Early Warning System

Countries

Morocco
Tunisia

Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.

Specific Location

Maghreb (Morocco and Tunisia)

Whenever identified, the area within countries where the impacts of the investment may be experienced. Exact locations of projects may not be identified fully or at all in project documents. Please review updated project documents and community-led assessments.

Financial Institutions

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.

Project Status

Approved

Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.

Bank Risk Rating

Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."

Borrower

Regional

A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.

Sectors

Law and Government
Technical Cooperation

The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.

Investment Type(s)

Grant

The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.

Investment Amount (USD)

Not Disclosed

Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.

Primary Source

Original disclosure @ EBRD website

Updated in EWS Feb 25, 2025

Disclosed by Bank Dec 13, 2024

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Project Description

If provided by the financial institution, the Early Warning System Team writes a short summary describing the purported development objective of the project and project components. Review the complete project documentation for a detailed description.

According to the Bank’s website, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is committed to promoting gender equality and human capital development in the Maghreb (Morocco and Tunisia) through project and policy level engagement.

The new assignment will support the continued engagement of a consultant to develop and deliver policy reform and business advisory in close collaboration with relevant authorities, EBRD clients, civil society partners as well as external donors.

The assignment will extend an existing 1-year contract for an expert consultant based in Morocco by an additional 24 months, in alignment with the milestones of agreed policy programmes in the water and agricultural sector in Morocco and Tunisia. With the first 12 months having been highly successful in creating progress under the policy dialogue activities in both countries, EBRD is now seeking to extend the contract by 24 months to enable the full implementation of agreed policy work and support Banking teams in their work with stakeholders to promote gender equality and human capital development in the Maghreb.

The extended contract will also include a further strengthened focus on monitoring and results which reflects the learnings gathered in the context of the Mid-Term Review of the Strategy for the Promotion of Gender Equality (2021-2025) and the Equality of Opportunity Strategy (2021-2025) of the Bank.

The presence of a consultant on the ground will greatly strengthen EBRD’s ability to report on outcomes and impacts of EBRD policy work, while assisting current and prospective clients of the Bank with capacity building and advisory on gender equality and human capital topics.
Services

The specific objectives of the assignment are to:

(i) Support local clients and policy partners to develop and implement gender equality and human capital development interventions in line with EBRD priorities.
(ii) Manage the delivery of agreed policy engagement programmes in the Maghreb (Morocco and Tunisia).
(iii) Support capacity building and monitoring of progress and impact across gender equality and human capital related activities in the region.

Investment Description

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European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

Investment amount not available at the time of disclosure.

A technical cooperation project.

Contact Information

This section aims to support the local communities and local CSO to get to know which stakeholders are involved in a project with their roles and responsibilities. If available, there may be a complaint office for the respective bank which operates independently to receive and determine violations in policy and practice. Independent Accountability Mechanisms receive and respond to complaints. Most Independent Accountability Mechanisms offer two functions for addressing complaints: dispute resolution and compliance review.

No contacts available at the time of disclosure.

ACCESS TO INFORMATION

You can request information by emailing: accessinfo@ebrd.com or by using this electronic form: https://www.ebrd.com/eform/information-request

ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF EBRD

The Project Complaint Mechanism (PCM) is the independent complaint mechanism and fact-finding body for people who have been or are likely to be adversely affected by an European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)-financed project. If you submit a complaint to the PCM, it may assess compliance with EBRD's own policies and procedures to prevent harm to the environment or communities or it may assist you in resolving the problem that led to the complaint through a dialogue with those implementing the project. Additionally, the PCM has the authority to recommend a project be suspended in the event that harm is imminent.

You can contact the PCM at: pcm@ebrd.com or you can submit a complaint online using an online form at: http://www.ebrd.com/eform/pcm/complaint_form?language=en

You can learn more about the PCM and how to file a complaint at: http://www.ebrd.com/work-with-us/project-finance/project-complaint-mechanism.html