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Indicators to measure the results of EIB operations must differ inside and outside EU

Briefing | 10 February, 2014 | Download PDF

This briefing presents concern regarding the proposal to formalise one set of result measurement indicators for operations inside and outside of Europe. The EIB has worked now since 2012 on a framework for assessing and measuring development results for operations outside the EU called the Results Measurement Framework (REM). After its 2012 capital increase, the EIB began a revision of the Value-Added (VA) assessment of the bank’s operations within the EU and Pre-Accession countries. As a result, the Three Pillar Outcomes Assessment (3PA) was implemented in 2013.

Media brief: Silver lining in the Energy Community Treaty

Briefing | 6 February, 2014 | Download PDF

Currently, a High Level Reflection Group is evaluating the institutional set-up and working methods of the Energy Community and will report this June with suggested improvements to the Ministerial Council. Yet the composition of this group and the informal reports from its first meeting suggest that the environment is in danger of being neglected once again in the updated Treaty.

Letter to Marubeni regarding Plomin (February 2014)

Advocacy letter | 5 February, 2014 | Download PDF

Letter to EBRD: Complaint filed with IFC on Danosha pig farms in Ukraine

Advocacy letter | 5 February, 2014 | Download PDF

Local communities in the Ivano-Frankvisk region in Ukraine have filed a complaint with the IFC’s complaint mechanism regarding the conduct of agribusiness corporation Danosha. This letter summarises the complaint’s content and asks the EBRD to follow the complaint process and derive lessons for its own support of industrial farming projects in Ukraine.

Bankwatch input to the consultation on the Energy Community Treaty

Policy comments | 5 February, 2014 | Download PDF