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Kaniv pumped storage plant: project risks

Study | 12 November, 2007 | Download PDF

In March 2006, the Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers approved the "Energy Strategy of Ukraine till 2030." The Strategy foresees the growth of electric power generation mainly by the development of Ukraine’s power engineering due to the priority usage of nuclear energy. As nuclear power plants (NPPs) do not represent loads-shifting generating capacities, there is a problem with loads-shifting in the network. For this purpose the Strategy foresees the installation of loads-shifting capacities – or pumped storage plants (PSPs).

Transparent Structural Funds? Assessment of ERDF management in Poland in 2004-2006

Policy comments | 12 November, 2007 | Download PDF

Letter regarding the deficiencies of the project selection system in regional programmes in Poland

Advocacy letter | 8 November, 2007 | Download PDF

European Investment Bank: Promoting sustainable development, “where appropriate”

Study | 5 November, 2007 | Download PDF

This report aims to inform the ongoing review of environmental and social practices within the EIB by examining the standards endorsed by the EIB in a variety of social policy areas, and identifying international best practices against which the EIBs new framework will invariably be judged. Specifically, it will focus on five different social policy areas in which EIB policy remains unclarified and underdeveloped; social assessment, human rights, communities participation and consent, labour rights, and gender equality.

Raising the bar on big dams: making the case for dam policy reform at the European Investment Bank

Study | 5 November, 2007 | Download PDF

The European Investment Bank has been involved in a number of large dam projects in recent years, many of them in Africa. All could have been improved sometimes significantly so by more careful planning and better implementation standards. Despite making vague references to the recommendations of the World Commission on Dams, the EIB currently has no sector policy for dams.