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

To ensure free participation of all interested parties in the public consultation process and secure optimal quality of the revisions, EBRD is organising a one-day public consultation meetings in 6 countries.

The Public Consultation Meeting in Russia will be held on March 28, 2008ё from 9.00 am at hotel ‘Izmailovo Gamma-Delta’, hall “Rostov”, Izmailovo road 71, Moscow,105187.
Participation in the public consultation is open to any interested person or organisation. Participants are kindly asked to register online by Friday, March 14, 2008 at : .
The meeting will be held in English and Russian.

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 Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe (REC).For registration and information about financial support criteria and application deadline, please contact Russian Regional Environmental Center tel +7 (495) 737-6448, Olga Razbash or Lia Sandanova, or e-mail: razbash@rusrec.ru or sandanova@rusrec.ru. Our post address is RREC, 1-st Volkonsky per. 13, bld.2, Moscow 127473, Russia.

Comments, suggestions or recommendations on the revised draft polices are also welcome electronically to E&SPolicy@ebrd.com for the draft Environmental and Social Policy and to PIPReviewComment@ebrd.com for the draft Public Information Policy, or in writing to Ms Biljana Radonjic Ker-Lindsay, EBRD, One Exchange Square, London EC2A 2JN, United Kingdom.