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Letter to EBRD and EIB: Will a loan to ENEA free up assets for a coal fired power plant in Poland?

Advocacy letter | 22 March, 2012 | Download PDF

The EBRD and the EIB are considering a loan of up to PLN 800 million to the Polish electricity utility ENEA to support a PLN 3.2 billion investment programme of the company’s distribution network. Bankwatch’s letter enquires what conditions will be placed on an EBRD loan to ENEA to make sure that the loan does not free the company’s assets that it needs to invest in the Kozienice coal-fired unit number 11 in Poland. A similar letter was sent to both the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (pdf) and the European Investment Bank (pdf).


Enhancing the partnership principle and transparency in the future Cohesion Policy

Briefing | 15 March, 2012 | Download PDF

The European Commission’s proposed European Code of Conduct has the potential to become a major tool for securing effective partnership, transparency and public participation under the Cohesion Policy. This briefing contains recommendations to further support and realise this potential.


Cohesion Policy 2014-2020: Green investments to deliver sustainable prosperity and jobs

Briefing | 14 March, 2012 | Download PDF

This briefing outlines a number of aspects that – if improved – would enhance the European Commission’s proposal on the future EU budget and maximize benefits for the regions delivered by the future Cohesion Policy while contributing to reach the 2020 climate, energy and biodiversity targets and creating green jobs.


Bankwatch Mail 51

Bankwatch Mail | 13 March, 2012 | Download PDF

Issue 51 of our quarterly newsletter with campaign updates and analyses of international development finance issues.


Electing the World Bank President: Open, merit-based process not torpedoed yet

Bankwatch Mail | 13 March, 2012 | Download PDF

No sooner had rumours started circulating in January that Robert Zoellick would be stepping down as president of the World Bank than our friends at the Bretton Woods Project fished out their administrator passwords and fired up the World Bank President website once again.