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Georgia swept by protests against EBRD-backed hydropower

Briefing | 11 May, 2016 | Download PDF

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

Briefing | 11 May, 2016 | Download PDF

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.

Balkan energy projects with Chinese involvement – state of play, May 2016

Briefing | 5 May, 2016 | Download PDF

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Briefing: Nenskra hydropower plant, Georgia

Briefing | 29 April, 2016 | Download PDF

This briefing was prepared and presented during the annual meetings of the Asian Development Bank on 2 May 2016 in Frankfurt.

Briefing on Nenskra hydropower plant for the Asian Development Bank

Briefing | 28 April, 2016 | Download PDF