Updates on the European Investment Bank

Letter accompanying Bankwatch’s comments on the European Commission’s Communication on public-private partnerships

Bankwatch’s policy comments on public-private partnerships are available here.

Bankwatch comments on the European Commission’s Communication on PPPs

Bankwatch is concerned that public-private partnerships in infrastructure are being heavily promoted in central and eastern Europe (CEE) even though the evidence from the use of such models so far, both in the region and in western Europe is mixed or sometimes absent.

NGO letter to EIB and European Commissioners regarding the bank’s potential involvement in the Moscow-St.Petersburg motorway project

The letter, signed by 41 civil society organisations from Russia, requests the European Investment Bank not to approve funding for the Moscow-St.Petersburg motorway project unless the route is changed to avoid the Khimki Forest near Moscow.

Response by Georgian Railways regarding the Tbilisi railway bypass project

Some implications of the Lisbon Treaty for the European Investment Bank – Counter Balance Briefing for MEPs

Letter to DG Economic and Financial Affairs regarding the EIB’s external mandate and Central Asia

EIB’s conclusion report on Bankwatch’s complaint regarding refused access to information on D1 motorway Slovakia

Bankwatch’s complaint concerned the inadequate appraisal of environmental risks connected with the Turany – Hubova section of the D1 motorway in Slovakia, the damage so far and further potential impacts on the Natura 2000 sites and habitats of Community importance. Our complaint is available in pdf here

Letter to EIB requesting information on SME lending through financial intermediaries

The EIB responded to our letter on January 27, 2010. Their response can be downloaded as pdf.

Green Alternative and Bankwatch comments on the Tbilisi railway bypass project

EIB response to Bankwatch’s petition and report ‘Change the lending, not the Climate’

The European Investment Bank has responded to Bankwatch’s report ‘Change the lending, not the Climate’ that was released in the lead-up to the ill-fated Copenhagen climate talks, and the bank has asked us for the sake of transparecy to publish their response, which we are doing here.