Bankwatch member groups

Hnuti DUHA was founded in 1989 as a local environmental initiative in the city of Brno. Since then it has grown into an influential national organisation with dozens of active local chapters all over the Czech Republic and two centres in Brno (co-ordination) and Prague (media and lobbying).

In 1994 Hnuti DUHA became the Czech member group of Friends of the Earth International and in 1995 it was one of the founding members of CEE Bankwatch Network.

Estonian Green Movement-FoE (Eesti Roheline Liikumine - ERL) is a non-governmental, non-profit environmental organisation. It was founded in 1988 as one of the first environmental NGOs in Estonia.

ERL earned credit as a leader in the Estonian independence movement. In its activities ERL is backed by a nation-wide network of more than 1000 individual members.

Zelena Akcija was founded in 1990 and is a leading non-governmental organization for environmental protection in Croatia. Its activist approach is based on a small team of professionals that supports the work of numerous volunteers and activists, who cover a wide range of topics in their work.

The community “Atgaja” was established by a group of young idealists in Kaunas, July 1987. Since then Atgaja was among most active environmental groups in Lithuania and had an influence on the development of the Lithuanian environmental movement.

Eco-sense (Eko-svest) was established on September 18, 2002 in Skopje. It is a nonprofit, non-governmental, environmental organisation.

Eco-sense's interests cover waste management, sustainable transport, the promotion of transparency in the work of international financial institutions (IFIs) in Macedonia, protection of the environment and cultural heritage, promotion of sustainable energy sources, and genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

Center for Ecology and Sustainable Development (Centar za ekologiju i održivi razvoj - CEKOR) is an environmental and development organisation. Apart from monitoring international financial institutions' activities in Serbia CEKOR is working on issues in the areas of transport, waste, biodiversity, genetically modified organisms (GMO) and making the city of Subotica sustainable.

CEKOR is an affiliate (pending) member of Bankwatch and is cooperating with us for several years already.

Friends of the Earth-CEPA (Center for Environmental Public Advocacy (FoE-CEPA)) is a not-for-profit non-governmental organisation in Slovakia. The organisation's objectives include promoting environmental, social and economic justice, supporting sustainable regional development and strengthening effective participation of citizens in decision-making processes linked with public interest issues.