Химкинский лес: французского партнера Vinci проверят на коррупцию
May 12, 2016
Российские активисты-защитники Химкинского леса совместно с юристами группы Sherpa из Франции, а также представители некоммерческой организации CEE Bankwatch Network подали заявление во французские следственные органы на предмет проверки деятельности французского предприятия Vinci при строительстве платной автотрассы Москва-Санкт-Петербург, ведущей через Химкинский лес.
Ohrid – Peshtani expressway project, Macedonia
May 11, 2016
The Ohrid-Peshtani expressway project – financed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development via a EUR 160 million loan for the National Roads Programme – involves the construction of a new section on the A3 express to the Albanian border. The new 12.5 kilometre section is planned to pass through the Galicica national park – a rare and important natural site with abundant biodiversity, that was listed as an emerald site (a future Natura 2000 site) and was designated in 2014 part of UNESCO’s World Network of Biosphere Reserves.
The problems with industrial chicken producer MHP’s expansion in Ukraine
May 11, 2016
MHP is at the centre of concern for local communities and civil society organisations in Ukraine, because of the way the company engages stakeholders, acquires land, and impacts the environment, water and the local economic development. Since 2010 the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has approved three loans for MHP, totalling USD 205 million. Whether or not the company is in compliance with Ukrainian law, local people think they are not adequately protected and do not have an equal voice against a large corporation if it decides to begin construction.
Georgia swept by protests against EBRD-backed hydropower
May 11, 2016
Protests have in recent weeks broken out across rural Georgia after construction resumed on several large hydropower projects financed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). Demonstrators have complained that the projects were repeatedly decided behind closed doors, and that poor assessments of the social and environmental consequences mean their livelihoods are under threat.
Update on resettlements at Kolubara mine and other EPS operations
May 11, 2016
In October 2015 the independent Project Complaint Mechanism (PCM) of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development found that the bank breached its environmental and social policy with regards to safeguarding the rights of communities impacted by mining operations of the Serbian state energy company EPS.
NGOs file a complaint against Vinci Russia for corruption of foreign public officials in Khimki Forest motorway case
May 10, 2016
A complaint filed last week is requesting an investigation into alleged corruption involving French company Vinci in the construction of a controversial motorway through Khimki Forest near Moscow. The complaint was filed to Nanterre’s chief investigating judge by civil society groups Sherpa and CEE Bankwatch Network, activists Evgenia Tchirikova and Mikhail Matveev, and with the support of Princip, defenders of the Khimki forest.
2 ONG déposent plainte contre Vinci Russie pour corruption d’agent public étranger
May 10, 2016
Après une première plainte déposée il y a trois ans contre Vinci concessions Russie SA, Sherpa récidive. L’association s’est alliée à CEE Bankwatch Network pour porter plainte avec constitution de partie civile auprès du doyen des juges d’instruction de Nanterre. Une action soutenue par Princip, une association de défense de la fôret de Khimki. Elles accusent l’entreprise de corruption d’agent public étranger dans le cadre de l’attribution du marché de construction du tronçon de l’autoroute MK 15-58.
Две НКО подали в суд на российский филиал Vinci за строительство трассы Москва — Петербург
May 10, 2016
Европейская ассоциация юристов Sherpa и некоммерческая организация CEE Bankwatch Network подали совместный иск в суд французского города Нантер на российский филиал французской строительной компании Vinci «Северо-Западная концессионная компания» (СЗКК), говорится в сообщении Sherpa. К иску также присоединилась российская общественная организация по защите прав потребителей и охране окружающей среды «Принципъ».
Balkan energy projects with Chinese involvement – state of play, May 2016
May 5, 2016
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Bosnia and Herzegovina signs deal for Tuzla 7 coal plant construction – but its economics are shrouded in mystery
May 4, 2016
In spite of an updated construction contract for a new unit at the Tuzla coal-fired power plant, the project’s economic feasibility remains a puzzle with missing pieces.
