Lost in transition: Far-reaching changes needed as European bank marks 25 years
Press release | 11 April, 2016On April 15, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will be marking its 25th anniversary. Reflecting on two decades of monitoring the EBRD’s policies and projects, a new report from CEE Bankwatch Network raises concerns about a growing gap between the bank’s operations and its mandate.
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Ukraine needs European values and Europe’s solidarity
Blog entry | 4 April, 2016Ahead of a referendum in the Netherlands on the association agreement between the European Union and Ukraine, Olexi Pasyuk from the National Ecological Centre of Ukraine discusses the agreement’s importance for Ukraine’s civil society and why Europe must still improve how it engages with the country.
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Six arrested in suspected corruption around EBRD-financed Zagreb wastewater PPP
Blog entry | 29 March, 2016The Zagreb wastewater plant public-private partnership (PPP), financed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), has for years been highlighted by Bankwatch and its member group Zelena akcija/Friends of the Earth Croatia as a harmful project allowing the private sector enormous profits at the expense of the City of Zagreb and the public.
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Tensions are rising over hydropower and the lack of participation in Georgia’s mountains
Blog entry | 15 March, 2016The mistrust and frustration of communities in the mountains of north-western Georgia is deepening over make-shift consultations on large dam constructions.
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United Nations report highlights risks and failures of public-private partnerships
Blog entry | 14 March, 2016A United Nations study finds that public-private partnerships involve substantial risks for the public sector and have often failed to yield ‘value for money’.
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Europe’s false solutions for Ukraine’s energy woes
Blog entry | 9 March, 2016Current EU support is not just a distraction from the energy path Ukraine needs to take, it also puts countless communities in Ukraine and abroad at risk.
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Guest post: Walking the line
Blog entry | 8 March, 2016Plans for the Southern Gas Corridor / Euro-Caspian Mega Pipeline will solidify the west’s dependence on fossil fuels and authoritarian regimes. A new web documentary shows why we should stop and think.
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Do not fund Southern Gas Corridor with EU money
Blog entry | 1 March, 2016The flashbulbs at Azerbaijan’s official photo opportunities should not blind Europe’s leaders to the country’s accelerated descent into authoritarianism, writes Xavier Sol.
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Water disputes persist as Rio Tinto pushes ahead with second Oyu Tolgoi mine
Press release | 11 February, 2016Prague; Khanbogd Soum, Mongolia – A large new copper mine in Mongolia could cause irreversible damage to terrain and deprive water from some of the world’s last remaining nomadic herding groups, finds a new report released today by Oyu Tolgoi Watch, the Bank Information Center, CEE Bankwatch Network and Accountability Counsel.
Read moreOyu Tolgoi Phase 2: Plans, Issues and Risks
Publication | 11 February, 2016This report summarises the mining activity proposed by Oyu Tolgoi in its Phase 2 development plan, describes the block caving underground mining technology planned for the large deep ore body to be mined in Phase 2, environmental impacts and reclamation potential of block cave mines, and issues and risks associated with future OT power supply, international metal market price uncertainties, and OT Phase 1 and 2 impacts on water resources and herders and their livelihood in the region surrounding the OT mine license area.
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