Asian Development Bank (ADB)

FPP E-Newsletter Special Edition on Safeguards, April 2013 (PDF Version)

Forest Peoples Programme

29 April, 2013

As multiple international agencies adopt and update their social and environmental policies, this special edition Forest Peoples Programme E-Newsletter reviews experiences of communities and civil society with the safeguard policies of various international financial institutions.

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Concerns over ADB's new proposed safeguard policies

2 February, 2009

Indigenous peoples’ representatives express their concern about the Asian Development Bank's working paper (W-Paper) on the new proposed safeguard policy, due to be considered by the Board on 24 February.
Letter to the ADB

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FPP Submission to the Safeguard Update Team of the Asian Development Bank

1 December, 2008

Submission to provide advice to the ADB's ongoing update of their safeguard policies, including their policy on safeguarding the rights of indigenous peoples

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Opposition to the ADB's Consultation on Safeguard Policy Statement (SPS)

12 February, 2008

Press Release: Regional consultation on the draft SPS results in refusal by civil society to engage with the draft as it currently stands. Protesting organisations include AMAN, the National Indigenous Peoples’ Alliance of the Archipelago

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NGOs cease talks with ADB on crucial environmental and social Issues

8 February, 2008

Press Release: The NGO Forum on the ADB, a global coalition of civil society organizations, collectively pulls out from the current consultations on a new safeguard system for the ADB, due to weaknesses in the draft. The Forum calls for the draft to be reissued for new public consultations.

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Call for Revision of the Asian Development Bank Safeguard Policy Statement

7 February, 2008

Letter sent to the President by the NGO Forum on ADB.

Letter sent to the Board of the ADB by the NGO Forum on ADB.

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Summary of Concerns regarding the ADB's Draft Safeguard Policy Statement

7 January, 2008

Unacceptable Weakening of ADB Environmental and Social Standards

Concerns regarding the Continuation of Public Consultations Based on Deeply Flawed and Missing Documents

A critical briefing compiled to highlight the grave concerns that civil society has regarding the current draft of the ADB's new proposed Safeguard Policy.

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Press Statement - We distrust "One World Trust's" findings. NGO Forum on ADB Statement on the 2007 Global Accountability Report

6 December, 2007

Manila. We are appalled to see the "2007 Global Accountability Report" issued by One World Trust, a UK-based organization that glowingly rates the institutional accountability and transparency of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The Report found the Bank to be 100 percent trasparent as well as 81 percent accountable. The NGO Forum on ADB vehemently disagrees with these findings! See full Press Statement here.

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Consolidated comments and critique of the Asian Development Bank's draft Safeguard Policy Statement

Helen Leake

30 November, 2007

The lack of protections and provisions for securing the rights of indigenous peoples

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Summary of Indigenous Peoples' Consultation with the Asian Development Bank

27 November, 2007

Independent record of consultations on the ADB's draft safeguard policy. Indigenous peoples’ representatives call for compliance with the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and protection of the right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent

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