Joint open letter to the Ukraine Facility COM(2023)338 trialogue negotiators
January 24, 2024
… photo FROM-UA Ahead of the political decision to adopt the Ukraine Facility Regulation, our broad coalition of civil society organisations …
Joint open letter to the Ukraine Facility trialogue negotiators
January 23, 2024
Ahead of the political decision to adopt the Ukraine Facility Regulation, a broad coalition of civil society organisations reached out to the trialogue negotiators to advocate for an inclusive and environmentally sound Ukraine Facility that ensures the country’s sustainable recovery.
Can Ukraine help green the EU’s farming sector?
January 16, 2024
Ukraine’s accession into the European Union could offer the bloc’s farming sector an environmental lifeline – and green policy experts are …
Civil society comments on the EBRD’s good governance policies with focus on human rights due diligence
January 15, 2024
Together with other civil society organisations, Bankwatch submitted comments on the EBRD’s good governance policies, which are currently under revision.
Recycling, renewables and rubble: How environmental issues could make or break Ukraine’s EU bid
December 17, 2023
In 2020, only 4% of Ukraine’s waste was recycled – the lowest rate in Europe.
New EIB President Nadia Calviño must put people’s needs first
December 8, 2023
The new European Investment Bank (EIB) President Nadia Calviño must tap into the Bank’s green and social potential. She should direct the EIB to mobilise its resources to meet the fundamental needs of people and to assist with transforming our society into one that’s ecological and sustainable.
Local budgets and the reconstruction of Ukraine
November 30, 2023
In the first part of the series ‘Ukrainian communities at the forefront of reconstruction efforts: Financial sources and their accessibility for municipalities’, we examine the problems of access to finance for reconstruction at the community level and explore the possibilities of financing the needs of municipalities through extra-budgetary funding, including international financial institutions.
Media briefing on the Ukraine Facility
October 17, 2023
On 17 October 2023, the European Parliament voted on amendments to the Ukraine Facility, a EUR 50 billion reconstruction fund for Ukraine.
A call to defend the independence of accountability mechanisms
October 9, 2023
Bankwatch joins other community advocates around the world in sounding the alarm about growing threats to the independence of accountability mechanisms attached to international financial institutions and other development agencies.
Civil society groups urge the EBRD to rethink mining investments
September 20, 2023
Twenty civil society organisations from Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Mongolia, Uganda, Ukraine and Uzbekistan, as well as seven international environmental and human rights organisations, are calling on the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to reconsider its approach to mining investments.
