Public funds with limited responsibility: IFIs and human rights due diligence

<p>How do international financial institutions (IFIs) conduct due diligence on projects they finance? In this episode we will try to answer this question together with Xavier Sol - Director of <a href="https://counter-balance.org/about">Counter Balance</a>, and Manana Kochladze - Chairwoman of Georgian NGO "Green Alternative" and Regional Coordinator for the Caucasus at <a href="https://bankwatch.org/">CEE Bankwatch</a>. In particular, we will look at the human rights role in IFIs' due diligence process and discuss the identification, monitoring, and assessment of projects' risks and impacts. We will look specifically at the <a href="https://www.eib.org/en/projects/regions/index.htm#:~:text=The%20European%20Investment%20Bank%2C%20one,lending%20arm%20of%20the%20EU.">European Investment Bank (EIB)</a> - "the lending arm of the EU". On 1 February, the EIB will hold its annual <a href="https://www.eib.org/fr/events/online-eib-board-of-directors-seminar-with-civil-society-2022">seminar</a> between civil society and the EIB’s Board of Directors, with a thematic discussion on “strengthening the EIB’s sustainability framework.”&nbsp;</p>