Leyla Özay
Senior Advisor Environmental and Social Assessment
At the request of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), the NCEA carried out an independent review on the need and added value of developing a protocol for fair compensation of legitimate land expropriation, vis à vis existing international standards. Additionally, the NCEA also attended an expert meeting on "Protocol on Fair Compensation", dd. 23 October 2018.
More specifically, the NCEA was asked to:
assess the need for, and the added value of, developing a protocol for fair compensation of legitimate land expropriation, vis à vis existing international standards;
review to which extent the project proposal and the suggested outline for the protocol addresses relevant issues and stakeholders’ needs;
advise on the process and further steps that need to be taken, in case there is enough ground to develop the protocol.