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Divesting from coal is not ideology but climate science The EBRD's energy director has made astonishing statements about coal investments, prompting Bankwatch's EBRD campaign team to react.
Fair treatment is a long time coming at Serbia's Kolubara mine People from the Kolubara mine basin in Serbia have many stories to tell about the hardships they face due to the lignite mining operations.
Croatian coal power plant besieged by 680 bodies A spooky public action yesterday highlighted the very real health risks of a planned new unit at the coal-fired power plant in Plomin, Croatia.
Development banks and the Arab Spring, new report takes stock A new report takes a critical look at the engagement of European development banks in Egypt after the popular uprisings in the Middle East and North African region.
Studies fail to prove that Ombla hydroplant is fit for financing A belated nature impact assessment highlights the natural importance of the Ombla are in Croatia and some of the harm of a potential dam construction. Yet, it fails to draw the...

CEE Bankwatch Network works across the central and eastern European region to monitor the activities of international financial institutions and propose constructive environmental and social alternatives to the policies and projects they support.

Who we monitor

EBRD

EIB

EU funds

Promoting market economies, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development's notion of transition is often blind to its impacts on people and the planet.

One of the world's biggest public lenders, the European Investment Bank notoriously neglects environmental and social aspects and acts far away from public control.

Incoherent funding priorities and inadequate national implementation often inhibit real social, economical and environmental sustainability.

Bankwatch Mail 56 /publications/bankwatch-mail-56 Bankwatch Mail Published to coincide with the EBRD’s annual meeting 2013 being held in Istanbul, this issue examines a developing controversial project in the bank’s newest region: a refinery expansion project in Cairo. Other fossil fuel investments by the EBRD also feature in the newsletter - and as the bank...
No time to waste - Cohesion Funds for a resource-efficient Europe /publications/no-time-waste-cohesion-funds-resource-efficient-europe March 27, 2013 Study This study offers evidence and guidelines for the development of sustainable Operational Programmes in EU Member States in the waste management sector, the sector where most countries in central and eastern Europe seriously lag behind EU standards and achievements. As a policy analysis it tries to...
Bankwatch Mail 55 /publications/bankwatch-mail-55 March 7, 2013 Bankwatch Mail On the occasion of the Climate Parliament meeting in the European Parliament and with both the EBRD and EIB currently undertaking reviews of their respective energy policies, this issue of Bankwatch Mail takes another close look at the banks' energy lending, including nuclear and shale gas in...
Funding sustainable development in European regions - Recommendations for the programming of EU... /publications/funding-sustainable-development-european-regions-recommendations-programming-eu-funds February 28, 2013 Study This publication, prepared in close cooperation with national NGO coalitions and the support from external experts, aims to contribute to the elaboration of Partnership Agreements and Operational Programmes by proposing concrete measures to be financed, targets to be set, performance indicators to...
Making the EU budget work for people and planet - citizens' recommendations for EU funds 2014-... /publications/making-eu-budget-work-people-and-planet-citizens-recommendations-eu-funds-2014-2020 Briefing In 2012, Bankwatch organised a series of contests among citizens in the region to propose sustainable project ideas. This paper is a summary of recommendations based on the numerous proposals we received. The recommendations aim to improve the involvement of citizens in the process of planning and...