The struggle for a green Cohesion Policy has only just begun
Blog entry | 1 December, 2011While the potential of green investments is undeniable, statements from EU decision makers don’t paint the rosiest picture for a climate friendly Cohesion Policy 2014-2020.
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There you have it: Green investments do create jobs
Blog entry | 18 November, 2011A study from the Czech Republic vividly confirms the positive economic impact of public support schemes for energy efficiency investments. The future Cohesion Policy can offer valuable stimuli for such schemes – if EU Member States set the right priorities now.
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Five ways to bring Cohesion Policy closer to citizens
Blog entry | 17 November, 2011By allowing open and inclusive consultations on the future Cohesion Policy, Latvia is not only devising its national position in a more democratic way than other EU Member States. It is also setting an example for actually getting people interested in it.
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The day renewable energy was killed in the Czech Republic
Blog entry | 14 November, 2011The Czech renewable energy industry last week received a strong blow from our very own Parliament which approved measures that will likely smother the sector in a bill ironically entitled the „Renewable energy sources support bill.”
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What’s the real danger for Cohesion Policy: wrong accounting or wrong results?
Blog entry | 10 November, 2011The proper financial management of EU funds is important to avoid fraud and illegitimate spending. Yet more important is the quality of the funded projects.
Read moreThree new Czech incinerators to burn EU regional funds
Press release | 13 October, 2011Prague- CEE Bankwatch Network has learnt that the Czech Republic is planning to use 80% of regional funds dedicated to big waste projects for 2007-2013 [1] for the construction of new incinerators, which are three times more expensive than alternative waste management solutions.
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Right track, weak attitude. The EU’s Resource Efficiency Roadmap.
Blog entry | 22 September, 2011The European Commission this week published its ideas on how to build a resource efficient economy in Europe. Bankwatch’s resource efficiency expert Marijan Galovic thinks the roadmap’s focus is not wide enough yet.
Read moreResource Efficiency Roadmap must come with money from EU Budget
Press release | 20 September, 2011Brussels – The Resource Efficiency Roadmap published today by the European Commission envisages all kinds of right recommendations for Europe to become a renewable based, resource efficient economy but the actual value of this document depends largely on the EU budget.
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In times of crisis – Poland’s take on the Emperor’s New Clothes
Blog entry | 9 September, 2011Poland has made a worrying proposal on public private partnerships that could risk the future stability of European economies by turning a blind eye to future public debt. But the EU would do well to take the British example as an eye opener.
Read moreEU funds for transport used overwhelmingly for polluting roads in central and eastern Europe
Press release | 6 September, 2011Brussels – CEE Bankwatch Network publishes today a study showing that central and eastern European governments have been using EU funds overwhelmingly for road over rail development, ignoring EU calls for decarbonisation of the transport sector. The Commission can make sure that this pattern is not replicated with the next EU Budget (2013-2020) by introducing strict conditionalities in the new Cohesion Policy regulation next month.
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