(November 7, 2007) Memorandum of FERN and ECA-Watch Concerning the OECD Export Credit Group's Lack of Coherence with OECD Goals and Objectives and Other Major Problems
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Letters & statements
2007/11/07
Issue: Common Approaches, OECD
Member: Both ENDS, Corner House, Counter Current, Finance & Trade Watch, Euronatura, FERN, Friends of the Earth Japan, Above Ground, Les Amis de la Terre, Observatory on Debt in Globalization, , Re:Common, urgewald
Letters & statements
2007/11/07
Issue: Common Approaches, European Union, OECD
Member: Both ENDS, Corner House, Finance & Trade Watch, FERN, Friends of the Earth Japan, Above Ground, Les Amis de la Terre, Observatory on Debt in Globalization, , urgewald
(November 7, 2007) Letter from FERN and others to the ECG setting out the reasons for the 5 November 2007 NGO walk-out in protest over the OECD Export Credit Group's unwillingness to engage in substantive exchanges of views on issues that have been raised by NGOs over the years...
Letters & statements
2007/06/06
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Issue: OECD
On 6 June 2007, FERN and ECA-Watch submitted their suggestions for language and major points of concern to be considered in the revision of the OECD Recommendation on Environment and Officially Supported Export Credits. The suggestions relate to:
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Letters & statements
2007/05/31
Issue: Common Approaches, OECD
Member: Both ENDS, Corner House, Counter Current, Finance & Trade Watch, Euronatura, FERN, Friends of the Earth Japan, Above Ground, Les Amis de la Terre, Observatory on Debt in Globalization, , Re:Common, urgewald
(May 31, 2007) A joint ECA-Watch/FERN press release: On 23-24 April 2007, the OECD's Export Credit Working Group (ECG) appears set to approve revised and weakened environmental and social standards governing projects supported by export credit guarantees or loans of greater...
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Letters & statements
2007/05/31
Issue: Common Approaches, OECD
Member: FERN
(May 31, 2007) On 9 November 2006, FERN and ECA-Watch submitted their comments and proposed changes to the draft text of the revised OECD Recommendation on Common Approaches on Environment and Officially Supported Export Credits.
2006/09/29
Issue: Debt, OECD
(ECA Watch, Paris, 29 September 2006) The OECD's Export Credit Group (ECG) agreed in July 2001 to a Statement of Principles designed to discourage the provision of...
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2006/03/07
(IPS, Santiago, 11 March 2006) As tensions between the governments of Argentina and Uruguay over two pulp mills on a river dividing the countries appear to be abating, local residents and activists continue to demand a halt to both projects. The Argentinian... more
ECAs: Compañía Española de Seguros de Crédito a la Exportación, Finnvera
Issue: OECD, Pulp and Paper
Briefings & reports from ECA watch members
2006/02/28
Issue: Corruption, OECD
Member: Corner House
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Briefings & reports from ECA watch members
2005/08/18
Issue: Large Dams, OECD
Member: Corner House, FERN
(August 29, 2005) Export Credit Agencies (ECAs) have a long history of granting support for large dams in the South - often at great costs for the poorest sectors of society. The world’s most powerful ECAs have negotiated a special agreement within the OECD which will give dam...
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Briefings & reports from ECA watch members
2004/06/14
Country: France
Issue: Common Approaches, OECD, Renewables
Member: Les Amis de la Terre
ECA-Watch discussion paper on ECA reform in favour of renewable energy export projects, written by Jörg Mühlenhoff, Friends of the Earth France, June 2004
Briefings & reports from ECA watch members
2003/09/01
An Assessment of Sustainable Development Achievements of ECA supported projects Two Years After OECD... more
Issue: Common Approaches, OECD, Renewables
An Assessment of Sustainable Development Achievements of ECA supported projects Two Years After OECD...
Letters & statements
2003/06/01
Issue: Common Approaches, OECD
Member: FERN
(June 1, 2003) Press Release - NGOs propose detailed revisions to the OECD recommendations to establish "common approaches" to environmental and social guidelines for ECAs