Letter to EBRD president Thomas Mirow regarding EBRD’s role in the Nabucco pipeline project
Publication | 7 August, 2009Following ambivalent messages from the EBRD leadership, CEE Bankwatch Network and Crude Accountability request clarification on the bank’s intentions regarding the controversial Nabucco gas pipeline project. On August 25, 2009 we received a response from President Thomas Mirow. Download it here.
Read moreComments on EIB Transparency & Public Disclosure Policy under revision
Publication | 30 July, 2009The document offers suggestions for revisions of the EIB’s Transparency & Public Disclosure Policies, including both general and detailed comments on both policies, among others on intermediated loans, publications vs. disclosure, corporate governance, stakeholders engagement and the policy framework.
Read moreComments on EIB Complaint Mechanism Policy under revision
Publication | 30 July, 2009The document offers suggestions for revisions of the EIB’s Complaint Mechanism Policy, covering the scope of the mechanism, complaint procedures, stakeholders’ engagement, publication and reporting and data protection, as well as the conceptual framework and objective of the mechanism.
Read moreDam Big Impact – The energy sector development in Georgia
Publication | 23 July, 2009The energy policy of the Georgian government supported by a number of IFIs, aims at utilising the hydroenergy potential in the country in order to overcome the existing energy crisis. But effectively, this policy has the potential to cause significant negative impact on the environment, to drastically change the social and demographic situation in Georgia’s mountain areas and to devastate the existing cultural heritage.
Read moreLetter to IFIs regarding Georgian hydropower plants
Publication | 23 July, 2009We have received the following responses: On July 29, 2009 from EBRD (pdf here). On August 4, 2009 from EIB (pdf here). On August 27, 2009 from World Bank (pdf here).
Read moreJoint Declaration of the States Parties to the Agreement on the Nabucco Project
Publication | 14 July, 2009The full text is available from the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs website.
Read moreIntergovernmental agreement for Nabucco project
Publication | 14 July, 2009The full text is available from the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs website.
Read moreLetter to DG Environment regarding the Nabucco pipeline project
Publication | 8 July, 2009The letter to European Commission, DG Environment raises political and environmental concerns related to the Nabucco pipeline, among others the human rights situation in Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan. On September 8, 2009 we received a response from DG Environment. Download it a pdf here.
Read moreLetter to European Commission regarding serious problems with the TEN-T network in the Czech Republic
Publication | 24 June, 2009Read more