PROJECT-AFFECTED PEOPLE'S MECHANISM
RULES OF PROCEDURE OF
THE PROJECT-AFFECTED PEOPLE’S MECHANISM
THE PROJECT-AFFECTED PEOPLE’S MECHANISM
Issued by the Managing Director, Complaints-resolution, Evaluation and Integrity Unit (CEIU)
June 13, 2019
Contents
- ROP: Introduction
- ROP: The PPM and its Functions
- ROP: Persons Who May File a Submission
- ROP: Time Limits for Filing a Submission
- ROP: Eligibility of Submissions
- ROP: Processing Submissions
- ROP: Effect of a Submission on the Project
- ROP: Disclosure
- ROP: Confidentiality; Retaliation
- ROP: Co-financing
- ROP: General Provisions
Attachments
- Attachment One: Overview of the PPM
- Attachment Two: Sample Submission Form
- Attachment Three: Indicative Timeframes for Submission Processing
- Attachment Four: Implementing Retaliation Risk Mitigation Measures
- Attachment Five: PPM Outreach, Learning and Training
Abbreviations
| Issuer | Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) |
| CEIU | Complaints-resolution, Evaluation and Integrity Unit |
| CR | Compliance Review |
| CSO | civil society organization |
| DR | Dispute Resolution |
| ESP | Environmental and Social Policy |
| GRM | grievance redress mechanism |
| IAM | independent accountability mechanism |
| MD-CEIU | Managing Director, CEIU |
| NGO | nongovernmental organization |
| PPM | Project-Affected People’s Mechanism |
| PSI | Project Summary Information |
| MAP | Management Action Plan |
| TOR | Terms of Reference |
Definitions
| Authorized Representative | An individual or organization designated by the Requestors to help deliver a submission to the PPM. |
| Client | The recipient or beneficiary of the AIIB financing for a Project or any other entity responsible for implementation of the Project.
(AIIB Environmental and Social Policy). |
| Closing Date | For Sovereign-backed loans: the date specified in a Sovereign-backed loan agreement (or later date established by AIIB by notice to the borrower and guarantor) after which AIIB may, by notice to such parties, terminate the right of the recipient to withdraw proceeds of the loan.
(Adapted from General Conditions for Sovereign-Backed Loans). For Sovereign-backed guarantees: the date of completion of the Project. |
| Financing | A Sovereign-backed Financing or a Nonsovereign-backed Financing for a Project.
(AIIB Operational Policy on Financing). |
| Management | AIIB’s Vice President and Chief Investment Officer; and Vice President, Policy and Strategy. |
| Member | The member of AIIB (or other agency of the member which is authorized effectively to pledge the member’s full faith and credit) in whose territory the Project is located or for whose benefit the Financing is provided.
(AIIB Operational Policy on Financing). |
| Nonsovereign-backed Financing | Any Financing extended by AIIB that is not a Sovereign-backed Financing.
It includes any Financing to, or for the benefit of, a private enterprise or a sub-sovereign entity (such as a political or administrative sub-division of a Member or a public sector entity) that is not backed by a guarantee or counter-guarantee and indemnity provided by the Member to AIIB. (AIIB Operational Policy on Financing). |
| Project | A specific set of activities for which AIIB is (i) considering to provide Financing (ii) or has approved Financing or (iii) has provided Financing.
For the purposes of this definition, AIIB will be deemed to be “considering to provide Financing” if the Project Summary Information Sheet (PSI) for the Project has been disclosed. |
| Project-affected people | People who may be beneficially or adversely affected by an AIIB-financed Project. |
| Requestors | Two or more Project-affected people in the Project area of influence. |
| Retaliation | Retaliation is any detrimental act recommended, threatened or taken (directly or indirectly) against any person to silence him or her, prevent his or her interaction with the PPM or filing of a submission.
Forms of Retaliation include harassment, discriminatory treatment, withholding of entitlement, risks to livelihood or reputation and threats of physical violence, criminalization or incarceration. |
| Sovereign-backed Financing | (i) a loan extended by AIIB to, or guaranteed by, a Member; or
(ii) a guarantee extended by AIIB that: (A) covers debt service defaults under a loan that are caused by a Government’s failure to meet a specific obligation in relation to the Project or by a borrower’s failure to make a payment under the loan; and (B) is accompanied by a Member indemnity. (AIIB Operational Policy on Financing). |
| Working Day(s) | A day from Monday to Friday that AIIB is open for business, excluding holidays.
Reference to Working Days in these Rules of Procedure excludes time required for translating material submitted by Project-affected people. This may require variable amounts of time, depending on the complexity of the submission and the official or national language involved. |
