European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Requests: An online information request form is provided on the EBRD disclosure page.
Requests may also be made by fax: +44 20 7338 6102, or regular mail to the Bank’s Communications Department at One Exchange Square, London, EC2A 2JN, United Kingdom, or to one of the Bank’s Resident Offices. The Bank will not address requests that are submitted anonymously.
Procedures: Normally responses are due within 20 days. Requests should preferably be submitted to the Bank in one of the Bank’s four working languages – English, Russian, German or French – in which case the response will be in the language of the request. The full procedures are described in the policy.
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6 January 2012
International financial institutions (IFIs) have “overbroad regimes of exceptions” in their transparency policies, according to a report issued by the Centre for Law and Democracy.
Particularly troublesome are the exceptions relating to internal deliberations and third-party commercial information, according to…
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5 August 2011
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has posted its new Public Information Policy.
The site also includes Report on Public Consultations, which is a 16-page table of public comments and EBRD responses.
The policy is to be effective Nov. 1.…
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10 June 2011
The revised Public Information Policy of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development “is excessively referential to confidentiality, to the detriment to its openness principles,” according to comments made recently by the CEE Bankwatch Network and Article 19 on behalf…
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4 February 2011
The CEE Bankwatch Network has submitted comments making suggestions for improving disclosure at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
The Bank in December sought comments on its existing public information policy (PIP). (See previous Freedominfo.org story.) The next stage…
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23 December 2010
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has announced plans to review its Public Information Policy (PIP).
The Bank indicated that it is requesting comments on its existing policy by the end of January and later will conduct a…
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15 October 2009
The National Ecological Centre of Ukraine (NECU) recently criticized the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development for violating EBRD procedures on public consultations and not providing full information about a major power transmission project in Ukraine.
“On a recent fact-finding mission to…
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16 May 2008
The Global Transparency Initiative April 8 expressed its “deep disappointment” at the Public Information Policy proposed by the management of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
In a letter to the EBRD Board of Directors, GTI said, “Taken as…
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16 May 2008
The Canadian government’s annual reporting on its activities at international financial institutions is getting better, according to the authors, and to a Canadian civil society group which recently gave the latest report its best grade ever.
The Halifax Initiative said…
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28 March 2008
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has proposed an only slightly revised Public Information Policy (PIP) and is seeking comments by April 9.
The draft policy will also be the subject of a consultation session to be held in…
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18 January 2008
The Global Transparency Initiative has proposed changes in the Public Information Policy (PIP) of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
The Bank is just beginning a review of its policy, having issued a call for comment in late November.…
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5 October 2007
Transparency advocates have praised the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development for disclosing the e-mail addresses of the EBRD Board of Directors through a dedicated Web page.
“We also welcome the commitment in the EBRD’s May 2006 Public Information Policy…
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5 October 2007
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is very close to putting out a "discussion paper" as a first step in a review of its Public Information Policy (PIP) and inviting public comments, according to an EBRD official.
The information…
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1 April 2007
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has modified some portions of its disclosure policy, largely making procedural changes that may make it easier to make requests for information.
However, the Bank did not adopt a handful of other recommendations…
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22 March 2006
By Toby McIntosh
Riding a wave of transparency, the idea of encouraging Freedom of Information (FOI) laws as part of the development agenda is gaining currency, but slowly.
With research and case studies increasingly identifying transparency as a key tool…
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21 July 2004
The protection of whistleblowers at four major multilateral development banks is deficient, according to a report by The Government Accounting Project.
Using a 24-point checklist, the Washington-based nongovernmental organization said none of the four institutions merited a passing grade. Out…
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1 May 2003
The European Bank of Reconstruction and Development April 29 approved amendments to its Public Information Policy over the objections of the United States.
Specifically, the United States urged the bank to release draft versions of proposed country strategies before they…
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1 April 2003
Representatives of Russia, Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asian NGOs submitted a letter to the EBRD Jan. 21 calling for access to more environmentally significant information on Bank projects.
In particular, the groups wrote: "The following changes are necessary in…
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1 January 2003
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s proposed changes to its public information policy have drawn criticism from environmental groups in Central and Eastern Europe who have filed some of the first comments.
The Bank requested public comment on the…
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1 November 2002
The European Bank of Reconstruction and Development Bank Oct. 23 proposed revisions to its Public Information Policy and invited public comment by Dec. 6.
At the same time, the EBRD requested public reactions to an update of its policies on…
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1 September 2002
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is preparing a new draft of their Public Information Policy (PIP) that may be presented to the EBRD Board for first review sometime in the Fall. Groups following the EBRD have submitted…
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1 July 2002
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is preparing a new draft of their Public Information Policy (PIP) that will be presented to the EBRD Board for first review sometime in the Fall, Bank officials confirmed.
"This is a…
