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Europe/Central Asia
The following is a list of environmental, human rights, and other special interest organizations whose work is at least partly focused on monitoring activities of one or more international financial institutions in the ECA region. Please note that this list is intended to be a resource and that an organization's inclusion does not necessarily suggest a formal partnership with the Bank Information Center.
Regional Organizations
Azerbaijan
- Azerbaijan Green Movement - Farida K. Huseynova
Istiglaliat St. 47/17
Baku, Azerbaijan 370001
Email:
- Azerbaijan National Committee of Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly - Arzu Abdullayeva, Chair
Istiglaliyyet street 43/16
Baku, Azerbaijan, AZ 1004
Tel/Fax: (+994 12) 492 07 57
Fax: (+994 12) 497 78 42
Email:
- Caucasus NGO Confederation - Mayis Gulali
Mir Qasimov str. 7
Baku, Azerbaijan 370007
Tel: 994 (12) 401 318
Fax: 994 (50) 334 4431
Email:
- The Committee of Oil Industry Workers’ Rights Protection - Mirvari Gahramanli
Sh. Badalbeily st. 38
Baku Azerbaijan Republic, 370000
Tel: 994 (12) 9433 76
- Open Society Institute Azerbaijan - Farda Asadov
Academician H. Aliyev str. 117 A
Baku, Azerbaijan 370000
Tel: 994 (12) 412 722
Fax: 994 (12) 986 934
Email:
- Oxfam Azerbaijan
Alovsat Quliyev str. 144
Baku, Azerbaijan 370000
Tel: 994 (12) 983 661
Fax: 994 (12) 981 301
- Public Finance Monitoring Center (PFMC) (Azerbaijan) set up its activities in Baku in June 2003 under financial support from the Open Society Institute. At present PFMC is a very active organization working on tracing public finance flow in order to achieve efficiency, public participation, and increased transparency in Azerbaijan’s public finance.
Inglab Ahmadov
39, Fizuly str., apt. 28, 30
Baku AZ1014, Azerbaijan
Tel/Fax: +994 12 497 8967, 494 0455
Email:
General Email:
Georgia
- Open Society Georgia Foundation (Tbilisi) administers a number of civil society programs, as part of the OSI network. In particular, it has developed a Georgia Revenue Watch project, which studies EITI implementation and works for increased transparency in Georgia.
- CEE Bankwatch Network - Ms. Manana Kochladze
Visiting Address: 5a Kipshidze St., IV entr., VII fl., 0162 Tbilisi, Georgia
Mailing Address: 62 Chavchavadze Ave., 0162 Tbilisi, Georgia
Tel.: (+995 32) 22 16 04, 22 38 74
Fax: (+995 32) 22 38 74
Email:
Kazakhstan
- EcoMuseum Kazakhstan (Karaganda) focuses on the study and protection of biodiversity in the region, conducting environmental monitoring in the regions of industrial and radioactive contamination, and organizing environmental education programs and initiatives.
- Globus: Center for Ecological and Legal Initiatives (Atyrau) has three focus areas: environmental education, monitoring oil development in the region, and gender issues.
- Green Salvation (Almaty) was formed in 1990 as an independent NGO with the goal of improving socio-ecological conditions and is now one of the most recognized environmental NGOs in Kazakhstan focusing on the development of environmental protection legislation, the dissemination and collection of environmental information, and the promotion of environmental education.
- Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights and Rule of Law (KIBHR) monitors the human rights situation in Kazakhstan and other Central Asian countries and actively participates in the process of democratization in Kazakhstan by distributing information on methods and mechanisms used by citizens of developed democratic countries, in order to protect their inalienable rights and freedoms, to guarantee accountability of the elected, as well as appointed, authorities to the people.
- Kazakhstan Revenue Watch (Almaty) is a program of the Soros Foundation Kazakhstan and aims to raise public awareness and provide access to information on oil and other natural resource revenue flows.
Anton Artemyev
Ul. Furmanova 117-20
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Tel: +7 (727) 2503811
Fax: 7 (727) 2503814
Email:
- Coalition "Oil Revenues - Under Public Oversight!" is a coalition of non-governmental organizations working for transparency in Kazakhstan's natural resource management. The group works closely with the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative.
- Public Policy Research Center (Almaty) is a public policy think-tank which strives to carry out independent research, propose alternative solutions to current problems, enhance communication between government and the public, and provide resources and support for policymakers and researchers in Kazakhstan and the region.
Kyrgyz Republic
- Bureau of Human Rights and Rule of Law was created after an international conference titled "Human Rights and the Fate of Nations in Central Asia," held in Bishkek in December 1992. The main task of the Bureau is to monitor human rights violations and appeal on behalf of victims to Kyrgyz authorities or international human rights organizations.
Natalia Ablova, Director
40 Manas ave., Room 77
Bishkek 720001
Kyrgyzstan
Tel: (3312) 211874
Fax: (3312) 223924
Email:
- Human Development Center “Tree of Life” is a voluntary non-governmental organization, whose mission is to achieve sustainable human development in harmony with the environment and to increase living standards. It focuses on ecology, education, and health.
Kalia Moldogazieva, Director
Tel: +996 312 280 150 or +996 312 287 490
Email:
Mongolia
- Open Society Forum (Ulaanbaatar) is an initiative that aims to offer access to information about policies, laws, and regulations and to invite public involvement in the policy-making and implementation-monitoring processes.
P. Erdenejargal, Executive Director
Jamiyan gun street-5/1
Sukhbaatar district, Ulaanbaatar-48
Mongolia
Tel: (976-11) 313207
Fax: (976-11) 324857
Email:
N. Dorjdari, Manager
Email:
Russian Federation
- Socio-Ecological Union of the West Caucasus advocates for ecological justice in southwestern Russia. It is based in the Adygeva Republic’s capital of Maikop. Environmental Watch on North Caucasus (Экологическая вахта по северному кавказу) is part of this network.
Andrey Rudomakha
Poselkovaya St., 36
Maykop, 385012
Russia
Tel/fax: +7 (8772) 540 607
Email:
- CEE Bankwatch Network
Olexi Pasyuk, Central Asia Coordinator
National Ecological Centre of Ukraine
Kominterna 1, PO Box 89
01025 Kiev
Ukraine
Tel.: +380 442 386 260
Fax: +380 442 386 259
Email:
- World Wildlife Fund in Russia
Igor Chestin, CEO
19, bld. 3 Nikoloyarnskaya St.
109240 Moscow, Russia
Tel: +7 (495) 727 09 39
Fax: +7 (495) 727 09 38
E-mail:
Aleksey Knizhnikov, Oil & Gas Environmental Policy Officer
same address and phone as above
Email:
United States
- Crude Accountability is a non-profit organization working with local activists and citizen groups in the Caspian Sea basin to protect the region's natural environment and to ensure environmental justice for communities impacted by natural resource development. BankMonitor is Crude Accountability's Russian language information service for NGOs.
Kate Watters, Executive Director
P.O. Box 2345
Alexandria, VA 22301
Tel./Fax: +17032990854
Email:
- Pacific Environment protects the living environment of the Pacific Rim by promoting grassroots activism, strengthening communities, and reforming international policies.
Doug Norlen, Policy Director
311 California Street, Suite 650
San Francisco, CA 94104-2608
Tel: +1 415 399 8850
Fax: +1 415 399 8860
Email:
- Revenue Watch Institute works to ensure that the revenues generated by extractive industries contribute to sustainable development and poverty reduction, through the promotion of public finance transparency in resource-dependent countries. The mission of the Revenue Watch Institute (RWI) is to improve democratic accountability in natural resource-rich countries by equipping citizens with the information, training, networks, and funding they need to become more effective monitors of government revenues and expenditures.
400 West 59th Street
New York, NY 10019
(212) 548-0600
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