We are the independent accountability office of the IDB Group. We receive complaints from communities in the region alleging that they have been harmed by projects financed by one of the Group’s institutions as a result of noncompliance with one or more of its operational policies.
On August 7, 2023, MICI distributed the Recommendation for a Compliance Review and its Terms of Reference (TOR) to the Board of Executive Directors of the IIC for consideration by Short Procedure. On August 28, 2023, the Board approved the Recommendation to conduct a Compliance Review and ToR. The investigation is expected to last 6 months from the date on which the investigation panel is formed, which will be made up of the Compliance Phase Coordinator and two experts.
MICI’s Compliance Review Phase has begun the process of selecting the experts who will make up the investigation panel for the claim "Integrated Urban Solid Waste Management Program. — Request IV" (MICI-IDB-AR-2022-0182). The Phase coordinator and two members of its roster of experts with proven experience in the topics included in this compliance verification will conform the investigation panel.
On March 29th, 2023, MICI concluded managing a complaint related to the project "First Line of the Bogotá Metro – Section 1" (CO-L1234), having verified the compliance of all the items agreed upon by the parties.
On April 3, 2023, the Board approved the Recommendation prepared by MICI to conduct a Compliance Review. The investigation will start upon the constitution of the investigation panel, which will be made up of the Compliance Phase Coordinator and two experts.
On November 29, 2022, MICI determined that the Request is not eligible as it does not meet the eligibility criteria established in the MICI Policy. For more information, access the registry file.
On December 13, 2022, MICI determined that the Request is eligible as it does meet the eligibility criteria established in the MICI Policy. The Request was transferred to the Consultation Phase as per the decision of the Requesters. For more information, access the registry file.
MICI has concluded the management of the complaint referred to the Alto Maipo Hydroelectric Project, in Chile, with the publication of the monitoring and closure report, on November 18, 2022. The report shows that 12 of the 21 actions of the Management 's plan have been fulfilled, while seven are in the process of being complied with, and two others do not present reported progress.
In recent months, MICI has received allegations about situations of threats and reprisals denounced by different complainant communities and the civil society organizations (CSOs) that accompany them. MICI condemns each of these episodes and recalls that both the Mechanism and the IDB Group have a zero-tolerance policy for any form of reprisals against requesters, their families, or people close to them.
On October 07, 2022, MICI determined that the Request is eligible as it does meet the eligibility criteria established in the MICI Policy. The Request was transferred to the Consultation Phase as per the decision of the Requesters. For more information, access the registry file.
On September 30, 2022, MICI determined that the Request is eligible as it does meet the eligibility criteria established in the MICI Policy. The Request was transferred to the Consultation Phase as per the decision of the Requesters. For more information, access the registry file.