FREE, PRIOR, AND INFORMED CONSENT PROTOCOL BY COMMUNITIES AFFECTED BY THE EIB FUNDED 220 KV MARSYANGDI CORRIDOR IN NEPAL
We would like to extend our gratitude to all the participants, both Indigenous Peoples and people belonging to other caste and ethnic groups, who attended preliminary community level consultation meetings organized at Taal in Manang, and at Ghermu, Archalbot, and Dhamil Kuwa in Lamjung from 25 to 27 April 2019, and community level consultation meetings at Dharapani in Manang, and at Ghermu, Khudi, Khasur, Archalbot, Banjhakhet and Dhamil Kuwa in Lamjung from 24 May 2019 to 2 June 2019. Also, our thanks to Khemjung Gurung (Chairperson, FPIC & Rights Forum), Chandra Mishra (Secretary, FPIC & Rights Forum), Dudha Kashi Gurung (Chairperson, Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities (NEFIN-Lamjung)), and Journalist Aas Bahadur Gurung, for actively participating in the consultation meetings. Our thanks go to Accountability Counsel, a US based organization who has been providing technical support to affected communities throughout the complaint process to the European Investment Bank (EIB), for sharing FPIC protocols and other related resources from other projects and institutions to support the development of the Lamjung and Manang communities’ FPIC protocol, and for providing feedback on the protocol to align it with the EIB’s social and environmental framework. Our thanks go to International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA), a global human rights organization based in Denmark and the Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP), a regional organization based in Thailand for their support to promote Indigenous Peoples’ rights and inclusive development in Nepal. Many thanks to Indigenous expert and eminent sociologist Dr. Krishna B. Bhattachan for helping us to design research methodology, facilitate consultation meetings in Kathmandu, Lamjung and Manang, process the collected data, and write this report. Our thanks go to all those individuals and organizations who have helped us directly or indirectly for successful completion of this report.
Originalmente publicado em: IWGIA, 2020.