Is the Latvian success story over? Good public participation practices in EU...
So far the planning for Latvia’s use of the EU funds for the 2014-2020 period has been a reasonably positive experience from a partnership perspective. Yet the process that has, until recently, been...
View ArticleThe European Investment Bank and development, a chance to clean up the bank’s...
The current review of the European Investment Bank’s mandate for lending outside of the EU brings some of the pitfalls of the bank’s development lending to the fore and offers a chance for...
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How embarrassing: EBRD transparency ranked ‘poorest’ among multilaterals
As the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development revises its safeguard policies, the Aid Transparency Index ranks its commitment to openness and transparency as the weakest in comparison with...
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Funny business as usual in the Czech Republic – one of the biggest fines in...
The manipulation of a tender for a metro line extension in Prague – financially supported via EU funds and the European Investment Bank (EIB) has not only resulted in a huge EU funds fine, but also...
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EBRD soldiering on in Egypt
Adding to the ongoing febrile atmosphere in the country, Egypt’s military-backed authorities just yesterday passed a controversial new law that imposes draconian restrictions on public protest....
View ArticleLitmus test for EBRD rhetoric on democracy with Egyptian oil project
On December 18 the EBRD board of directors approved a loan of USD 50 million to finance a project aimed at the expansion of oil operations and reducing gas flaring in Egypt. Yet the tenuous political...
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Georgian hydro projects are a test case for the EBRD’s good governance policies
As activists pointed out at a consultation meeting in Tbilisi, Georgia’s hydropower sector has plenty of lessons to be learned by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. by David...
View ArticleTime to stop shooting the messenger
Repression against civil society is on the rise, as the latest alarming case from Montenegro shows. by Mark Fodor, cross-posted from the Bankwatch blog MANS, the Network for the Affirmation of the...
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