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Review of the EBRD’s Project Complaint Mechanism – comments on the existing policy

Policy comments | 19 May, 2013 | Download PDF

These comments on the existing Project Complaint Mechanism of the EBRD expands in a few places the pointers on the accountability mechanism that were prepared earlier.


Open letter to Serbian Minister for Finance and Economy concerning Kolubara resettlement

Advocacy letter | 14 May, 2013 | Download PDF

The open letter – signed by Srpski Centar Ekologije, Uneco Kolubara, and Bankwatch member group CEKOR – raises issues with resettlement and expropriations connected to the Kolubara lignite mine that are not adequately addressed.


Community Power – putting people to the heart of energy systems

Briefing | 13 May, 2013 | Download PDF

“Community energy projects” are energy projects providing for direct benefits to a group of local shareholders. The opportunity for residents to develop and own green energy infrastructure or to jointly leverage untapped energy saving potential, represents a range of economic and social opportunities such as job creation, business opportunities, lowering energy bills and acceptance of sustainable energy production.


Open letter: Civil society asks EBRD to withdraw from Ombla hydropower plant project

Advocacy letter | 13 May, 2013 | Download PDF

A new nature impact assessment of the proposed Ombla hydropower plant showed that the project could harm many of the 68 identified cave species, including the endemic ones. Based on these findings, civil society groups are calling on the EBRD to pull out from the project for which it has approved a EUR 123 million loan.


Mounting violations at Cairo refinery project seeking EBRD finance

Bankwatch Mail | 10 May, 2013 | Download PDF

A USD 3.7 billion refinery expansion project inside urban Cairo attracting international public development finance, including potentially from the EBRD, is also attracting major controversy as a result of forced evictions, pollution and concerns about the involvement of financial entities linked to the deposed Mubarak regime.


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