Sustainable Safeguard Policy Applications in the Central and West Asia Region (ADB-57068-001)

Regions
  • Europe and Central Asia
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Countries
  • Armenia
  • Azerbaijan
  • Georgia
  • Kazakhstan
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Pakistan
  • Tajikistan
  • Turkmenistan
  • Uzbekistan
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • Asian Development Bank (ADB)
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
U
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
Jun 9, 2023
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.
Sectors
  • Agriculture and Forestry
  • Climate and Environment
  • Infrastructure
  • Law and Government
  • Technical Cooperation
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 1.00 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 @ ADB website

Updated in EWS Jun 26, 2023

Disclosed by Bank Jun 9, 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 ADB, the TA will will improve the environmental safeguard performance of the Central and West Asia Department developing member countries to foster effective infrastructure development in Central and West Asia by (i) developing a region-wide strategy and plan for sustainable environmental safeguard capacity strengthening, and (ii) providing targeted training and sector- and/or project-specific consulting services in Central and West Asia.

The TA will:
(i) support executing and implementing agencies to meet the environmental safeguard requirements of ADB's Safeguard Policy Statement (2009) and its updates;
(ii) deploy international and national consultants to provide technical expertise to executing and implementing agencies and achieve high project readiness in safeguards and strengthen safeguards implementation;
(iii) utilize and build on knowledge products and relationships developed under ADB's TA projects to address limited familiarity of executing and implementing agencies with international standards and practices;
(iv) identify gaps in a timely manner between local practice and ADB safeguard policies, and develop a strategy to effectively bridge these gaps; and
(v) support the use of multimedia knowledge products, information and communication technology, and other innovative tools to achieve the outcome.

Investment Description
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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.

ADB Team Leader:

Ninette R. Pajarillaga - Environmental Specialist, CWAD
Email: npajarillaga@adb.org

ACCESS TO INFORMATION

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ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF ADB

The Accountability Mechanism is an independent complaint mechanism and fact-finding body for people who believe they are likely to be, or have been, adversely affected by an Asian Development Bank-financed project. If you submit a complaint to the Accountability Mechanism, they may investigate to assess whether the Asian Development Bank is following its own policies and procedures for preventing harm to people or the environment. You can learn more about the Accountability Mechanism and how to file a complaint at: http://www.adb.org/site/accountability-mechanism/main.

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