Early Warning System

Countries

Egypt

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

Specific Location

downtown Alexandria and north-eastern town Abou Qir

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."

Voting Date

Nov 10, 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

Arab Republic of Egypt

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

Sectors

Transport

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

Investment Type(s)

Loan

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

Investment Amount (USD)

$ 296.14 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.
Currency conversion note:
Bank reported EUR 250,000,000.00
Converted using 2021-07-28 exchange rate.

Project Cost (USD)

$ 1,913.05 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.
Currency conversion note:
Bank reported EUR 1,615,699,968.00
Converted using 2021-07-28 exchange rate.

Bank Documents

Primary Source

Original disclosure @ EBRD website

Updated in EWS May 6, 2022

Disclosed by Bank Jul 28, 2021

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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 bank provided information, the project involves the provision of a sovereign loan of up to EUR 250 million to the Arab Republic of Egypt to finance the upgrade and electrification of an existing rail line connecting downtown Alexandria and north-eastern town Abou Qir ("Abou Qir line") into a high capacity metro system (the "Project").

The EBRD loan will finance (i) infrastructure works for the upgrade and the electrification of the line, (ii) relevant rail systems, including the upgrade of signalling, telecommunications and centralised control systems, and (iii) rolling stock to be operated on the new metro system.

The Project is part of an overall investment package estimated at EUR 1.6 billion expected to be co-financed by the European Investment Bank, the Agence Francaise de Developpment and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.

The Project will be implemented by the National Authority for Tunnels ("NAT"), a state-owned executive agency under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Transportation. The line is expected to use the corridor of an existing railway line currently operated by the Egyptian National Railways ("ENR"), while the operation of the future metro line is intended to be awarded to an independent metro operator.

Investment Description

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European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

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.

Ibrahim Bekheit
ibna_2004@hotmail.com
+20 2 25742968
http://www.nat.org.eg/english/
Ramses Square, Ramses Complex Cairo, Arab Republic of Egypt, ZIP: 11794 p. B 466

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