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The progress of the Gazela slum resettlement project, Belgrade, Serbia – EBRD AGM Issue Paper

Briefing | 16 May, 2009 | Download PDF

The Gazela Bridge in Belgrade, Serbia is in urgent need of renovation. Three hundred families, predominantly Roma, who live in informal settlements under the Bridge are to be resettled. So far the resettlement process lacks proper planning and open public consultation with affected communities and Roma experts. And also the EBRDs involvement as a technical assistant has not led to the establishment of the institutional, financial and legal solutions that are necessary to effectively promote Roma inclusion.


Porto Romano thermo power plant, Albania – EBRD AGM Issue Paper

Briefing | 16 May, 2009 | Download PDF

The Porto Romano TPP is yet another project that aims to improve energy security in Albania, yet the construction of such a large TPP powered by imported coal can hardly be reckoned to constitute sustainable development. Nevertheless, and despite the fact that coal-fired TPP plants are widely recognised as the most climate-wrecking forms of electricity generation, the governing elite in Albania is determined to have one in its own backyard.


Corridor Vc motorway, Bosnia-Herzegovina – EBRD AGM Issue Paper

Briefing | 16 May, 2009 | Download PDF

In 2008 the EBRD signed a loan for EUR 180 million for several sections of the planned 330 km long Corridor Vc motorway in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Communities living along the route are concerned about the expected negative effects on or even the destruction of valuable arable land. Furthermore another problem lies in the motorways routing through or nearby tentative UNESCO World Heritage sites, two planned national parks and other ecologically valuable terrain.


Chelopech gold and copper mine Bulgaria – EBRD AGM Issue Paper

Briefing | 15 May, 2009 | Download PDF

After visiting Chelopech TMF in October 2008, members of the Petition Committee of the European Parliament report an ‘immediate threat to public health, water, soil and agricultural production, and the climate conditions in the region’ posed by the Mining project. Their report recommends further investigations by EC and Bulgarian Government and calls for implementation of EU environmental law and basic rights and principles.


Nabucco: a short sighted answer to the energy security challenge – EBRD AGM Issue Paper

Briefing | 15 May, 2009 | Download PDF

Both EBRD and EIB consider support for the construction of the Nabucco gas pipeline. But proponents of the project successfully avoid several important issues. Among them are the human rights records of the potential partners Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan, both ranked among the most authoritarian regimes in the world.