Eco-sense comments to the new revised EIA study for the Demir Kapija-Smokvica highway
August 26, 2009
The 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
Complaint to European Ombudsman against the EIB for non-disclosure of the Framework Agreement with Tajikistan
August 21, 2009
The 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.
Via Baltica update – destruction continues in Natura 2000 sites
August 10, 2009
As construction plans for several other controversial sections of the motorway proceed at high speed, another Natura 2000 site – the Knyszyn Forest – finds itself in danger and with it the habitats of at least 15 bird species and mammals like wolf, lynx and the European bison. CEE Bankwatch Network and the Polish Society for the Protection of the Birds (OTOP/BirdLife Poland) urge the European Commission to call on Poland to halt these road works until appropriate European environmental legislation is respected.
Letter to EBRD president Thomas Mirow regarding EBRD’s role in the Nabucco pipeline project
August 7, 2009
Following 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.
Comments on EIB Complaint Mechanism Policy under revision
July 30, 2009
The 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.
Comments on EIB Transparency & Public Disclosure Policy under revision
July 30, 2009
The 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.
CSO letter on the IFC Policy Review
July 30, 2009
Relating to the IFC’s review of its Policy on Disclosure of Information, and its Policy and Performance Standards on Social and Environmental Sustainability Policy, this letter is signed by a coalition of more than one hundred development, environment, human rights, professional, faith-based, gender, youth and economic justice organizations.
Georgian Green Alternative’s Comments on World Bank’s new disclosure policy approach
July 24, 2009
Critical comments by Green Alternative, Georgia on the World Bank Approach Paper and Consultation Plan ‘Toward Greater Transparency: Rethinking the World Banks Disclosure Policy’.
Letter to IFIs regarding Georgian hydropower plants
July 23, 2009
We 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).
Dam Big Impact – The energy sector development in Georgia
July 23, 2009
The 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.
