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Comments on Project Complaint Mechanism Draft Rules of Procedure

Policy comments | 6 March, 2014 | Download PDF

The EBRD’s Project Complaint Mechanism’s Rules of Procedure (PCM) are part of the bank’s good governance policies which are all being revised in the beginning of 2014. In addition to these comments on the PCM here, Bankwatch has prepared comments to the good governance policies (pdf) in general separately.


NGO comments on the EBRD’s Project Complaint Mechanism Draft Rules of Procedure

Policy comments | 6 March, 2014 | Download PDF

This comment letter, signed by 16 civil society organisations, focuses on the provisions that directly affect complainants’ access to the PCM. Specifically, our concerns relate to the Draft Rules of Procedure registration and eligibility criteria, and provisions regarding complainant participation at various stages of the PCM process.


Comments on the EBRD’s good governance policies drafts

Policy comments | 6 March, 2014 | Download PDF

The EBRD’s good governance policies include the Environmental and Social Policy (ESP), the Public Information Policy (PIP) and the Project Complaint Mechanism’s Rules of Procedure (PCM). Bankwatch has also submitted separate comments on the draft Rules of Procedure for the PCM.


European Structural and Investment Funds programming in Latvia – NGO assessment

Briefing | 5 March, 2014 | Download PDF

At the moment from an NGO’s point of view the Operational Programme of Latvia looks well defined and very promising in general. But the way how the OP is described at the moment is too general also for a SEA to assess the possible negative impacts on environment as well as for NGOs to consider that the implementation of OP could cause serious environmental problems, let alone the strategic direction Latvia chose to follow with support of ESI funds.


Lessons from Kolubara for the EBRD Environmental and Social Policy

Briefing | 4 March, 2014 | Download PDF

The EBRD loan for the Kolubara lignite mine project in Serbia was approved when the forced removal of the local graveyard of the Vreoci community was already initiated and in spite of protests and appeals to the EBRD and in spite of on-going corruption investigations of the company. This case offers important lessons learned for the Environmental and Social Policy of the EBRD with regards to human rights.