Complaint against the EIB regarding maladministration in the Gazela resettlement process
Publication | 29 September, 2009The complaint concerns the European Investment Banks failure to adhere to its own transparency and social standards in the Gazela Bridge Rehabilitation project in the Republic of Serbia. It has been sent simultaneously to the European Ombudsman.
Read moreLetter to EBRD regarding possible damaging of Khimki forest by the Moscow – St. Petersburg highway
Publication | 22 September, 2009On October 27, 2009 we received EBRD’s response. Download it here.
Read moreLetter to EBRD regarding the planned routing of the Moscow – St.Petersburg motorway
Publication | 21 September, 2009A letter to the EBRD regarding the plans to route the Moscow – St.Petersburg motorway through the Khimki Forest Park, a protected natural area and a habitat for elks, boars and other wild animals and a unique wildlife area in the heavily built up Moscow region. The letter poses a number of questions concerning public participation, environmental impact, freedom of speech for those opposing the project, etc. and calls on the EBRD not to finance the project.
Read moreRevised EIA study for the Demir Kapija – Smokvica highway
Publication | 15 September, 2009The study can be downloaded in pdf (55 MB) from the webpage dedicated to relevant documents regarding the Demir Kapija-Smokvica highway. The webpage is hosted by the Macedonian government. full text: http://www.vlada.mk/files/doc/studija_zs/EIA_Demir_Kapija_Smokvica_UPDATED_15092009.pdf
Read moreLetter to EBRD requesting urgent information on Gazela resettlement
Publication | 2 September, 2009On Monday, August 31st, the community living in the slum under the Gazela bridge was physically resettled. The City of Belgrade claims that a Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) was approved, but the resettled PAPs have not seen the RAP and have not been consulted. Bankwatch and CEKOR are asking the EBRD to provide information on the resettlement process and the EBRD’s opinion on further developments. On September 8, 2009 we received EBRD’s response regarding involuntary Gazela resettlement. Download it as pdf here.
Read moreLetter to EIB requesting urgent information on Gazela resettlement
Publication | 2 September, 2009On Monday, August 31st, the community living in the slum under the Gazela bridge was physically resettled. The City of Belgrade claims that a Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) was approved, but the resettled PAPs have not seen the RAP and have not been consulted. Bankwatch and CEKOR are asking the EIB to provide information on the resettlement process and to not disburse the loan for the Gazela Bridge rehabilitation project until it is assured that a sustainable and adequate solution for those resettled is found.
Read moreLetter to EC regarding a request for EIB emergency funding by European airlines
Publication | 28 August, 2009The European Regions Airline Association (ERA) has approached the European Commission with a request for the EIB to make available financing for airlines in the context of the current crisis. In their letter, CEE Bankwatch Network, together with WWF-UK, AirportWatch and European Federation for Transport and Environment urge the European Commission to refuse such a bail-out for the aviation industry with its high-carbon intensity and overcapacity.
Read moreEco-sense comments to the new revised EIA study for the Demir Kapija-Smokvica highway
Publication | 26 August, 2009The comments are written in Macedonian and can be downloaded from Eco-sense’s website. Download Eco-sense comments to the new revised EIA study for the Demir Kapija-Smokvica highway
Read moreComplaint to European Ombudsman against the EIB for non-disclosure of the Framework Agreement with Tajikistan
Publication | 21 August, 2009The complaint regards the refusal of the European Investment Bank (EIB) to disclose the Framework Agreement concluded between the EIB and Tajikistan signed on 11 February 2009.
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