Updates on the European Investment Bank

Independent expert group analysis of the Environmental impact of Moscow-Saint Petersburg motorway, Phase 1

The document offers an independent assessment of the ‘Environmental and Social Assessment. Additional environmental and social analysis of alternatives of the projected motorway’ by ‘North-West Concession Company’ LLC (NWCC). The NWCC’s orginal document can be found here.

Explanation of partial disclosure of EU-Turkmenistan human rights dialogue

Explanation by the Council of the European Union on reasons for partial disclosure of the reports on the EU-Turkmenistan human rights dialogues in 2008 and 2009.

Partially disclosed report by Council of the EU on the EU-Turkmenistan Human Rights dialogue 2009

Partially disclosed report by Council of the EU on the EU-Turkmenistan Human Rights dialogue 2008

EBRD response to open NGO letter regarding the Moscow-St.Petersburg motorway project

Letter to EBRD regarding specialist opinion on the impacts of the D1 motorway section Turany-Hubowa

The letter accompanied a specialist opinion on the impacts of the D1 TuranyHubov section, detailing that the construction represents a serious impact on the Natura 2000 network and the existing alternative solutions that could considerably reduce this impact. The specialist opinion can be downloaded here (pdf).

Report from visit to new Roma settlements in Belgrade, 11.02.2010

During a recent CEKOR fact finding mission 3 settlements were visited – Makis in Cukarica municipality, Kijevo in Rakovica municipality, and Varos in Mladenovac municipality. The report summarises the still problematic situation in the new settlements and offers specific recommendations related to leaking and sinking containers, electricity, health care and ID documents, employment and more.

Transparency allergy reappears at EIB, crisis billions still cloaked in confidentiality

CEE Bankwatch Network today criticised the European Investment Bank (EIB) for adopting a new transparency policy that persists in keeping the final destination of billions of publicly backed money unknown to the public.

EIB response to an open NGO letter regarding the bank’s potential involvement in the Moscow-St.Petersburg motorway project

Report from fact-finding mission on Corridor Vc motorway, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 23 – 25 February 2010

On 23-25 February 2010 Bankwatchs Balkan and EBRD Co-ordinators together with colleagues from the Banja Luka-based Center for Environment and Sarajevo-based Ekotim undertook a third visit regarding the Corridor Vc motorway in Bosnia and Herzegovina.