Publications

This briefing summarises the findings of a fact-finding mission conducted by CEE Bankwatch Network in February 2026 in Skopje and Novaci to assess waste management reform in North Macedonia.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is currently revising its Project Accountability Policy. In this context, Bankwatch is calling for a stronger policy framework that includes clear provisions for remedying harm, enhanced monitoring of management act…

Over the past five years, civil society has been monitoring the deterioration of water quality and availability in Ukraine’s Vinnytsia region, where MHP operates large-scale poultry production facilities.

Boom and Bust Coal is an annual survey of the global coal fleet by Global Energy Monitor and partners.

In May 2026, 21 civil society organisations submitted joint comments on the draft new policy of the EIB Group Complaints Mechanism. Among other things, we called for a clear mandate and capacity to facilitate effective remedy, stronger independence and improved transparency…

The main aim of this report is to highlight the major issues faced by Polish local authorities and public transport operators that have adopted hydrogen-powered buses as part of their decarbonisation efforts

In the next Multiannual Financial Framework, the EU’s financial instrument for Ukraine must be improved by embedding binding climate and environmental safeguards from the outset and preserving funding for democracy, biodiversity and climate resilience.

While the proposed framework aims to simplify EU funding, its strong focus on consolidation, flexibility and centralised planning risks undermining core EU principles, including partnership, transparency, cohesion and environmental integrity.

This report explores the human and environmental rights impacts of this project, financed by Development Finance Institutions.

Bankwatch, together with the Community Empowerment and Social Justice Network (CEMSOJ) and the International Accountability Project, presents a case study on the Tanahu hydropower project in Nepal, in which the current EIB-CM has proven ineffective. The organisations also ma…

The East–West Highway and the North–South Corridor – two of Georgia’s most ambitious road projects supported by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) – have had devastating social, environmental and cultural impacts. 

Twenty-eight civil society organisations have issued a joint statement calling on the EBRD to strengthen its strategy. They urge the Bank to adopt a more ambitious, rights-based approach that tackles backlash and addresses structural inequalities to ensure inclusive and acco…