CEKOR (Center for Ecology and Sustainable Development) is a member of CEE Bankwatch.  Its activities are primarily focused on preventing the  expansion of the Kolubara complex (and, to a lesser degree, the Kostolac basin), as well as fair resettlement practices.  Since 2012, it has been a patron of the  Srpski Centar Ekologije (Serbian Ecology Center) NGO, whose president is Željko …

In Turkey, there are two active groups: CAN Europe and the TEMA foundation (Turkish Foundation for Combating Soil Erosion, Reforestation and the Protection of Natural Habitats). TEMA TEMA was established in 1992 in Istanbul and is currently one of the largest ecological organizations in Turkey. The organization has 450,000 volunteers in the whole country.  TEMA’s mission is to create public …

The main goal of the project, “Woman 2007,” was the prevention of gender discrimination in Poland through the mobilization of women to actively take part in the creation of their own image. Students from schools in Wroclaw undertook the support of the program. Workshop topics: 14 November 2007. The vision of the road to success for young women 16 November …

The project spanned between May 5th 2009 and December 31st 2010 within FIO 2009 in partnership with EKO-EDUKACJA. The coordinator was Violetta Soltysik. The project created a training manual for schools of differing types (can only be found in print) with conceptualized lessons, which will be shown free of charge to schools during a training workshop for teachers along with …

The Exhibition “Paper – a global product” was created in December of 2005 by three organizations: Ecological Company “Eko-Unia,” ROBIN WOOD, and the Federation of Green Gaja. The breadth of the exhibition, presented in general to the teachers of elementary schools and beyond, was modeled in part after a German exhibition founded under partnership with Initiative 2000. The part ended …

We are operating “Green Watch” exclusively under pro-environment intervention If you were a witness to the environmental devastation, explicitly violations to environmental laws and regulations and you don’t know how to react without the support from an organization, don’t be shy, write to us! Organizations like ours ensure professional help along with where to report situations like these. Taking care …

The strategic aim of the project is the population sustainability of butterflies and the protection of their habitat by Habitat Directive on the area of Southwest Poland. We focus our attentions on the rare butterflies that include: the marsh fritillary (Euphydryas aurinia), the violet copper (Lycaena helle), the large copper (Lycaena dispar), the scarce large blue (Maculinea teleius), and the …

New investments should create jobs and generate income.Sometimes, though, they form after the cutting down of old trees in our favorite retreat into nature next to our homes or apartments that, up to that point, were an oasis of peace. We feel as though there is something off about this.  A lot of the times we are right. Business, in …

Bankwatch Romania is a member of CEE Bankwatch Network, a network of 16 civil society organisations operating in central and eastern Europe (CEE), established to enable systematic monitoring of the activities of international financial institutions (IFIs) and the impact of their policies and investments. Bankwatch Romania was set up in 2012 in Bucharest, with the goal of monitoring large infrastructure …

Both Za Zemiata and Greenpeace have been campaigning together for the last four years and their main goal is the gradual withdrawal of coal from the country’s electrical energy production. Both organizations have common headquarters in the heart of Sofia. Za Zemiata is an NGO established in 1995. The organization works for sustainable development and fights against the exploitation of …