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Civil society letter urging EC president Barroso to halt EU financing for Russian toll roads

Advocacy letter | 23 February, 2011 | Download PDF

A coalition of major Russian NGOs is urging President Barrosso to make sure that EU financing institutions halt their participation in toll motorway projects in Russia until there are serious improvements in the human rights and public participation situation associated with these projects.

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Open letter requesting the Council of the European Union to implement the EC’s recommendations for Regional Policy

Advocacy letter | 18 February, 2011 | Download PDF

The General Affairs Council on Monday, February 21 will draw conclusions on the 5th cohesion report. On this occasion, Bankwatch and Friends of the Earth Europe remind EU member states and ministers attending the council of the importance of implementing the recommendations in the European Commission’s communication ‘Regional policy contributing to sustainable growth in Europe 2020’ (pdf).

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Serbian shadow report to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

Official document | 9 February, 2011 | Download PDF

Bankwatch’s Serbian member group Center for Ecology and Sustainable Development (CEKOR) has worked together with three Serbian human rights organisations on a shadow report complementing the country’s official statement to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Analysing the legal and factual status of Roma in Serbia, the shadow report draws heavily on examples from the Gazela bridge rehabilitation project in Belgrade.

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Summary of independent environmental examination of the Moscow-St.Petersburg motorway project, section 15-58 kilometres (Khimki Forest)

Policy comments | 1 February, 2011 | Download PDF

The examination was initiated by a coalition of environmental NGOs and carried out by 18 experts in the field of environmental protection, environmental law, forestry, urban planning and transport development. It was handed over to Russian president Medvedev on February 1, 2011.

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NGO coalition statement on the future Cohesion Policy post-2013

Policy comments | 31 January, 2011 | Download PDF

On the occasion of the 5th Cohesion Forum, the Coalition for Sustainable EU Funds lays out their common vision on the future Cohesion Policy in this paper.

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