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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 Email:
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