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Financing Partnership: supporting partners in monitoring and implementation of EU funds from Technical Assistance

Briefing | 13 July, 2015 | Download PDF

This paper addresses the challenges faced by civil sociey organisations in building and maintaining their capacities for fully contributing to monitoring and the implementation of ESIF 2014 – 2020. As exemplified by best practices from Poland and Slovakia, Techncial Assistance can indeed support civil society partners’ comprehensive involvement in the policy cycle. However, financial support for partners is more an exemption than a common practice in the CEE region.

Letter by Members of the European Parliament to the EBRD and Euratom regarding the Nuclear Power Plant Safety Upgrade Programme

Advocacy letter | 1 July, 2015 | Download PDF

The request is made in the context of Ukraine’s obligations under the Espoo convention, such that the EBRD and EuroAtom should “take steps for suspending the loan proceedings until a full trans-boundary EIA process for nuclear units lifetime extension is launched and carried out in accordance with international treaties to which Ukraine is a party.”

Bankwatch input for review of European Neighbourhood Policy

Policy comments | 30 June, 2015 | Download PDF

Preliminary comments on the Nenskra Environmental Impact Assessment and its consultation process

Policy comments | 25 June, 2015 | Download PDF

Following an on-site visit in the Upper Svaneti region in Georgia, these comments find substantial weaknesses in the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the Nenskra hydropower plant, in particular with regards to the engagement and consultation of local communities. See also the comments on the final Nenskra EIA report.

Follow-up letter: Stakeholders Workshop on public consultation results of 2nd PCI proposed lists

Advocacy letter | 23 June, 2015 | Download PDF