Early Warning System

Countries

Barbados

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

Specific Location

Grantley Adams International Airport (Christ Church)

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

Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)

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

Project Status

Active

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."

Voting Date

Dec 1, 2018

Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.

Borrower

Government of Barbados

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

Sectors

Industry and Trade
Infrastructure
Transport

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

Project Cost (USD)

$ 57.70 million

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.

Bank Documents

CONTRACT AWARD INFORMATION – CONSULTANCY

Primary Source

Original disclosure @ CDB website

Updated in EWS Jun 7, 2023

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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 CDB, the project will improve the quality of the Grantley Adams International Airport infrastructure, improve institutional capacity of Grantley Adams International Airport Inc. and reduce energy consumption from pavement lighting of the airport.

Investment Description

Here you can find a list of individual development financial institutions that finance the project.

Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)

Private Actors Description

A Private Actor is a non-governmental body or entity that is the borrower or client of a development project, which can include corporations, private equity and banks. This describes the private actors and their roles in relation to the project, when private actor information is disclosed or has been further researched.

As stated on the companies' websites:

GAIA is Barbados’ only airport and the aviation hub of the Eastern Caribbean, handling daily flights to and from the other Caribbean islands connecting to major cities in the US, Canada, UK and Europe.

Integrated Sustainability is a leading provider of sustainability consulting and engineering services – integrating world-class front-end project advisory and delivery teams to deliver conscientious solutions in water, waste, and energy.

Private Actor 1	Private Actor 1 Role	Private Actor 1 Sector	Relation	Private Actor 2	Private Actor 2 Role	Private Actor 2 Sector
-	-	-	-	Grantley Adams International Airport Inc.	Undisclosed	Transport
-	-	-	-	Integrated Sustainability	Contractor	Infrastructure

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.

Executing Agency - Ministry of Tourism and International Transport:

Addresses -
Tourism: Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Center, Two Mile Hill, St. Michael, Barbados, W.I.
International Transport: 8th Floor Baobab Tower, Warrens, St. Michael, Barbados, W.I.
Faxes -
Tourism: +1 246 436-4828
International Transport: +1 246 535-3342
Website: https://www.gov.bb/Ministries/tourism

GAIA Inc.:

Address: Terminal One, Seawell, Christ Church, BB16000 Barbados, W.I.
Phone: +1 246 536-1302
Fax: +1 246 536-1356
Website: https://gaia.bb/

Contractor - Integrated Sustainability:

Address: Canewood Business Centre, 1st Floor, 5 Canewood Industrial Park St. Michael, Barbados BB11005
Phone: +15873525867 / +12468235300
Website: https://www.integratedsustainability.ca/

ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF THE CDB

Complaints about suspected fraud and/or corruption may be submitted to the Office of Integrity, Compliance and Accountability. Allegations may be made by a variety of sources including staff, consultants, contractors, and other persons who may consider themselves participants in, witness to or victims of wrongdoing.

To make a complaint, access the following webpage: https://secure.ethicspoint.com/domain/media/en/gui/55678/index.html.