In cooperation with:
Friends of the Earth Europe, Friends of the Earth International, Global Transparency Initiative, Bank Information Center, Campagna per la Riforma della Banca Mondiale, WEED, Urgewald, Les Amis de la Terre



PROGRAM:

8:30- 9:00

Registration of participants
 

9:00-9:10

Opening and welcome by the organisers
 

9:10-10:30

I. Why the accountability of financial institutions is important? Need for accountability in the context of democracy deficiency

 

Chair: Magda Stoczkiewicz, CEE Bankwatch Network
 

 

Dr. Maartje van Putten, former member Inspection Panel World Bank and former MEP
Alain Lipietz, Member of the European Parliament
David Barnden, Center for Human Rights and Environment (CEDHA)
Lee Marler, Deputy Chief Compliance Officer European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
 

10:30-11:00

Coffee/tea break
 

11:00-12:30

II. What are the existing accountability mechanisms on the EU level to keep the EIB accountable?

 

Chair: James Barnes, NGO consultant
 

 

Dr. Ludwig Krämer, Professor, European Environmental Law, University of Bremen
Peter Maertens, Inspector General, European Investment Bank
Ian Harden, Secretary General, European Ombudsman

12:30-14:00

Lunch
 

14:00-15:45

III. Standards’ framework for EIB operations (international standards/conventions, EU law)

 

Chair: Antonio Tricarico, Campagna per la Riforma Della Banca Mondiale/Manitese
 

 

Richard Bissell, former member Inspection Panel World Bank
Steve Herz, consultant - Environmental framework
Tom Griffiths, Forest Peoples Programme – Social/Development framework
Gabriele Zimmer, Member of the European Parliament
 

15:45-16:00

Coffee/tea break
 

16:00-17:45

IV. What accountability mechanism we are looking for for the EIB?

 

Chair: Jennifer Kalafut, Bank Information Center
 

 

Samuel Nguiffo, Centre for Environment and Development/Friends of the Earth Cameroon
David Hunter, Asst. Professor, American University Washington College of Law
Kunibert Raffer, Associate Professor, Dept. of Economics, University of Vienna

Response from Peter Maertens, EIB and other speakers, discussion
 

17:45-19:30

Closing remarks, reception

 

More information about the conference: please contact:
Magda Stoczkiewicz, Policy coordinator CEE Bankwatch Network, magdas@bankwatch.org