Category: News
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EBRD joins other financial institutions in restricting coal lending
CEE Bankwatch Network, KOSID and 350.org Press Reaction EBRD joins other financial institutions in restricting coal lending The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) approved today during a vote of its Board of Directors a new Energy Strategy. The document is meant to give guidance on how to strategically use the bank’s resources over the next…
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Letter to Secretary of State John F. Kerry
Dear Secretary Kerry, I write on behalf of KOSID, a coalition of 10 Kosovar civil society organizations. As leaders committed to sustainable development, we are truly impressed by the U.S. Government’s bold decision to address one of the most important global challenges of our time – climate change – in the wider perspective of human…
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The Energy sector in Kosovo and the region deals with a number of difficulties, one of them being corruption
Prizren, 9 August 2016 – In a debate organized on the XV Edition of Dokufest, the Kosovo Civil Society Consortium for Sustainable Development (KOSID) gathered experts of energy issues from different countries of the Western Balkans, to discuss about corruption in the energy sector. Western Balkan countries face many challenges in order to have sustainable and…
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End to UK coal investments overseas welcome – but it must include Kosovo
Amid the frustrating news coming out of this week’s climate summit in Warsaw it’s refreshing to see that the UK government has finally come out with a clear statement on its intention to halt investments in coal overseas, joining the US and Nordic countries who expressed similar commitments in September this year as a step…
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Kosovo’s Latest Coal-Plant Plan Would Violate EU Standards for Market Competition
Blog: IEFFA and KOSID https://goo.gl/mFNyuo A recent Kosovo government announcement of a contract with U.S. developer ContourGlobal to build a new coal-fired power plant in Pristina appears to be in violation of European state-aid rules. The deal, which awards ContourGlobal a no-bid contract to build a 450-megawatt (MW) plant that would burn domestically produced lignite, effectively serves…
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KOSOVO SAYS NO TO WORLD BANK’S DIRTY COAL
Visar Azemi is the coordinator for the Kosovo Civil Society Consortium for Sustainable Development (KOSID) and a faculty member at the University of Maryland. Before joining KOSID, Mr. Azemi, a Kosovo native, was an electrical engineer. Leaders, journalists, and civil society organizations gathered at the World Bank in Washington, D.C. this past weekend for the…
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KOSID opposes the opening process of tender for the Power Plant ‘New Kosovo’
Kosovo Civil Society Consortium for Sustainable Development (KOSID) opposes the opening process of the tender for the Power Plant ‘New Kosovo’ with only one bidder, based on Article 32.4 of the Law on Public Procurement, according to which, “If during the conduct of a procurement activity, less than two (2) responsive tenders or, where applicable,…
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On Overseas Coal, Will the World Bank and U.S. Government Pass Their Own Tests?
Co-authored with Visar Azemi, coordinator for the Kosovo Civil Society Consortium for Sustainable Development (KOSID) In June 2013, President Obama announced that the U.S. Government would stop financing new coal plants overseas unless equipped with technologies that reduce emissions or if there are no other viable options for the host country to generate electricity. In…
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Cheaper than lignite: an open debate about Kosovo’s energy options
After repeated calls for a proper study of alterative energy options in Kosovo, the World Bank published a Background Paper on the Development and the Evaluation of Power Supply Options for Kosovo in December 2011. In the Executive Summary the purpose of the paper is explained: World Bank support for coal-fired projects requires that full consideration be…
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KOSID launches an awareness raising campaign on energy efficiency
Pristina, May 5, 2014 – The Kosovo Civil Society Consortium for Sustainable Development (KOSID) launched a campaign on energy efficiency, which has as an aim to raise citizens’ awareness on savings and financial benefits that the implementation of programs for efficiency may have. The conference discussed on solutions for energy problems through policies that will ensure…