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 p...

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 o...

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 > Transitional Support for Economic Recovery Credit and Emergency Economic and Social Reunification Support Project

Management Action Plan: 37-First Management Progress Report (English)

...requests converting logging permits into long term concessions a total area of 22.4 million hectares. The TWG recommendations were reviewed by an Interministerial Commission that included 21 permanent members representing the President and Prime Minister of DRC; the ministries in charge of Forests, Justice, Finance, Budget, Planning, and Industry; the Federation of Timber Industries; a federation of national NGOs; and a federation of national NGOs dedicated to the cause of indigenous peoples. Th...

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 > Sao Jose dos Campos Urban Structuring Program

Compliance Report: Publication of Panel Report

...request of any Executive Director, upon written request to the Office of the Secretary at least three business days in advance of the date of the respective meeting. 15 The original Request is available in the MICI Public Registry, which can be accessed from the electronic links section of this document. 16 These organizations have been providing support to the Central de Movimentos Populares and to the Requesters throughout the MICI’s processing of the Request, especially during the...

Complaint > Sao Jose dos Campos Urban Structuring Program

Compliance Report: Publication of Panel Report

...request of any Executive Director, upon written request to the Office of the Secretary at least three business days in advance of the date of the respective meeting. 15 The original Request is available in the MICI Public Registry, which can be accessed from the electronic links section of this document. 16 These organizations have been providing support to the Central de Movimentos Populares and to the Requesters throughout the MICI’s processing of the Request, especially during the...

Complaint > Sakhalin 2

Eligibility: Eligibility Assessment Report

...requests the provision of assistance in negotiating a resolution of the dispute between the Affected Group and the Project Sponsor, through the payment of appropriate compensation by the latter [IRM, RP 9 (d)]. It also indicates the steps the Affected Group expects to be taken by the IRM [IRM, RP 9 (e)]. Though the Complaint does not expressly state whether the Affected Group requests a Compliance Review or a Problem-solving Initiative, it is quite clear that, by requesting the IRM ‘to hel...

Complaint > Transport Sector Development Project - Additional Financing

Other: GBV Task Force Recommendations

...Requests for Proposal SBD Standard Bidding Documents W O R K I N G T O G E T H E R T O P R E V E N T S E X U A L E X P L O I TAT I O N A N D A B U S E 4 Executive Summary “ In October 2016, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim established an indepen- dent Task Force of external experts to provide guidance on how to strength- en Bank systems, tools and p...

Complaint > Chad-Cameroon Pipeline-02/Cameroon

Filing: Complaint regarding the Chad-Cameroon Pipeline Project, May 25, 2011

...requested wells or improved water points. Problems emerged very quickly with the water points constructed by the company’s subcontractors, forcing the communities to obtain water from sources of dubious quality. In a village to the south of the pipeline, residents are forced to travel several kilometers to find a water point because of the poor quality of the water obtained from the well built by the company. Village residents have appealed to the company for assistance on a number of occasions,...

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 > Lagos Metropolitan Development and Governance Project

Registration: 91-Notice of Non-Registration (English)

...Request” that in accordance with the steps set out in the Pilot approach, it would ask the Requesters and Management to engage in direct dialogue on these matters, and to keep it updated on progress in addressing the concerns of the Requesters. In line with the Pilot approach, the Requesters retained the right at any time to declare their non- satisfaction and request the Panel to register their Request. -4- 13. On March 20,...

Complaint > Protection of Basic Services Program Phase II Additional Financing and Promoting Basic Services Phase III Project

Management Response: 82-Management Report and Recommendation - Ethiopia PBS - Phase III Project

...Request for Inspection was submitted by “two local representatives” on behalf of 26 Anuak people from the Gambella region of Ethiopia (the “Requesters”). The Requesters asked the Panel to keep their identities confidential. 2. The Executive Directors and the President of IDA were notified by the Panel of receipt of the Request. Management responded to the claims in the Request on November 19, 2012. 3. In its Report to the Board, the Panel found the Request eligible and recommended that...

Complaint > Amaravati Sustainable Capital City Development Project

Registration: 114-Notice of Non-Registration-Updated 6 July 2017

...REQUEST RQ 16/09 July 6, 2017 INDIA: Proposed Amaravati Sustainable Capital City Development Project (P159808) Redaction of Documents Some of the Requesters requested the Panel to redact the Notice of Non-Registration dated December 19, 2016 and the attached Requests for Inspection dated October 8 and 26, 2016, due to further confident...

Complaint > Jamuna Multipurpose Bridge Project

Management Response: Management Response

...Request 1. On November 25, 1996, the Inspection Panel registered a Request for Inspection (the Request) submitted by a group of shareholders/CEOs of private sector jute mills in Bangladesh (the Requesters). The Requesters assert that they have been adversely affected in a direct and material way by IDA's failure to follow its policies and procedures with respect to the Jute Sector Adjustment Credit (JSAC) in Bangladesh. 2. The complaints of the Requesters may be grouped in three ...

Complaint > Rural Land Titling & Registration Project in Peru - Third Phase

Management Response: Management Response

...REQUESTERS AND MANAGEMENT’S RESPONSE A. Allegations of Noncompliance with the Operational Policies of the Bank 3.1 In section II of the request document, the Requesters state that the Bank has failed to comply with operational policies OP-703 and OP-765. They cite potential harm to native communities due to omissions made in the design process that affect the project execution, as they explain in section III of the request. The request allege...

Complaint > Forest Concession Management and Control Pilot Project

Compliance Report: 36-Investigation Report (English)

...President. 5. On March 8, 2005, Management submitted its Response to the Request for Inspection. 10 1. The Request 6. The following paragraphs briefly summarize the Request. The Requesters’ specific claims will be addressed in more detail later in the Report. 7 Request for Inspection: Forest Concession Management and Control Pilot Project, Letter to Inspection Panel dated January 21, 2005, p.1, (hereinafter “Request Letter 1”). 8 Requ...

Complaint > Western Poverty Reduction Project

Management Response: 16-Management Response (English)

...President that the Panel had received a request for inspection (“Request”) to investigate the World Bank’s compliance with a number of its policies and procedures in the preparation of the China Western Poverty Reduction Project. A copy of the Notice of Registration and a copy of the Request were sent to the President. Bank management (“Management”) was notified that it must provide the Panel no later than July 20, 1999 with written evidence that it has complied or intends to comply with relevan...