West Africa Coastal Areas Resilience Investment Project (P162337), Additional Financing (P176313) and Global Environment Facility (GEF) (P092289)(Togo)

Issues

Sectors

Project

Name: Global Environment Facility, West Africa Coastal Areas Resilience Investment Project

Investments: WB P092289, WB P162337

Client: Benin - Ministry of Living Environment and Sustainable Development, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Mauritania - Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, Sao Tome and Principe - Ministry of Infrastructures and Natural Resources, Senegal - Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, Togo - Ministry of Environment and Forestry Resources, West Africa Economic and Monetary Union

Support: Grant, Loans

Country: Togo

Complaint

IAM: Inspection Panel (Panel)

ID: 153

Date Filed: Aug. 4, 2021

Status: Monitoring

Description

The Requesters allege that the project will adversely affect the fisherfolk, residents, and property owners along the Togolese coast. The Requesters raise five areas of concern. First, they claim that they are under threat of eviction because of the project. Second, they are concerned that because of the project activities, a smaller area of the beach remains for the fishing communities to use for their activities, which has an impact on their livelihood and on the livelihood of the community overall. Third, they are also concerned about the planned involuntary resettlement and the valuation, compensation, and relocation sites related to this process. Fourth, they claim that PAPs have not received adequate and timely project information and have not been meaningfully consulted about project activities. Fifth, they claim that alternatives to the physical aspects of the project were not fully analyzed.

Complaint Stages

Timeline

Documents

Name	Category	Description
Inspection Panel Investigation Report	Compliance Report
Inspection Panel Investigation Report (French)	Compliance Report
Inspection Panel Report and Recommendation for Inspection	Eligibility
Inspection Panel Report and Recommendation for Inspection	Eligibility
Inspection Panel Report and Recommendation for Inspection (French)	Eligibility
Inspection Panel Report and Recommendation (French)	Eligibility
Investigation Plan	Compliance Review
Investigation Plan (French)	Compliance Review
Management Report and Recommendation	Management Action Plan
Management Report and Recommendation (French)	Management Action Plan
Management Response	Management Response
Management Response (French)	Management Response
Non-Technical Summary of the Panel Investigation	Compliance Review
Note on Fisheries and Coastal Protection	Other
Notice of Registration	Registration
Notice of Registration (French)	Registration
Request for Inspection (French)	Filing
Social Audit of the Emergency Protection Sub-Project	Other
Social Audit of the Emergency Protection Sub-Project (French)	Other
The West African Coastal Barrier System and Climate Change	Other
Update on Management Actions to its Response	Management Response
Update on Management Actions to its Response (French)	Management Response
World Bank Press Release	Management Response

Commitments

Type	Category	Description	Status
Environmental Remediation	Environment	Management of pipes	Unknown
Monitoring Project Impacts	Monitoring	Monitoring of pipes	Unknown
Other Project Changes	Project Changes	Study impacts on fishing	Unknown
Process Change	Operations Management	Provide feedback and recommendations on TOR for third-party monitors	Unknown
Project-Level Grievance Mechanism	Grievance Mechanism	Work accidents and unpaid wages	Unknown
Studies (not environmental)	Consultation	RAP audit	Unknown

Related Complaints

Project	IAM	Country	Date Filed	Status
West Africa Coastal Areas Resilience Investment Project (P162337) Global Environment Facility (GEF) (P092289)	WB Panel	Benin	31/10/2022	Closed Without Outputs