Early Warning System

Countries

Jordan

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

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

Dec 15, 2020

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

Greater Amman Municipality

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)

$ 14.54 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.
Currency conversion note:
Bank reported EUR 11,959,681.00
Converted using 2020-12-15 exchange rate.

Project Cost (USD)

$ 24.45 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 20,119,728.00
Converted using 2020-12-15 exchange rate.

Primary Source

Original disclosure @ EBRD website

Updated in EWS Dec 17, 2020

Disclosed by Bank Dec 15, 2020

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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 investment involves the provision of up to JOD 10.3 million (~EUR 12.0 million) unsecured sub-sovereign loan to GAM to finance the acquisition of 136 diesel Euro V buses (including ancillary systems) as part of larger bus fleet expansion involving 151 buses which include 15 electric buses as a pilot rollout of zero-emission public transport vehicles in the city of Amman. The loan will be co-financed by a capex grant of up to EUR 8.0 million from the Community Resilience ("CR") Sub Account of the EBRD's SSF.

The city of Amman with a population of approx. 4.5 million, would like to improve standards of the urban transport system, namely by expanding its bus fleet through the purchase of up to 151 new buses with related bus depot facilities. The proposed new bus fleet will involve 136 diesel Euro V buses (to be financed under the Municipal Refugee Reslience Response ("MR3") framework) and 15 electric buses (to be financed under the Green Cities Framework ("GrCF")). The Project will serve new routes under the bus network plan developed by GAM and will include a ticketing system and real-time information systems compatible with their existing systems. The tender for the Project will be launched in December 2020.

It is intended that the bus fleet will be purchased by GAM and leased to a private sector operator which will be responsible for the depot facilities and warranty and maintenance obligations for the fleet and be paid through a public service contract ("PSC") with Amman Vision for Transport (the municipal company responsible for transport operations) under a gross-cost arrangement.

Investment Description

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

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.

Hussain Alrubehat
hussain.alrubehat@ammancity.gov.jo
+96264621179

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