European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Public Consultation Meetings

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) invites civil society organisations, its clients, partners and all interested people to comment on draft revisions of the Bank’s Environmental and Social Policy; and Public Information Policy. The full texts of policies and a detailed explanation of the current revision process are available at http://www.ebrd.com/about/policies/enviro/policy/review/index.htm http://www.ebrd.com/about/policies/enviro/policy/review/indexr.htm http://www.ebrd.com/about/policies/pip/ http://www.ebrd.com/ru/about/policies/pip/index.htm To ensure free participation of all interested parties in the public consultation process and secure optimal quality of the revisions, EBRD has organised six one-day public consultation meetings. Going Public As part of the revision of the Bank's environmental policy and public information policy, a public consultation process has taken place in five cities in the region, in addition to a meeting in London. Alistair Clark, corporate director for Environment and Sustainability, explains the aims of the consultation process. Visit the site for more details: http://www.ebrd.com/new/stories/2008/080320.htm Public Consultation Meetings have been held in Budapest, Belgrade, Moscow, Tbilisi, Bishkek and London, as follows: Budapest: Wednesday, March 26, 2008¸ from 9.00 am at Hotel Mercure Budapest Buda, Krisztina Korut 41-43, 1013 Budapest, Hungary. Belgrade: Friday, March 28, 2008¸ from 9.00 am at Best Western Hotel M, 56a Boulevard Oslobodenja, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia. Moscow: Friday, March 28, 2008, from 9.00 am at Hotel Izmailovo Gamma-Delta, 71 Izmailovsky highway, 105187, Moscow, Russian Federation. Tbilisi: Tuesday, April 1, 2008¸ from 9.00 am at Sheraton Metechi Palace Hotel, Issani, Tbilisi 0103, Georgia. Bishkek: Friday, April 4, 2008¸ from 9.00 am at Hotel Alpinist, 113 Panfilov Street, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. London: Tuesday, April 8, 2008, from 9.00 am at EBRD’s Headquarters, One Exchange Square, London EC2A 2JN, United Kingdom. The Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe (REC) has organised the public consultation meetings, and offered independent facilitation. Participation in the public consultation has been open to any interested person or organisation. The EBRD has made available limited financial support for the travel of selected civil society participants in the public meetings according to criteria agreed with the REC. The responsibility of selecting funding recipients has been the REC’s. For registration and information about financial support criteria and application deadline, please click here or email ebrd_consultation@rec.org. Comments, suggestions or recommendations on the revised draft polices are welcome electronically to ngo@ebrd.com both for the draft Environmental and Social Policy and for the draft Public Information Policy, or in writing to Ms Biljana Radonjic Ker-Lindsay, EBRD, One Exchange Square, London EC2A 2JN, United Kingdom. The deadline for submitting comments is April 9, 2008. All the comments received at public meetings, via post and email will be taken into account by the EBRD as part of the decision-making process to adopt the new policies. The EBRD will prepare a report on the comments and the responses, summarised by topics, which will be published on the Bank's website following the consultation period.

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