Early Warning System

Regions

Europe and Central Asia

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

Specific Location

Central Asian region

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

Industry and Trade
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 24, 2025

Disclosed by Bank Dec 4, 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, Central Asian Business Integrity Network (CABIN) established by European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) will connect public sector experts working on integrity and compliance with businesses, chambers of commerce, civil society organizations, and other entities from outside the public sector from the region. The primary objective of this network is to enhance the legal literacy of entrepreneurs in the Central Asian region and support them in protecting their interests during interactions with government bodies.

The CABIN’s target audience will be EBRD clients, compliance officers and other stakeholders driven by establishing effective anti-corruption systems in private companies and independently monitoring compliance, which would expand support for responsible business practices, integrity, and success based on fair competition.

Stakeholders of CABIN will receive an opportunity to share their knowledge and experience in social responsibility, anti-bribery management, anti-corruption compliance, prevention of occupational fraud, supporting whistleblowers, and civil society monitoring activities within the corporate sector.

This combined effort from the private and civic sectors will aim to drive a cultural shift, encouraging holistic ecosystem behavioural change and wide stakeholder engagement vis-à-vis anti-corruption measures across the Central Asian countries.

The project is also in line with the government reform priorities in good governance aimed at strengthening the role of civil society, increasing transparency and public accountability. The project relates to the Sustainable Development Goal (16), which is dedicated to the promotion of peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, access to justice for all and building effective, accountable institutions at all levels.

The project’s overall aim is to implement measures establishing internal controls to minimize corruption and fraud risks. This includes navigating administrative procedures to obtain public services, handling licensing, overseeing business activities, and implementing anti-corruption measures in dealings with the public sector and business management. Through this the project will generate best practices to replicate across the region including by using the advantages provided by the UNODC Regional Platform.

In doing this, the TC project will aim to promote the following outcomes:

Outcome 1: The champions of private sector in Central Asian countries are united and enhanced for promoting business integrity locally and regionally.

Outcome 2: Regional dialogue with civic and public actors on issues of business integrity, countering corruption and fraud in private sector is launched and generating the knowledge products.

Investment Description

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

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

A technical cooperation project.

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.

The CABIN’s target audience will be EBRD clients, compliance officers and other stakeholders.

The project is established by the Bank and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

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