MICI-CO-2015-0096

Porce III Hydroelectric Power Plant

Country: Colombia

Reception date: November, 24 2015

Current Status: Closed

Requesters:

Nelson De Jesus Guerra on behalf of more than two thousand people from the municipalities of Amalfi, Anorí, Guadalupe, Gomez Plata and several surrounding villages.

Summary of the Request

The Request alleged that the project has generated a negative impact on the lives of the inhabitants of the region, due to the conditions of the involuntary resettlement, which have generated a serious impoverishment of the community and has denied their basic rights. The Requesters alleged that villagers were violently displaced by the use of force and, in contravention with the IDB guidelines, they are currently living in absolute poverty and they have lost everything they had in the region. 

Recent actions

On February 23rd, 2016, the Request was declared ineligible due to the application of exclusion 19 (f) of the ICIM Policy (MI-47-3), associated to Request that are filed more than 24 months after the last disbursement of the relevant Bank-Financed Operation.

Past actions

On January 22nd, 2016,at the end of the 21 business day time period (paragraph 21 of the MICI Policy), Management sent its Response to the Request.

On December 18th, 2015, the Request was registered once the information requested was received; notifications were sent to the Requesters and Bank Management.

On December 3rd, 2015, the MICI granted 10 business days to the Requesters to submit additional information required for the processing of the Request (paragraph 20 of the MICI Policy),which was received immediately.

Project Number:

CO-L1005


Environmental Category:

A


Project Name:

Porce III Hydroelectric Power Plant


Sector:

ENERGY


Project Type:

Loan Operation


IDB Financing:

USD 200,000,000


Registration
Registered
Eligibility
Not eligible
Assessment
Consultation Process
Monitoring
Recommendation for a CR and ToRs
Investigation
CR Report
Monitoring

Registration

Consultation Phase (CP)

Compliance Review Phase (CRP)

Chronology and documents

Steps and milestones Date Remarks Documents
Registry

24427

Request Receipt

2015-11-24

Requests of a confidential nature are not published.

24429

Notice of Registration

2015-12-18

5 business days from the date of receipt of the Request or 15 business days when further information is required from the Requesters.
Elegibility

24431

Management Response

2016-01-22

21 business days from the date of notice of registration. The response will be published as an annex to the Eligibility Memorandum.

24432

Eligibility due date

2016-02-23

21 business days from the date of receipt of Management Response or 45 business days after the Suspension is granted.

24437

Eligibility Memorandum Public Disclosure

2016-03-02

As per the Access to Information Policy (OP-102) the disclosure of this document is done simultaneous to its distribution to the Board of Executive Directors.

24438

Closing date of MICI process

2016-03-02