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Suggestions for reforms the new EBRD president could undertake

Advocacy letter | 27 March, 2012 | Download PDF

With the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in the process of selecting a new president, Bankwatch calls on the bank’s shareholders and new president to reassess some of its past – faulty – approaches.

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The Instrument for Pre-Accession – Analysis of regulations past and present and proposals for amendments

Briefing | 26 March, 2012 | Download PDF

The briefing analyses the old Regulation on the Instrument for Pre-Accession (IPA) (2007-2013) and compares it with the new proposal (2014-2020), with a specific focus on environmental protection and transparency/partnership principle. Since the regulation is not strong enough in neither of these two areas, we provide amendments to the regulation’s articles. The briefing is a useful tool for advocating for better environmental protection and improvement of the public participation in decision making in the Western Balkan countries.

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Citizen’s request to deny state guarantee for Sostanj lignite power plant loan

Advocacy letter | 26 March, 2012 | Download PDF

The director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies is of Slovenian origin. He sent an open letter to the Slovenian parliament requesting to deny the state guarantee for a loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) for Unit 6 at the Sostanj lignite thermal power plant.

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Letter to EBRD: request to clarify conflicting information on mining projects in Mongolia

Advocacy letter | 23 March, 2012 | Download PDF

Following a fact-finding mission to Mongolia in June 2011, CEE Bankwatch sent a letter on August 18, 2011 with several questions for clarification to the EBRD. Additionally OT Watch submitted a paper on November 1, 2011 to representatives of the EBRD Board of Directors during their visit to Mongolia. While the EBRD replied to both of these, several issues still need clarification, as there is conflicting information.

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Letter to EBRD and EIB: Will a loan to ENEA free up assets for a coal fired power plant in Poland?

Advocacy letter | 22 March, 2012 | Download PDF

The EBRD and the EIB are considering a loan of up to PLN 800 million to the Polish electricity utility ENEA to support a PLN 3.2 billion investment programme of the company’s distribution network. Bankwatch’s letter enquires what conditions will be placed on an EBRD loan to ENEA to make sure that the loan does not free the company’s assets that it needs to invest in the Kozienice coal-fired unit number 11 in Poland. A similar letter was sent to both the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (pdf) and the European Investment Bank (pdf).

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