Early Warning System

Countries

Belize

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

Specific Location

Ambergris Caye

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

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

Jul 1, 2018

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

Belize Water Services

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.

Project Cost (USD)

$ 10.90 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 7, 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 set up a safe, reliable and climate-resilient supply of potable water to residents and businesses on southern Ambergris Caye with gender-inclusive human resource management and improved communications of the Belize Water Services. More specifically, to enhance capacities of Belize Water Services to improve internal and external communication, public education, social outreach and stakeholder engagement, and to develop a Gender Policy and Operational Strategy (GPOS) for Human Resource Management in Belize Water Services by executing an institutional analysis of current human resource practices with regard to adherence to gender equality; conduct a gender sensitisation workshop with BWS staff; develop a GPOS; and carry out Training of Trainers.

Early Warning System Project Analysis

For a project with severe or irreversible impacts to local community and natural resources, the Early Warning System Team may conduct a thorough analysis regarding its potential impacts to human and environmental rights.

People Affected By This Project

People Affected By This Project refers to the communities of people likely to be affected positively or negatively by a project.

Investment Description

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

Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)

Private Actor Relationship

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.

Private Actors Description

As stated on the company's website, Belize Water Services Limited is the national water and sewerage utility that was vested with the Assets and Liabilities of the Water and Sewerage Authority in March 2001. The company has issued share capital of forty million (40,000,000) shares with the Government of Belize, the majority shareholder, owning approximately 83% of the total shares; the Social Security Board holds 10% and the remaining 7% is held by some 1,400 minority shareholders.

As stated on the firm's website, Shidaa Consulting is a project management and sustainable development consultancy based in the Caribbean.

Private Actor 1	Private Actor 1 Role	Private Actor 1 Sector	Relation	Private Actor 2	Private Actor 2 Role	Private Actor 2 Sector
-	-	-	-	Belize Water Services	Client	Water and Sanitation
-	-	-	-	Shidaa Sustainable Development Solutions Limited	Contractor	Technical Cooperation
-	-	-	-	The University of the West Indies	Contractor	Education and Health

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.

Client - Belize Water Services:

Address: 7 Central American Blvd, P.O. Box 150, Belize City, Belize
Phone: +501 222 4757
Email: customercare@bwsl.com.bz
Website: https://www.bws.bz/

Contractors -

Shidaa Sustainable Development Solutions Limited:

Address: 14a Collens Road, Fairways, Maraval, Trinidad, W.I.
Phone: +18687109313
Website: https://shidaa-consulting.com/

UWI – Arthur Lok Jack Global School of Business:

Address: Max Richards Drive, Uriah Butler Highway North West, Mount Hope, Trinidad, W.I.
Phone: +1 (868) 299–0218
Fax: +1 (868) 662-1411
Email: info@lokjackgsb.edu.tt
Website: https://lokjackgsb.edu.tt/

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.