Desislava Stoyanova

Why the EIB should not finance the Southern Gas Corridor – briefing for the directors of the European Investment Bank

January 24, 2017 | Read more

Outsourcing accountability? The EIB’s failure to enforce environmental information disclosure in its intermediated loans

January 23, 2017 | Read more

The European Investment Bank is known to have provided over EUR 22 million for the construction of at least 19 small and mini hydropower plants through financial intermediaries in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia and Serbia between 2010 and 2

Destructive hydropower project in Macedonia loses its only source of funding

January 23, 2017 | Read more

Skopje, Prague – After a five years long campaign, Eko-svest, Front 21/42 and CEE Bankwatch Network welcome the cancellation of a EUR 65 million loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) intended for the Boškov Most hydropower project in Macedonia. As a result this controversial project is now highly unlikely to be realised.

Concerns regarding the EBRD’s Project Complaint Mechanism and recommendations for improvements – letter to EBRD directors

January 23, 2017 | Read more

This letter to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s Board of Directors summarises civil society organisations’ concerns regarding bank’s Project Complaints Mechanism, specifically the handling of several complaints, and makes specific recommendations for improvements, based on experience with these cases and with the accountability mechanisms of other institutions.

Regarding the Energa Hybrid Bond project

January 20, 2017 | Read more

An inquiry from Polish and European NGOs to the EIB about its planned support of EUR 250 million for the modernisation and extension of Polish utility Energa’s electricity distribution network.