Transnational Institute

EU Commission Forces Crisis-hit Countries to Privatise Water

October 2012

The European Commission is deliberately promoting privatisation of water services as one of the conditions of bailouts, it acknowledged in a letter to civil society groups.
Land, Seas and Territories to feed our Dignity and the Peoples of the World

March 2012

On 5 and 9 March press conferences will be held during the last round of the international negotiations on land at FAO: The mobilization of social organizations and Italian NGOs.
Press Release: Irish referendum crucial to challenge EU austerity treaty

March 2012

European researchers and activists in Brussels announce support for "No" vote in Irish referendum as critical to challenging EU programme of permanent austerity.
How international rules on countering terrorist-financing are undermining freedom of association

March 2012

How international rules on countering terrorist-financing are undermining freedom of association: an analysis of the impact of FATF ‘Special Recommendation VIII’ on non-profit organisations.
Press release: The UN Narcotic Control Board's attack on Bolivia is irrational

February 2012

The UN International Narcotics Control Board's irrational attack on Bolivia for its reservation on one aspect of the 1961 Single Convention on Drugs is further evidence of its incompetence and overreach.
World Water Forum attendance down as activists ramp up

February 2012

Critics of the triennial World Water Forum are encouraged by the failure on the part of forum organizers to attract large numbers to this year's event taking place March 12-17 in Marseille.
The hidden impact of land deals in developing countries to be revealed

April 2011

The vacant land discourse, promoted by some land deals, is fundamentally flawed. Cases of deals made for land that is unclaimed, unused or unoccupied by local people is simply untrue.
Press Release: Experts gather to discuss solution to global land grab

October 2010

Leading academic experts gather in Rome to discuss how to solve growing social and environmental problems around the global land grab.
Press Release: Leading political analysts from Asia in Brussels to challenge ASEM

September 2010

TNI and the AEPF will call on the Heads of State and governments of ASEM member countries to pursue more just and sustainable solutions to current global crises.
CAP 2013: European civil society calls on EU to reshape Common Agricultural Policy

September 2010

335 organizations call on EU ministers to revise failed "market" approaches to food policy, and focus instead on meeting human needs, ensuring food sovereignty and environmental protection.