Tools for Environmental and Human Rights Defenders: Demystifying Development Banks February 16, 2017
PROGRAM I. The connection between development finance and defenders Jessica Evans, Human Rights Watch II. How development banks work and how to access information Juan Carballo, Fundación para el Desarrollo de Políticas Sustentables, FUNDEPS III. Policies and complaint mechanisms Kris Genovese, Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations, SOMO IV. Advocacy strategies and campaigns Anna van Ojik, BothENDS and Mark Fodor, CEE Bankwatch 2
The connection between development finance and defenders Jessica Evans, Human Rights Watch 3
HOW DEVELOPMENT HOW BANKS WORK AND HOW TO ACCESS INFORMATION Tools for Environmental and Human Rights Defenders: Demystifying Development Banks Juan Carballo, FUNDEPS - Foundation for the Development of Sustainable Policies
Loans, grants, public finance guarantees, institutions technical assistance, equity investments governments, private sector Projects, Programs, Policies
Loans, grants, guarantees, public finance institutions technical assistance, equity investments governments, private sector Projects, Programs, Policies
Loans, grants, public finance guarantees, institutions technical assistance, equity investments governments, private sector Projects, Programs, Policies
Loans, grants, guarantees, public finance technical assistance, institutions equity investments governments, private sector Projects, Programs, Policies
PROJECT CYCLE Identification Preparation Appraisal Approval Implementation Monitoring & Evaluation
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
HOW TO GET INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROJECTS
HOW TO REQUEST INFORMATION
HOW TO REQUEST INFORMATION
GETTING INFORMATION FROM THE GOVERNMENT Step 1: Define information needs Step 2: Preliminary research Step 3: Request Information Step 4: Monitoring the requested information Step 5: Claiming Information Step 6: Evaluate the information
19 POLICIES AND COMPLAINT MECHANISMS Kris Genovese, February 2017 S O M O
World Bank Group 20 Board of Governors Inspection Panel Board of Directors CAO President of WBG: Jim Yong Kim IDA IBRD IFC MIGA Government Government Company Government Company Community Community Community Community S O M O
Policies and Requirements 21 ¨ Bank Obligations = Policies ¨ Client obligations: ¤ ESIA ¤ Labor and Working Conditions ¤ Resource efficiency and Pollution Prevention ¤ Community Health, Safety, and Security ¤ Land acquisition and Involuntary resettlement ¤ Biodiversity Conservation ¤ Indigenous Peoples ¤ Cultural Heritage ¤ Stakeholder engagement/FIs/other S O M O
Independent Accountability Mechanisms 22 independentaccountabilitymechanism.net S O M O
What they are 23 ¨ Compliance ¨ Problem Solving ¨ Advisory ¨ Or a combination ¨ Yours! S O M O
What they are NOT 24 ¨ Not a substitute for judicial mechanisms ¨ Only half of the response ¨ No authority to stop project ¨ Only as good as the standards they enforce ¨ Must be part of a larger campaign S O M O
What you need to know 25 ¨ Rules ¤ Who? Confidentiality? ¤ When? ¤ About what? ¤ Contact with Management first? ¤ What information needed? ¨ Important deadlines ¨ Sample complaints S O M O
Who is filing the complaint? 26 ¨ Who are the complainants? ¨ Are they directly affected by the activity? ¤ Decision-making ¤ Spokespeople ¤ Capacity ¤ Communication ¤ Allies S O M O
What do you want to achieve? 27 ¨ What do you want? ¤ Awareness raising ¤ Remedy for harm ¤ Fact-finding ¤ Stop the project ¨ Mediation or Compliance? Both? S O M O
Follow-up and Follow Through 28 ¨ Answer questions ¨ Site visits ¤ Suggested meetings ¤ Logistics ¤ Preparation ¨ Comment on drafts ¨ Lobby ¨ Use media S O M O
Resources 29 ¨ grievancemechanisms.org ¨ k.genovese@somo.nl S O M O
Advocacy Strategies and Campaigns 30 Anna van Ojik, Both ENDS and Mark Fodor, CEE Bankwatch
First assess… 31 ¨ Aim ¨ Leverage ¨ Costs/Benefits ¨ Combine! ¨ Look for Allies
Advocacy Strategies 32 ¨ Dialogue ¨ Political pressure ¨ Public campaign ¨ Media ¨ Complaint ¨ Legal process
Example: 33 Agua Zarca case, Honduras
Advocacy Strategies Used: 34 ¨ Dialogue ¨ Political pressure ¨ Public campaign ¨ Media
Why was this successful? 35 ¨ International coalition ¨ International attention ¨ Combining advocacy strategies ¨ Voice of affected people being heard ¨ “Inside/Outside” strategy
Lessons learned 36 ¨ Power: ability to act ¨ Key: the right avenue ¨ Risks/limitations: beware and be aware
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