EBRD financed Tbilisi Public Transport Project
Publication | 1 March, 2008Tbilisi, with a population of more than 1.5 million people, manifests all the signs of environmental stress – poor air quality, excessive noise, traffic congestion, loss of green areas and degradation of historical buildings and monuments. Road transport is responsible for an increasing share of total air emissions, their contribution rising from some 70 percent in 1991 to about 91 percent in 2005. In July 2005, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development lent EUR 3 million to the "Municipal Auto Transport Company Ltd".
Read moreNGO letter of concern regarding priority projects approved by the Ministerial Council of the South East Europe Energy Community Treaty
Publication | 26 February, 2008On March 12, 2008 the SEE Energy Community responded to this letter. Download the response here (as pdf). On June 3, 2008 SEEDW issued a response to the above. Download it as pdf here.
Read moreLetter to the EBRD EDs regarding the Tbilisi Water Supply Improvement Project
Publication | 14 February, 2008On March 31, 2008 EBRD infrastructure department responded to our letter. Download the response as pdf here.
Read moreNGO declaration on the murder of Russian civil activist Dmitry Troyan
Publication | 8 February, 2008On February 24, 2008 EBRD responded to our declaration with the following letter: Dear NGO representatives, Thank you for your email of 4 February sent to me and copied to several EBRD members of staff and management expressing your concerns regarding the tragic death of Dmitry Troyan. I am responding on the Bank’s behalf.
Read moreLetter to the EBRD, EIB and EC regarding the Czech Operational Programme Transport for 2007-2013
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Letter to EBRD regarding the World Bank’s decision not to finance the Dniester PSP project
Publication | 29 January, 2008On February 5, 2008 the World Bank responded to our letter. Download the response as pdf here.
Read moreVlora demonstrators tell World Bank delegation to pull out of disputed power plant
Blog entry | 22 January, 2008Close to 3000 residents of Vlora, an Albanian city on the Adriatic coast, greeted the visit of representatives of the World Banks Inspection Panel with a clear plea – end World Bank credits for the EUR 110m thermal power plant that is part of a huge energy park development threatening the sensitive Vlora bay.
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