Project leader
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
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development will decide next week on another loan of USD 25 million for Myronivsky Hliboproduct (MHP), in spite of repeated attempts by locals to reign in the impacts wrought by MHP.
Good project – bad implementation: MHP biogas
November 2, 2017 | Read more
The project MHP Biogas is currently under consideration for approval by the EBRD Board of Directors. The project covers the construction of the greenfield 10 MW biogas plant in Vinnitsa region of Ukraine. The biogas plant is sought to help solve the pr
Ukrainian civil society resists efforts to be co-opted by big agro
September 20, 2017 | Read more
The controversial Ukrainian agribusiness giant Myronivsky Hliboproduct (MHP) tries to handle community relations by putting publicity spin on the outcomes of a long overdue discussion with civil society.
The Court of Appeal of the Cherkasy region in central Ukraine sided with community activist Nina Martynovska from the Ratseve village who was brutally beaten because of her opposition to the construction of poultry farm facilities by Peremoha Nova, a subsidiary of Ukrainian agribusiness giant MHP.
Hatching discontent in Ukraine
March 16, 2017 | Read more
In Ukraine, big agriculture uses unscrupulous methods to manufacture consensus for expansion and marginalise local communities – often with the support of international donors.
