Olivier Hoedeman

Olivier Hoedeman

Olivier Hoedeman (Dutch/Danish, MA Political Science), is the research and campaign co-ordinator at Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO), an Brussels-based civil society group targeting the threats to democracy, equity, social justice and the environment posed by the economic and political power of corporations and their lobby groups. CEO co-organises the water project with TNI.

English, Dutch, Danish

Recent content by Olivier Hoedeman

RIO+20 and the greenwashing of the global economy (13 Jan 2012)

Challenging the corporate co-option of the UN should be a major priority in the run-up to the UN Rio+20 Earth Summit in June 2012.

The road to Rio+20: The Green Economy Debate (29 Jun 2011)

June 2012 will see a 20 year review of the famous 1992 Rio Earth Summit. The buzzword for the Rio+20 conference is "green economy" but what does this mean in practice?

Corporate capture at the heart of Europe (6 Oct 2010)

The Irish government announcement of a €34 billion Euro bailout, two years after the financial crisis first broke, is a reminder that little has been done to prevent it happening again just as the social costs are becoming ever more evident.

Por um modelo público de água (24 Jul 2007)

Estão reunidos na obra experiências de resistência contra a
privatização e mercantilização e casos
exemplares de gestão pública da água.

Reclaiming Public Water (Japanese edition) (14 Jun 2007)

Japanese edition of "Reclaiming Public Water" book.

Reclaiming Public Water (Hindi edition) (26 Apr 2007)

Hindi edition including two extra chapters in English on struggles to reclaim public water in India

Reclaiming Public Water (Chinese edition) (14 Mar 2007)

Chinese version of Reclaiming Public Water with additional chapters.

Reclaiming Public Water (Indonesian edition) (14 Mar 2007)

Indonesian edition.

Acqua: Per un modello publico di gestione (14 Mar 2007)

E' incredibile come, nonostante le diversità dei contesti sociali,
giuridici ed ambientali e dei processi attivati dalle diverse campagne,
alcune proposte concrete siano alla fine molto simili tra di loro.

Reclaiming Public Water (Korean edition) (14 Mar 2007)

Korean version of Reclaiming Public Water was published by the Korean Government Employees' Union (KGEU).