a broad-based overhaul of the Constitution and the Electoral Law to allow, inter alia, for the direct election of the President. On this basis, the next rounds of presidential and general elections are foreseen in 2...

Complaint > Kosovo Power Project (Proposed)

Filing: 78-Request for Inspection (English)

...Requests We request the Inspection Panel to closely analyse all abovementioned complaints identified and analyzed in details in Annex “Technical Annex to the Request for Inspection on the Proposed Kosovo Power Project”. This Annex should be considered a composite part of the complaint. We request the Inspection Panel to immediately review the complaint and request the Board of the World Bank to immediately address all demands and concerns raised on the concerned projects. ...