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Email: vladlena AT bankwatch.orgTel.: +38 066 731 26 57
Vladlena Martsynkevych is currently the Bankwatch Ukraine Reconstruction Team leader. She holds masters’ degrees in environmental science and policy from the Central European University and the National University of „Kyiv-Mohyla Academy“. She has been actively monitoring numerous international development projects since 2007. Her main qualifications include research, advocacy work, community support, particularly in the areas of development finance, sectoral reforms and public participation in decision-making.
More from Vladlena Martsynkevych
EBRD investments in Ukrainian agro-giant MHP under investigation
February 2, 2023 | Read more
After years of community complaints about the environmental and social damage caused by Ukrainian agro-giant Myronivsky Hliboprodukt (MHP), independent investigators are now looking into the role of international public finance in contributing to those harms. Considering the current food crisis, Ukraine’s important role in the global food supply chain and the prospect of more international investments to prop up Ukraine’s economy, it is time for financiers to learn the lessons of their past mistakes.
27 representatives of Ukrainian and international NGOs sent an open letter to Ursula von der Leyen, president of the EU Commission. In the letter, they call for the integration of accountability and transparency, wider participation in decision-making, and incorporation of the green principles within Ukraine’s reconstruction process.
Comments on the draft EBRD Agribusiness Sector Strategy
September 12, 2018 | Read more
These comments focus on the sustainability of EBRD investments, the need for better governance in the sector (both corporate and institutional), on issues that the draft Strategy is missing and needs to include or define better. While the draft inclu
With over half a billion euros from the EBRD and the IFC, the leading Ukrainian agribusiness giant has grown into a near monopolist in poultry production. The company’s poor track record of stakeholder engagement and accountability towards impacted vi
The complaint alleges that since the start of MHP operations in Vinnytsia in 2010, continuous odor and dust from a significant and growing number of facilities and the application of manure on nearby fields has made local life untenable. MHP activities
