Through the intense internal work done by the Latin American Civil Society in 2013, 2014 appears to be a key year for encouraging transparency and access to information within BNDES and thus aiming to strengthen the regime of socio-environmental safeguards of the Institution.
Esta publication es el resultado de un trabajo conjunto entre diversas organizaciones regionales de la sociedad civil interesadas en promover la transparencia y el acceso a la información en el Banco Nacional de Desarrollo Económico y Social del Brasil (BNDES), dada la importancia que este ha cobrado recientemente en los países de la región. La primera parte del […]
En este Documento de Trabajo de FUNDEPS aborda la creciente necesidad de que el Banco Nacional de Desarrollo Económico y Social del Brasil (BNDES) incremente la transparencia en sus operaciones. A medida que el financiamiento del BNDES en Sudamérica se incrementa, y se intensifican los impactos socioambientales de losproyectos que financia, se hace cada vez más […]
An urgent environmental information report has been requested asking for further information in light of the increasing stream contamination in Chicamtoltina, Alta Gracia.
The creation of this open space received a warm welcome from civil society organizations and movements. Additionally, it underlined the importance of ensuring mechanisms of transparency, accountability and community participation, as UNASUR is a space from which large projects with a significant impact can be initiated.
The field of Human Rights of FUNDEPS presents amicus curiae demanding the effective application of the ban on fumigating in areas of protected environmental area in Alta Gracia to adequately protect the right to health and a healthy environment for the people.
FUNDEPS signs up to the petition of 110 non-governmental organisations calling for the World Bank to change the criteria relating to projects in the area of health and to actively promote universal health coverage.
On the occasion of commemorating the World Access to Public Information Day, César Murúa, coordinator of the FUNDEPS Area of Democratic Governance and co-administrator of the Transparent Cordoba Program, has published an article along with Mariano Mosquera, with their reflections regarding this right and the institutional implications it entails.
FUNDEPS supports global efforts to achieve a framework convention on World Health that assures equal standards in the exercise of the human right to health.
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights published their findings and recommendations for Argentina.
As part of an NGO Coalition from Argentina, that submitted a document to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Fundeps presented questions linked to the right to adequate housing.