Belgium
Did you know?
Belgium’s ECA, Ducroire/ Delcredere (ONDD), has been linked to arms sales scandals- including one in which a Green Minister was forced to resign- and human rights scandals, including the Camisea Gas Pipeline Project, the Laotian Houay Ho Dam Project, and the Dabhol Hydropower Project. Ducroire was also cited in a UN expert report on the Illegal Exploitation of Natural Resources and other Forms of Wealth in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2002).
'No Belgian credit for pollution!'
- Banner at protest in front of Ducroire offices. Photo shows activists dumping 5 tonnes of coal at the Ducroire offices to protest its support of dirty energy projects in the Global South (Feb. 15, 2005).
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Photo Credit: Greenpeace
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Important Background Documents on Belgium:
NGO Recommendations for Ducroire [PDF] August 2005
Exporting pollution: the double standards of Belgian climate policies [PDF] January 2005 By Greenpeace Belgium, SEEN and Proyecto Gato. In French.
Ducroire Projects Summary
ECA Watch campaign participants are working to pressure Ducroire to adopt a clear set of norms in relation to the environment, health and safety issues and human rights. Currently, it is operating with a set of policies first established after the ECA signed the 2003 "Common Approaches on Environment" established by the OECD.
News 2004-2005:
 Belgian NGOs list recommendations for Ducroire August 2005
Ducroire (Belgium) Support for Tanzanian Arms Factory Denied Again July 23, 2005 (Source: Government of Wallonia, Walloon Belgium)
Belgian ECA launches new website October 10, 2004
Link to Proyecto Gato press release on the new site (in Dutch)
Belgian ECA Bans Backing of Projects in Endangered Forests June 16, 2004
Belgian NGO Files Complaint against Tractebel in Belgian ECA-backed Dam Project April 14, 2004
Arms Deal with Tanzania Blocked February 2004
For more information, contact the ECA Watch Facilitator.
ECA Watch Campaign Member Links:
Proyecto Gato, Jan Capelle - www.proyectogato.be
FERN, Judith Neyer - www.fern.org
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