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Recommendations for the EBRD’s Public Information Policy based on comparative analysis of IFC and other disclosure policies

Policy comments | 30 May, 2011 | Download PDF

The current draft of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s public information policy lacks several provisions and innovations which should be considered the latest best practice in information disclosure in multilateral development banks.


Are we nearly there yet? Dilemmas of transition after 20 years of EBRD’s operations

Study | 20 May, 2011 | Download PDF

As the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development celebrates twenty years of market and democracy promotion in central and eastern Europe, Bankwatch evaluates the institution’s activities since its inception and concludes the bank needs to move swiftly and genuinely towards prioritizing social justice and lowering carbon intensity of economies, if it wants to bring real benefits to the region.


Bankwatch Mail 48

Bankwatch Mail | 19 May, 2011 | Download PDF

On the occasion of the EBRD’s 20th anniversary, Bankwatch Mail is complemented by a range of personal reflections from people both within and beyond central and eastern Europe, people who have worked directly on issues related to the EBRD, or who have studied the bank’s impacts.


Vlora Thermo Power Plant, Albania – where is the electricity?

Briefing | 15 May, 2011 | Download PDF

The oil and gas-fired thermo-power plant in Vlora, Albania – in a tourism-dependent city and only 100 metres from the protected Narta lagoon – was financed by the EBRD, the European Investment Bank and the World Bank. After a slew of problems, including lack of proper public consultation, the plant is not actually working – two years after it was supposed to have been completed – and it is increasingly doubtful whether it will start to produce electricity any time soon.


Ukrainian transmission lines – a vehicle for dirty electricity to the EU

Briefing | 15 May, 2011 | Download PDF

The EBRD is and has been involved in a number of high voltage electricity transmission lines in Ukraine that eventually would lay the technical groundwork to export nuclear and coal-based electricity to the EU. In the Ukrainian electricity transmission field, the EBRD should focus its efforts on utilising the massive potential to increase the reliability and efficiency of Ukraine’s energy system through the modernisation of existing grid, especially low-voltage local grid below 110kV where power losses now are two times higher than average in the EU.


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