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monday, 18 april
2001
european bank: ten years of
misinformation and secrecy
invitation to a press conference
CEE Bankwatch Network and Friends of the
Earth International are holding a press
conference on Friday April 20th in London, on
the occasion of the 10th Aniversary and
Annual Meeting of the European Bank for
Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
A new report of the EBRD's Public
Information Policy -- EBRD: a Decade of
Misinformation and Secrecy -- will be
presented by CEE Bankwatch Network. This
paper outlines major deficiencies of the
current EBRD information policy and critiques
several important projects approved by the
EBRD last year, as well as providing an
overview of damaging projects approved during
the past ten years. The press conference will
feature Eastern European experts on those
projects. The new report clearly shows that
10 years after being created, the EBRD still
uses public information and public
participation standards that would not be
acceptable in European Union member
countries.
Time for the press conference: April 20th,
2001 at 11.30 a.m. Location: Park Crescent
Conference Centre, Gullbenkian Room, 229
Great Portland Street, Regent's Park
(Opposite Great Portland Street Underground
Station) Phone: 0207-631-8306
For more information, please contact Petr
Hlobil, CEE Bankwatch Network (mobile
+420-603-154 349)
Notes:
CEE Bankwatch Network is an association of
citizens' organisations from 11 countries of
Central and Eastern Europe concerned with the
activities of International Financial
Institutions (IFIs) in the region. One of the
main goals of the Network is to facilitate
informed public dialogue on IFIs policies and
projects.
Friends of the Earth is the world's
largest federation of environmental groups,
uniting close to one million activists
worldwide. FoEI's member organizations in 68
countries and 13 affiliate groups campaign on
the most urgent environmental and social
issues of our day.
Contact:
Ian Willmore (Media Co-ordinator) Friends of
the Earth, 26-28 Underwood Street, London N1
7JQ
Mobile: 07887 641344
Work: 0207 566 1657
Home: 0208 885 3779
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