Early Warning System

Countries

Dominica

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

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, 2021

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 Dominica

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

Sectors

Technical Cooperation
Water and Sanitation

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.

Grant Amount (USD)

$ 32.44 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.

Project Cost (USD)

$ 39.54 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

Primary Source

Original disclosure @ CDB website

Updated in EWS Jun 22, 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 efficiency and climate resilience of the water supply and distribution infrastructure; expand the climate resilience and treatment performance of wastewater systems; and enhance the operational capacity of Dominica Water and Sewerage Company Ltd..
More specifically, this Technical Assistance project will produce a strategic plan for medium to long term interventions in the water sector and will catalyse the identification of climate resilient options for upgrading the water supply and wastewater infrastructure in the Commonwealth of Dominica. The project will also develop detailed designs for priority interventions, which would facilitate the appraisal and financing of infrastructure projects.

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 company's website, the Dominica Water and Sewerage Company Limited (DOWASCO) is a registered company wholly owned by the Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica. DOWASCO was established by an act of Parliament – Water and Sewerage Act #17, in December 1989 and incorporated in the same year.
Prior to incorporation, the Company was known as National Water Services which was also called the Central Water Authority up to 1986.

Private Actor 1	Private Actor 1 Role	Private Actor 1 Sector	Relation	Private Actor 2	Private Actor 2 Role	Private Actor 2 Sector
-	-	-	-	Dominica Water and Sewerage Company Limited	Client	Water and Sanitation

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.

CDB Team Leaders:

Mr. Daniel Best - Director, Projects Department
Email: bestd@caribank.org
Phone: +246 431-1710

Andrew Dupigny - Head of Infrastructure Partnerships
Email: dupigna@caribank.org

Mr. L. O'Reilly Lewis - Division Chief, Economic Infrastructure Division

Executing Agency - Dominica Water and Sewerage Company:

Chief Engineer, Project Management Unit
Email: m.williams.dowasco@gmail.com / dowasco@dowasco.dm
Website: https://dowasco.dm/
Address: 3 High Street, Roseau, Dominica
Phone: +767 255-2900

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.