Publications

This open letter, addressed to European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, highlights the role of civil society in strengthening democracy, ensuring public participation and amplifying the voices of citizens in decision-making processes.

This briefing draws on the experience of the EU’s Recovery and Resilience Facility and the Western Balkans Reform and Growth Facility, approved earlier this year, to suggest improvements to the proposed Regulation.

Member States and public financing must align with EU principles and avoid investments that lock them into unsustainable practices like waste incineration.

The joint civil society review of the EBRD’s draft Food and Agribusiness Strategy 2025 highlights areas for improvement. While the strategy shifts towards sustainability, it lacks robust environmental and social safeguards. Case studies from Ukraine and Uzbekistan illustrate…

In this report, we examine the alignment of the EIB and EBRD grievance mechanisms with the effectiveness criteria for the design and assessment of non-judicial complaints mechanisms set out in the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.

This briefing takes an updated look at the Greece – North Macedonia gas interconnector project and concludes that the arguments in favour of the project are still not supported by convincing evidence and that the claimed benefits are highly unlikely to materialise.

This briefing examines Ukraine’s Single Public Investment Projects Portfolio, highlighting concerns over project quality and prioritisation.

The Social Climate Fund (SCF) was established by the EU to help alleviate the negative social and economic impacts of the new Emissions Trading System (ETS2), which introduces a carbon price on transport and heating.

This document brings insight in to how public finance can foster green manufacturing, support innovative start-ups, and facilitate the transformation of industry and its supply chain.

This briefing analyses over-optimism about hydrogen’s role in the central and eastern European Member States – Hungary, Poland and Romania.

Using case studies from Belgrade, Sarajevo and Skopje, our report examines urban planning practices, the consequences of poor governance, and the need for sustainable infrastructure investment.

The following recommendations how to prevent projects that damage nature from being financed in the future are based on the case studies from Croatia, Hungary, Latvia, Poland and Slovenia.