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Overview
The CEE Bankwatch Network is an international non-governmental organisation (NGO) with member organisations from 11 countries of CEE and CIS region. The basic aim of the network is to monitor activities of International Financial Institutions (IFIs) in the region, and to propose constructive alternatives to their policies and projects in the region.
The CEE Bankwatch Network was formally set up in 1995 and has become one of the strongest networks of environmental NGOs in Central and Eastern Europe. Members of the CEE Bankwatch Network are NGOs from Bulgaria, Belorussia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Slovak Republic and Ukraine. The Network is focusing mainly on energy, transport and EU enlargement, while working to promote public participation and access to information about activities of IFIs in the CEE region. Members of the CEE Bankwatch Network attend the annual meetings of the IFIs and are engaged in an ongoing critical dialogue with their staff and Executive Directors at national, regional and international levels.
Why "For the Earth" is a member of the CEE Bankwatch Network?
Environmental Association "For the Earth"(Za Zemiata) is a member group of the CEE Bankwatch Network since 1997. As a member, "For the Earth" develops a campaing for monitoring the activities of International Financial Institutions, such as the European Investment Bank, World Bank and ISPA pre-accssion fund of the European Union. The activities within the frames of this campaing include: informing civil society about the projects financed by IFIs and possible impacts on environment and people, assisting local population affected by the implementation of such projects, preventing their negative impacts on environmenta and people, and promotion of sustainable alternatives for development.
Goals
The CEE Bankwatch Network has five main objectives:
To create public awareness about International Financial Institutions activities in Central and Eastern European countries and their social and environmental impacts.
To promote public participation in the decision making process about policies and projects of International Financial Institutions, on the local, national and regional levels.
To help non-governmental environmental organisations and citizen groups to monitor what the International Financial Institutions are doing in the Central and Eastern Europe.
To change or stop environmentally and socially destructive policies and projects of International Financial Institutions in Central and Eastern Europe, and promote alternatives.
To cooperate with environmental citizen organisations in stopping destructive activities of Transnational Corporations and to limit their overall impacts on the environment in Central and Eastern Europe.
Activities
The CEE Bankwatch Network is working to accomplish its goals by:
Collecting and disseminating information about the activities of International Finance Institutions within the region, including a regular newsletter in each of the ten participating countries about what these institutions are doing.
Building the capacity of national non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to participate in environmental decision-making, including training, joint analysis of projects, and joint publication of analytical materials about the International Finance Institutions.
Developing cooperative working relationships among Central and East European environmental activists, while utilizing western experience about International Finance Institutions.
Preparing case studies of International Finance Institutions-funded projects, critiques of their policies, and proposals for more sustainable alternatives.
Undertaking advocacy activities vis-a-vis the various International Finance Institutions, particularly in the areas of transportation, energy and forestry. Members of the CEE Bankwatch Network attend the annual meetings of the IFIs and are engaged in an ongoing critical dialogue with their staffs and Executive Directors at national, regional and international levels.
Setting up working groups dealing with the transportation, energy and the Global Environment Facility. Working groups are producing case studies and country reviews.
Major activities of the CEE Bankwatch Network:
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Reform
European Investment Bank (EIB) Reform
European Union Enlargement
Oil & Climate
Gold Mining
Forestry Issues
Nuclear Safety
Transport Issues
Balkans
Country Assistance Strategies (CAS) of the World Bank
World Bank and International Monetary Fund
Monitored Institutions
The CEE Bankwatch Network concentrates mostly on monitoring policies, projects and activities
of the following International Financial Institutions:
EIB - European Investment Bank
EBRD - European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
The World Bank Group
IBRD - International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
IFC - International Finance Corporation
It also watches over relevant financial mechanisms of:
EU - European Union (Pre-Accession Funds, Tacis, Euratom)
The CEE Bankwatch Network also keeps eye on:
ECAs - Export Credit Agencies
GEF - Global Environment Facility
IMF - International Monetary Fund
NIB - Nordic Investment Bank
Ģember Groups
Staff
Executive Director - Tomasz Terlecki
International Coordinators:
International EU Coordinator - Magda Stoczkiewicz
International Oil and Climate Coordinator - Petr Hlobil
International Energy Coordinator - Olexi Pasyuk
Regional Coordinator for Caucaus - Manana Kochladze
Coordinator for South Eastern Europe - Keti Medarova
National Coordinators:
Belorussian National Coordinator - Natasha Petrushkewich
Bulgarian National Coordinator - Anelia Stefanova
Czech National Coordinator - Pavel Pribyl
Estonian National Coordinator - Peep Mardiste
Hungarian National Coordinator - Eniko Hajosi
Latvian National Coordinator - Alda Ozola
Lithuanian National Coordinator - Linas Vainius
Macedonian National Coordinator - Aneta Bosevska
Polish National Coordinator - Robert Cyglicki
Slovakian National Coordinator - Peter Mihok
Ukrainian National Coordinator - Yevgen Groza
Project Coordinators:
Bulgarian Energy Coordinator - Petko Kovatchev
Hungarian Energy Coordinator - Gabor Takacz
Lithuanian Energy Coordinator - Saulius Piksrys
Polish EU Coordinator - Andrzej Gula
Slovakian EU Coordinator - Katarina Lukacova
Ukrainian Energy Coordinator - Yury Urbansky
Management:
Financial Manager - Stanislava Smahova
Executive Director's Office and Financial Manager - Malgorzata Bozek
Campaign Assistant - Magdalena Sanocka
English Editor/Media Relations - Greig Aitken
Web Editor - Klara Schirova
Donors
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation (CS Mott)
European Commission
Ford Foundation
Freedom House
Heinrich Boll Foundation
National Forum Foundation (NFF)
Netherlands Organization for International Development Cooperation (Novib)
Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF)
Swiss Agency for the Environment, Forests and Landscape
The Staples Trust
Transnational Institute (TNI)
W. Alton Jones Foundation
Wallace Global Fund
CEE Bankwatch Network welcomes further donations:
Account name: CEE Bankwatch Network
Account number EUR: 102 104 42 85/ 5500
Bank: Raiffeisen Bank
Address: Vinohradska 230, 100 00 Prague 10, Czech Republic
SWIFT: RZBCCZPP
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