I Résumé du rapport

• P. 7: „The displacement and resettlement of 55.000 – 65.000 people, currently living in no less than 185 settlements distributed, is the largest endeavor at this time, not only in Turkey but all of Europe.”

• P. 9: “Although an new (second) ´List of Deadlines´ for ToR [Terms of References: exigences posées aux constructeurs] completion had been submitted by PIU [Project Implementation Unit, autorité responsable du projet] in January 11th 2008, the field visit hound that actual work on the majority of ToRs had made limited progress. “

• P. 9: “The report concludes that the preparedness of the resettlement component remains unsatisfactory. It is far behind the level anticipated in ToRs for this stage.”

• P. 9: “… the lack of preparation in the resettlement component crates an imbalance that jeopardizes the advance of the entire project. It also entails serious risks of impoverishment, destitution, and social disorganization for the massive population inhabiting the reservoir.”

II Statuts du projet et respect des standards internationaux

• P. 29: “Identifying land is one of the hardest tasks in resettlement…Until now, the PIU [Project Implementation Unit] has not set up any mechanism to do so. This does not even come close to the ToR requirement. “

• P. 94: “The CoE [Committee of Experts] must state that the complexity of resettlement planning and execution for such a large farming population is still under-estimated.

• P. 94: “International practice for hydropower dam operations with large resettlement shows that the average duration of preparing an RAP [Ressettlement Action Plan] …may vary from a minimum of 3 years and go up to 5-6 years or more.”

• P. 94: “In the Ilisu case, the time allocated by FAM [Final Assessement Meeting] in October 2006 for preparing the resettlement, environment and Cultural heritage planning was only 1.5-2 years until construction start. Unfortunately, even this period has not been used.”

• P.94: “Neither the letter and spirit of the ECA agreements, nor the logic of development project preparation, can support the start of the construction … . This would not be consistent with World Bank standards either…”

• P.95: “The international standard… is that an international financial institution such as the World Bank does not accept to appraise a dam project unless the owner and builders present in advance to the World Bank a full-scale resettlement plan for the entire process …”

III Gestion du projet et application du calendrier

• P. 11: “The institutional review also found that knowledge inside these institutions about international standards in resettlement is either limited or absent.”

• P.15: “It is not evident, …, how these deadlines relate to the date contemplated for the beginning of the construction, since the do not reconcile the newly proposed dates with ECAs and ToRs policy-based requirement that the resettlement planning … should be completed at least six months before the start of construction.”

• P. 15: The CoE analysis also identified contradictions between the newly proposed ToR calendar and actual facts on the ground. The dates listed for work “commencement” on phase II of several ToRs are antedated for Ocober 2007, January 2008, or March 2008, while in fact work on Phase II has not stared. This detracts from the credibility of the new calendar.

• P. 29: A full chapter of the CoE report is devoted to the fundamental issue of income restoration and the absence of staff work and planning for it. Again, however, the PIU response practically skips over this serious cluster of issues with no specific “action taken”.

• P. 29: The CoE is deeply surprised that such important issues addressed in the report have not been answered by PIU with immediate practical follow-up measures.

• P. 30: “Because important recommendations have not been acted upon …, the inescapable conclusion is that the preparedness of the resettlement component has remained unsatisfactory, far behind the level anticipated in ToRs for this stage.

• P. 96: Indeed, the data available indicate that the work on a number of ToRs for Phase II resettlement are listed as having commenced in December 2007, or January 2008 or March 2008. However, it appears that this work has in fact not yet started in earnest.

• P. 96: “Another set of calendar dates … indicate that R-12, R-13… have had their start date in October 2007, that is, 9 month ago. No evidence has been provided by PIU … for this statement.”