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Via Baltica update – destruction continues in Natura 2000 sites

Briefing | 10 August, 2009 | Download PDF

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

Advocacy letter | 7 August, 2009 | Download PDF

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

Policy comments | 30 July, 2009 | Download PDF

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

Policy comments | 30 July, 2009 | Download PDF

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

Advocacy letter | 30 July, 2009 | Download PDF

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.