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Recovery Watch VS the Great EU Robbery
We dive into the question on how the European governments are actually spending the billion and billions of EU recovery funds
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NEWS
Kenya energy project exposes the dark side of EU development funds
A third of the European Investment Bank (EIB) portfolio in 2020 went through financial intermediaries, a channel that has already enabled multiple projects with devastating consequences
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PARTNER REPORT
Reclaiming sustainable infrastructure as a public good
Infrastructure is key to improving living conditions worldwide, but the current push to attract (often foreign) private finance to projects in the global south risks undermining development objectives. How can we reclaim sustainable infrastructure as a public good?
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Briefing
Inga dam at risk of becoming another “white elephant”
The benefits of this project are described as steps towards the creation of a continental electricity market that is important for accelerating the region’s industrial economic development. However, the project raises many concerns.
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What we focus on
Who are we, what do we fight for and how do we achieve it? Find out!
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What we do
Challenging public investment banks
We’re a European coalition of development and environmental non-governmental organisations (NGOs) with extensive experience working on development finance and public banks as well as campaigning to prevent negative impacts resulting from major infrastructure projects
Our mission is to make European public finance a key driver of the transition towards socially and environmentally sustainable and equitable societies
Our priorities
Where we focus our efforts
Our activities focus on:
Climate Justice, Development & Human Rights,
Transparency & Accountability
Research
We conduct research on European public financial institutions and challenge investments that result in harmful impacts for people and the environment
Inform
We inform the public and open up debates on the role of EU public finance in the transition towards more sustainable and equitable societies
Advocate
We coordinate advocacy campaigns towards decision-makers at EU and national levels to push for accountable, democratic and sustainable
public banks
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The teddy bear journey
MEGACORRIDORS
For some years now, a profound reorganisation of our production systems has been underway. A new phase of globalisation has begun, which bears considerable social and environmental risks.
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