Complaint > Indigenous and Community Biodiversity Project (COINBIO)

Registration: 30-Notice of Registration (English)

...REQUEST RQ04/1 January 30, 2004 NOTICE OF REGISTRATION Re: Request for Inspection MEXICO: Indigenous and Community Biodiversity Project (COINBIO) (GEF Trust Fund Grant No. TF24372) On January 26, 2004, the Inspection Panel (the ‘Panel’) received a Request for Inspection (the ‘Request’) related to the...

Complaint > Andhra Pradesh & Telangana Road Sector Project

Registration: 105-Notice of Non-Registration

...Request. The Request 2. In accordance with paragraph 17 of the Resolution! establishing the Inspection Panel (the "Panel"), I hereby inform you that on December 18,2015, the Panel received two Requests for Inspection, followed by 28 additional ones (collectively referred to as "the Request"), sent by community members from Amalapuram, Anathavaram, Bhatnavili, Bodasakurru, Chippalapalem, Peruru, Yanam and other locali...

Complaint > National Drainage Program Project

Management Response: 34-Management Response (English)

...Request for Inspection, IPN Request RQ04/5 (hereafter referred to as “the Request”), concerning the Pakistan National Drainage Program (NDP) Project partly financed (Credit No. 2999) by the In- ternational Development Association (IDA). 2. Structure of the Text. The document contains the following sections: Section II provides information on the Request. Section III presents the background of the project, including the history of the drainage crisis in Pakistan and earlier projects. The sec...

Complaint > Santa Fe Infrastructure Project and Provincial Road Infrastructure Project, 1st Request

Eligibility: 42-Eligibility Report (English)

...Requesters indicate that they have received no answer to these communications. 5 First Request for Inspection, letter dated August 20, 2006, p.1. 6 First Request for Inspection, p.1. 7 First Request for Inspection, p.1. 8 During the Panel’s eligibility visit the Requesters stated that the actual date of the letter was August 7, 2006. 9 First Request for Inspection, p.1. 4 15. In their Request to the Inspection...

Complaint > Manila Second Sewerage Project (MSSP)

Eligibility: 28-Eligility Report (English)

...Request. Therefore, the Request satisfies paragraph 9 (f). 43. The Panel, however, finds that the Requesters have not fulfilled the procedural requirement that they bring the subject matter of the Request to the Bank’s attention for Management to address before filing a Request with the Panel. 44. The Requesters’ first contact with the Bank occurred when the president of Timpuyog Zambales, Inc. called the World Bank’s country office Manila and asked whether the office could send ...

Complaint > Rondonia Natural Resources Management Project

Registration: Notice of Registration

...REQUEST RQ95/3 June 19, 1995 NOTICE OF REGISTRATION Dear Sirs/Madams: Re: Request for Inspection - Rondonia Natural Resources Management Project (Loan 3444 BR) The Inspection Panel (the “Panel”) received a Request for Inspection (the “Request”) on June 16, 1995 from Coordenação da União das Nações e Povos Indígenas de Ron...

Complaint > Institutional Reform Development Policy Financing

Eligibility: 57-Eligibility Report (English)

...Request for Inspection YEMEN: Institutional Reform Development Policy Grant (Grant No. H336-YEM) 1. On April 13, 2009, the Inspection Panel received a Request for Inspection (“the Request”) related to the Yemen’s Institutional Reform Development Policy Program (the “Program”), which i s supported by Grant No. H336-YEM (the “Grant”). The Request was submitted by Mr. Abdelkader Ali Abdallah and Mr. Yahya S...

Complaint > Upper Egypt Local Development Program for Results

Registration: Notice of Non-Registration (English)

...Request for Inspection (the “Request”) of the Upper Egypt Local Development Program-for-Results (P157395) (the “Program”) in Egypt. The Request was submitted by a member of the affected community with authorization to represent 16 other residents (the “Requesters”) of the Gerga district in the Sohag governorate in Egypt. The Requesters asked the Panel to keep their identities confidential. 2. The Requesters claimed that a subproject of the Program was expected to cover 200 meters of an open...

Complaint > Phase 1B of Lesotho Highlands Water Project, 1st Request

Management Response: 12-Management Response (English)

...request is made. It is the view of the Bank Management on the basis of the reasons specified below, that the Requesters do not meet these requirements. 4. According to the Request, the Requesters are individual residents of Alexandra, a community located in the territory of the Republic of South Africa (hereafter referred to as South Africa). The Requesters have indicated to the Panel that they intended to remain anonymous. It is the Bank Management's view that the Requesters do not meet...

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

Registration: 74-Notice of Registration (English)

...Requesters made several efforts to raise the different concerns expressed in the Request for Inspection with Bank: Management directly in writing. In addition, on April 13,2011, the affected peoples' representative met with the Bank: team in Shymkent to discuss these concerns. The Requesters stated that Bank: Management's consideration of problems outlined in the Request is not satisfactory. in the current Request differ from those of the 2010 Request and relate to three...

Complaint > Land Management and Administration Project

Registration: 60-Notice of Registration (English)

...Requesters “requested the urgent intervention of the World Bank Management in their case.” With subsequent letters to the Bank, the Requesters asked about the applicability of Bank’s safeguards policies and requested again urgent actions due to further eviction notices received by community residents. Urgency of Request The Requesters state that they welcome the Bank’s efforts since February 2009 but note that “the harm caused by seven years of inadequate supervision of the project has i...

Complaint > DRC High Priority Roads Reopening and Maintenance (2nd Additional Financing)

Management Response: Management Response Addendum(English)

...REQUEST FOR INSPECTION UPDATE November 27, 2017 1. Management is providing this update to its Response to the Request for Inspection to apprise the Board and Panel of the most recent developments regarding the issues raised in the Request, and to summarize the actions the Bank will take immediately and over the next few weeks. Management submitted its Response to the Panel on October 20, 2017. Subsequently,...

Complaint > Water Supply Augmentation Project, Greater Beirut Water Supply Project and its Additional Fiancing - Second Request

Filing: Request for Inspection

...REQUEST FOR AN INSPECTION ON THE IMPACTS OF THE BISRI DAM PROJECT IN LEBANON We, the Lebanon Eco Movement (LEM), are a network of 60 environmental NGOs advocating for sustainable development and the protection of the environment in Lebanon. The movement co- founded the Save the Bisri Valley Campaign in collaboration with the affected communities and a group of experts. LEM is also a member in the Arab Watch Coalition. In this request, we represent a group of residents and landowners whose addres...

Complaint > Second Norte Grande Water Infrastructure Project

Registration: 73-Notice of Registration (English)

...Request for Inspection from the Comunidad Los Flores. I The Request was submitted on behalf of residents of neighborhoods in the city of Santiago del Estero, Argentina. The Request sent to the Panel on May 4, 2011 was complemented by a clarifying note received on May 15, which the Requesters asked that the Panel consider as an integral part of the Request. The Requesters asked that the Panel keep their names as confidential. The Requesters raise conce...

Complaint > Central Asia South Asia Electricity Transmission and Trade Project (CASA-1000)

Registration: 93-Notice of Non-Registration (English)

...Request after determining that the Requesters do not meet all of the admissibility criteria for registration. The Requesters are not in the countries where the Project is located and the Panel could not determine the existence of a plausible link between the Project and the harms alleged by the Requesters. The Request The Request was submitted by Ms. Tursunbaeva of the NGO Shark Ayoli (Women of the East), Uzbekistan, on behalf of 29 civil society...

Complaint > Floods Emergency Recovery Project (P152018)

Registration: 104-Notice of Non-Registration

...Request and its supporting documents' are attached to this Notice. 2. The Panel conducted extensive due diligence in line with its updated Operating Procedures' to establish the admissibility of the Request. The Panel consequently decided not to register the Request as it confirmed that the alleged harms are not linked to a Bank- financed Project. The Request 3. The Request was submitted by the Center for Ecolo...

Complaint > Red Sea - Dead Sea Water Conveyance Study Program

Registration: 76- Notice of Registration (English)

...Requesters"). On July 15, 2011, the Panel asked the Requesters for clarifications on certain issues in the Request. On August 11, 2011, the Panel received a revised and more substantive Request for Inspection (hereinafter, the "Request"), which also details earlier contact between a representative of the Stop the Wall Campaign and Bank staff, during which the Requesters' concerns were raised. According to the Request, both Stop the Wall Campaign and the Palestinian Farmers Union represent reside...

Complaint > National Drainage Program Project

Registration: 34-Notice of Registration (English)

...REQUEST RQ04/5 September 17, 2004 NOTICE OF REGISTRATION Re: Request for Inspection PAKISTAN: National Drainage Program Project (Credit No. 2999-PAK) On September 10, 2004, the Inspection Panel (the ‘Panel’) received a Request for Inspection, dated September 9, 2004 (the ‘Request’) related...

Complaint > Transport Sector Development Project - Additional Financing

Eligibility: Inspection Panel Report and Recommendation

...request. 4. On September 11, 2015, the Panel received a new request (“the Request”) from three members of the Bigodi and Nyabubale-Nkingo communities (“the Requesters”), which restated the earlier concerns. The Requesters claimed that they were dissatisfied with Bank actions in response to their concerns, asked to keep their identities confidential, and designated JFCU to act on their behalf. The Request included hand written notes from fifty-eight community members explaining the advers...

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

Registration: 66-Notice of Registration (English)

...Request “taking back” their request. 2 On March 10, April 8, and April 24, 2010, the Panel received written communications from individuals who had separately joined the initial request. 3 These individuals are residing in the city of Turkestan. They referred to the same issues raised by the initial request for inspection, as well as some interconnected issues related to the city of Turkestan, and requested that the Panel conduct an i...