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.

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Recent content by Olivier Hoedeman

Remunicipalisation

March 2013
After decades of failed water privatisation, cities like Paris are starting to bring water back into public hands. Download this free 'must-read' book for policy makers and activists looking to democratise water services.

RIO+20 and the greenwashing of the global economy

January 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

June 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

October 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

July 2007
Estão reunidos na obra experiências de resistência contra a privatização e mercantilização e casos exemplares de gestão pública da água.

Reclaiming Public Water (Hindi edition)

April 2007
Hindi edition including two extra chapters in English on struggles to reclaim public water in India

Reclaiming Public Water (Korean edition)

March 2007
Korean version of Reclaiming Public Water was published by the Korean Government Employees' Union (KGEU).

Acqua: Per un modello publico di gestione

March 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.