The Morava Corridor Motorway Project consists of a greenfield 112 km dual-carriageway tolled motorway within a 900-meter right of way, located approximately 200 km south of Belgrade in a low-level floodplain running east-west along the West Morava River Valley. The project includes (i) above-ground structures such as interchanges, bridges, culverts, and overpasses/underpasses; (ii) a telecommunication network supported by power lines and communication cables to connect the telecom stations within the motorway and manage traffic through various traffic control, surveillance, and tolling systems; and (iii) river regulation works intended to protect the project and its surrounding areas from flooding. 

MIGA provided Non-Honoring of Sovereign Financial Obligation guarantees to six international banks for their non-shareholder loans to the Government of Serbia to develop the Morava Corridor Motorway Project. 

In February 2025, CAO received a complaint from a community member of Krusevac, Serbia, raising environmental and social issues relating to the expropriation of their land and property for the construction of the Morava Motorway in Serbia.  

The complaint raised issues relating to the process of land expropriation, valuation, and compensation; stakeholder engagement; resettlement impacts; and the company’s grievance mechanism. 

In April 2025, CAO found the complaint eligible and initiated an assessment. During the assessment, the parties did not reach an agreement to address the issues raised in the complaint through a CAO-facilitated dispute resolution process, therefore, in accordance with the CAO Policy, the case was transferred to CAO’s Compliance function for an appraisal of MIGA’s environmental and social performance