Strategic Area Leader - Democratization and Human Rights
Email: manana AT bankwatch.orgTel.: +995-599-91 66 47
Manana joined Bankwatch in 1998 and works as Regional Coordinator for the Caucasus since 2002. As the founder of the Tbilisi-based environmental group Green Alternative, Manana is the group’s chairwoman as well as IFI program coordinator.
In 2004 Manana was honoured with a coveted Goldman Environmental Prize in recognition of her campaigning work on the controversial Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline.
Manana graduated in 1994 with an MSc degree in Biology from Tbilisi State University. She is the author of several reports and other publications focusing on environmental problems."
More from Manana Kochladze
International financial institutions’ support for hydropower in Central Asia and Caucasus is fuel for environmental damage and human rights violations.
The never ending saga of the Nenskra HPP
September 17, 2020 | Read more
The Nenskra HPP is one of 35 hydropower plants slated for development in Upper Svaneti, a region roughly one-and-a-half times the size of Luxembourg.
Nenskra Hydro Project – Update
June 29, 2018 | Read more
The Asian Infrastracture Investment Bank is considering a non-sovereign loan of USD 100 million for a 280 MW reservoir-type hydropower plant, located in the Nenskra and Nakra valleys of Northwest Georgia. We would like to provide information about new developments that the AIIB should consider as part of its due dillgence on the project.
Nenskra hydropower project – May 2018 update
May 10, 2018 | Read more
The banks have a responsibility to ensure that when they make an investment, they mitigate and avoid situations that put persons at risk. The Nenskra dam in Georgia is one example where the lack of proper environmental and social assessment can potenti
Europe’s murky Eastern energy deals
November 24, 2017 | Read more
Millions of euros in public money are being invested in large infrastructure projects in the EU’s eastern neighbours in total disregard for Europe’s climate goals, and local communities, writes Manana Kochladze.
