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CSO letter to the EBRD on the revision of the Good Governance policies related to Financial Intermediaries (FIs)

Advocacy letter | 13 March, 2019 | Download PDF

The undersigned CSOs welcome this opportunity to submit comments on the EBRD’s revision of its environmental and Social Policy, Access to Information Policy and Project Accountability Policy relating to financial intermediary lending. As it was documen


Coal in the Romanian National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP)

Briefing | 13 March, 2019 | Download PDF

Romania was among the countries which managed to submit its draft NECP before the deadline at the end of 2018. This came at a cost – a very limited period for consultations (only ten days), a fact which was signalled by most interested stakeholders. Th


Barriers and project criteria for the Upper Nitra region transition process

Briefing | 5 March, 2019 | Download PDF

This study serves as an invitation and starting point for further discussions and collaboration on just transition in the Upper Nitra region of Slovakia. A just transformation means that while transitioning from coal, the projects of big corporations w


Chronic coal pollution

Study | 28 February, 2019 | Download PDF

In the Western Balkans there are 16 outdated coal power plants that threaten public health by producing enormous amounts of air pollution, impacting people in the region, the EU and beyond. Every year they cause 3,000 premature deaths, 8,000 cases of b


The EBRD Country Strategy for Azerbaijan

Advocacy letter | 26 February, 2019 | Download PDF

As the EBRD reviews its Country Strategy for Azerbaijan, Civil society organisations approached the Board of Directors to share their concerns about the situation in the country and asked the Bank to be clear that funding should be linked to the perfor