CEE Bankwatch Network is a global network which operates in central and eastern Europe. There are 17 member groups, multiple non-governmental organizations based in different locations; the network is one of the largest networks of environmental NGOs in central and eastern Europe. Bankwatch's headquarters rest in

Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...

, Czech Republic. Bankwatch was set up in 1995, and it focuses on monitoring the actions of different international financial institutions, such as the

European Investment Bank The European Investment Bank (EIB) is the European Union's investment bank and is owned by the EU Member States. It is one of the largest supranational lenders in the world. The EIB finances and invests both through equity and debt solutions ...

(EIB) and

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is an international financial institution founded in 1991. As a multilateral developmental investment bank, the EBRD uses investment as a tool to build market economies. Initially focus ...

(EBRD), while publicizing and exposing potential risks of the projects to the public in order to address environmental, social, and economical causes. The network aims to influence the decisions of the EIB and the EBRD and campaign for the protection of human rights and the environment.

Main Areas of Work

* Coal mining and power plants * Unsustainable hydro power plants *

Extractive industries Extractivism is the process of extracting natural resources from the Earth to sell on the world market. It exists in an economy that depends primarily on the extraction or removal of natural resources that are considered valuable for exportation w ...

Projects followed by CEE Bankwatch Network

Fossil Fuel Projects

* Rovinari Power Station, Romania * Gacko II, Bosnia and Herzegovina *

Southern Gas Corridor The Southern Gas Corridor is an initiative of the European Commission for a natural gas supply route from Caspian and Middle Eastern regions to Europe, proposed in 2008. The goal of the Southern Gas Corridor is to reduce Europe's dependency on Ru ...

Ugljevik Power Plant The Ugljevik Power Plant ( sr, Термоелектрана "Угљевик") is a coal-fired power plant in Ugljevik, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is owned and operated by ''Rudnik i termoelektrana Ugljevik'', a subsidiary of Elektroprivreda Repub ...

, Bosnia and Herzegovina * Pljevlja lignite power plant, Montenegro * Tuzla lignite power plant, Bosnia and Herzegovina * Sostanj lignite thermal power plant, Slovenia * Stanari lignite power plant, Bosnia and Herzegovina * Kolubara B lignite-fired power plant, Serbia and Kolubara lignite mine, Serbia * Kostolac B3 lignite power plant, Serbia * Kosova e Re lignite power plant, Kosovo * Plomin coal power plant, Croatia *

Sakhalin-II The Sakhalin-2 (russian: Сахалин-2) project is an oil and gas development in Sakhalin Island, Russia. It includes development of the Piltun-Astokhskoye oil field and the Lunskoye natural gas field offshore Sakhalin Island in the Okhot ...

oil and gas project, Russia

Unsustainable Renewable Projects

* Boskov most hydropower plant, North Macedonia * Krapska Reka hydropower plant, Macedonia * Dabrova Dolina hydropower plant, Croatia * Buk Bijela dam and the Upper Drina cascade, Bosnia and Herzegovina * Shuakhevi hydropower plant, Georgia * Nenskra hydropower plant, Georgia * Olkaria geothermal development, Kenya

Transport Projects

* Kresna gorge / Struma motorway, Bulgaria * Khudoni hydropower plant, Georgia * Volkswagen's emissions scandal and the EU's bank * Mombasa-Mariakani road project, Kenya * Corridor Vc motorway, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Municipal Infrastructure

* Belgrade incinerator, Serbia

Agrobussiness

* Myronivsky Hliboproduct (MHP), Ukraine

Extractive Industries

Kumtor Gold Mine The Kumtor mine ( ky, Кумтөр, Kumtör) is one of the largest gold mines in Central Asia. The mine has been producing gold since 1997 and has produced over 13.8 million ounces of gold as of June 30, 2022. At 13,000 feet, the mine is the secon ...

, Kyrgyzstan

Member Group Organizations

* Bulgaria, Centre for Environmental Information and Education * Bulgaria, Za Zemiata * Croatia, Zelena Akcia * Czech Republic, Hnutí Duha * Czech Republic, Centre For Transport And Energy * Estonia, Estonian Green Movement * Georgia, Green Alternative * Hungary, National Society of Conservationists - Friends of the Earth Hungary * Latvia, Green Liberty * Lithuania, Atgaja * Macedonia, Eko-svest * Poland, Polish Green Network (Polska Zielona Siec) * Russia, Sakhalin Environmental Watch * Serbia, Center for Ecology and Sustainable Development * Slovakia, Friends of the Earth - CEPA * Ukraine, Ecoaction (Екодія) * Ukraine, National Ecological Centre of Ukraine

References

{{Authority control Environmental organizations based in the Czech Republic Organizations based in Prague