NGOs Compilation 2014: European Environmental NGOs

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Environment Environment

Europeanenvironmental

NGOs

LIFE operatinggrants 2014


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Introduction to NGOs Compilation 2014

NGO operating grants

Founded in 1992, LIFE is the EU’s nancial instrumentfor the environment. Under the new LIFE Regulation(EC) No 1293/2013) “operating grants shall supportcertain operational and administrative costs of non-prot making entities which pursue an aim of generalUnion interest, and are primarily active in the eld ofenvironment or climate action and are involved in thedevelopment, implementation and enforcement ofUnion policy and legislation” (Article 21 of the Regu-lation).

At least 81% of the budgetary resources for LIFE shall

be used for action grants or, where appropriate, nan-cial instruments supported by the LIFE Programme.However, LIFE also supports the operations of EU-lev-el environmental NGOs through the competitive andtransparent awarding of annual operating grants. Thenumber of NGOs funded each year varies dependingon the quality of the applications, the amounts ap-plied for and the total budget available. This fundingaims to strengthen the participation of NGOs in thedialogue process in environmental policy-making andin its implementation.

The operating grants are awarded on a yearly basiswith calls for proposals published on the LIFE Pro-gramme website. The applications are evaluated and

ranked according to criteria relating to the extent towhich the organisations can contribute to EU policydevelopment and implementation in the priority areasof EU environmental policy. EU-level environmentalNGOs that wish to apply for funding under this pro-gramme must be non-prot making and independent.They must also be active at a European level withactivities and members in at least three EU MemberStates.

NGO Operating Grants 2014:

The Commission has selected 28 NGOs

for €9 million funding

From a total of 56 proposals, the European Commission has chosen to award 28 NGOs operating grants in

2014 under the LIFE+ Regulation. These NGOs focus on a wide range of elds from nature and biodiversity

conservation to sustainable development, sustainable use of resources, water quality, health protection,

litter prevention and sustainable waste management, recycling, climate change mitigation and adaptation,

environmental education and awareness raising, clean transport and sustainable mobility, marine environ-

ment protection, wetlands, sustainable hunting, sustainable production, farming and food consumption.

More information on operational funding can be foundat: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/life/funding/ngos/index.htm

More information on the LIFE programme is available at:http://ec.europa.eu/environment/life/index.htm

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Table of contents

CEE Bankwatch Network ......................................................3

CEEweb for Biodiversity........................................................4

Climate Action Network (CAN)

Europe vzw-asbl .......................................................................5

Counter Balance .......................................................................6

Environmental Partnership Association .......................7

EUROPARC Federation ...........................................................8

European Centre for Nature Conservation

(ECNC).............................................................................................9

European Cyclists’ Federation asbl .............................10

European Environmental Bureau (EEB) ....................11

European Federation for Transport and

Environment a.i.s.b.l. ............................................................12

European Litter Prevention Association asbl .........13

EUROSITE ...................................................................................14

Federation of Associations for Hunting and

Conservation of the EU (FACE) ......................................15

Friends of the Earth Europe ............................................16

FUNDACIÓN OCEANA ..........................................................17

Health & Environment Alliance (HEAL) .....................18

Health Care Without Harm (HCWH) Europe ............19

International Federation of Organic Agriculture

Movements European Regional Group

(IFOAM EU Group) .................................................................20

Justice and Environment ..................................................21

NGO Shipbreaking Platform ............................................22

Seas At Risk ..............................................................................23

Slow Food ..................................................................................24

Stichting BirdLife Europe ..................................................25

SURFRIDER FOUNDATION EUROPE ..............................26

Third Generation Environmentalism (E3G) .............27

WETLANDS INTERNATIONAL –

EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION .................................................28

WWF European Policy Programme AISBL ...............29

WWF International Danube-Carpathian

Programme ...............................................................................30


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Description

CEE Bankwatch Network is an international NGO thatwas founded in 1995 to campaign against the activi-ties of international nancial institutions in the Centraland Eastern European (CEE) region that cause negativeenvironmental and social impacts. It monitors public in-vestments made by the European Investment Bank (EIB),the European Bank for Construction and Development(EBRD) and the EU Structural and Cohesion Policy funds(EU funds), and proposes environmentally, socially andeconomically sustainable alternatives to their policies

and projects.

Work Programme

CEE Bankwatch Network’s work programme in 2014will focus primarily on mitigating the eects of climatechange by participating in policy processes at the EUlevel and in a number of new Member States. The pro-gramme has the following specic objectives:• Ensuring that environmental and climate issues are

fully mainstreamed in the 2014-2020 MultiannualFinancial Framework (with specic attention to theCohesion Funds) and their implementation docu-ments, and that specic provisions, such as Integrat-ed Territorial Investments and Community-Led LocalDevelopment, are included;

• Supporting sustainable local development withinthe EU through awareness raising on local economicmodels, and ensuring that climate and environmen-tal issues are mainstreamed in the framework of theCommunity-Led Local Development initiative;

• Ensuring public bank compliance with EU regulationson sustainable development, by participating in theestablishment of a monitoring system for the 2014-2020 programming period in several new Member

States; and• Encouraging the EIB to comply better with EU energy,

climate and development policies, enabling publicparticipation in its planning process and improving itsresult management mechanism.

In addition, CEE Bankwatch Network’s activities willinclude recommendations for implementing the Partner-ship Principle; a website and multilingual guide bookson local economic development; campaigns promotingenergy eciency and highlighting the negative environ-mental impacts of coal mining; joint CSO recommenda-

tions for a stricter EIB Emissions Performance Stand-ard; case studies on the Emissions Trading System; andcomments on the revision of the Energy Community’sRegional Energy Strategy.

Expected outcomes

• NGOs actively involved in all monitoring committeeson operational programmes relevant to the environ-ment and climate change, with possible adverse ef-fects of project implementation addressed at an earlystage;

• Environmental issues mainstreamed through localdevelopment strategies, enabling the nancing ofprojects aimed at developing local markets, decen-tralised energy production, energy eciency, sustain-able resource management and climate adaptation;

• National energy eciency programmes in at leastthree countries will have taken into account the needsof vulnerable social groups, with special nancial in-

struments established to ensure timely implementa-tion of the Energy Eciency Directive;

• A stricter EIB Emissions Performance Standard adopt-ed by the end of 2014, and revised result measure-ment tools to prevent climate-damaging investmentswithin and outside the EU;

• EBRD safeguard policies include CEE Bankwatch Net-work recommendations for broader denitions onproject areas of inuence, sustainability criteria andno-go zones; and

• EU public banks and foreign investors acknowledgethe environmental risks of coal investments, and

withdraw or limit their support for targeted coal projects in Romania, Croatia and Poland.

Contact:Postal address

Na Rozcesti 1434/6CZ - 190 00 PragueCZECH REPUBLICPhone +420 274 822 150Fax +420 274 816 571Email [email protected] www.bankwatch.org

Name of contact person

Mark FODOR, Executive Director

Duration of work programme:01/01/2014 – 31/12/2014

Total budget in euro:511,861.00

EC contribution in euro with %:328,518.00 (64.18%)

CEE Bankwatch Network


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Description

CEEweb for Biodiversity was founded in 1994 as anetwork of non-governmental organisations aiming toconserve biodiversity through the promotion of sus-tainable development in Central and Eastern Europe(CCE). Its membership comprises 61 nature conserva-tion NGOs from EU Member States and neighbouringcountries (e.g. Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro andSerbia). CEEweb’s main activities focus on inuencingdecision-making through campaigning, lobbying and ad-vocacy. It promotes the enforcement of EU legislation

and international conventions for nature and biodiversityconservation, with special regard to the Convention onBiological Diversity.

Work Programme

General aims include:• Ensuring new EU Member States make signicant

progress towards reaching the objectives of the newEnvironment Action Programme for the EU (7th EAP);

• Ensuring CEE Member States take eective measuresto reduce direct environmental pressures, and realisethe milestones of the Roadmap to a Resource EcientEurope, the 2020 EU Biodiversity Headline Target and2050 Vision; and

• Ensuring the EU increasingly debate ways of reducingresource use, especially in relation to the formulationof the post-2020 EU climate and energy package.

Specic aims include:• Enhancing Natura 2000 management planning in

CEE, thereby contributing to the favourable conserva-tion status of species and habitats of EU importance;

• Eective implementation of EU Biodiversity Strategy2020, with special focus on new tools and policies

included in Target 2 actions, taking into account CEEviews;

• Increasing uptake of EU funds for biodiversity, Natura2000, green infrastructure and ecosystem-basedclimate change adaptation and mitigation projects inCEE;

• Facilitating the integration of biodiversity and eco-system services into the EU Funds and OperationalProgrammes;

• Maximising the benet of National Rural Develop-ment Programmes for sustainable agriculture and theuse of natural resources;

• Making the EU a more resource-ecient and competi-tive low-carbon economy, through the involvement ofbusiness and ecosystem-friendly tourism;

• Increasing businesses’ understanding of their role inconserving biodiversity and ecosystem services;

• Ensuring EU Wildlife Trade Regulations are eectivelyenforced; and

• Exchange of experiences and knowledge, to improvestakeholders’ and the public’s awareness of biodiver-sity, ecosystem services, climate change mitigationand adaptation issues, and related EU policies.

Expected outcomes• EU increasingly debate the need for reducing resource

use, especially in relation to the formulation of thepost 2020 EU climate and energy package;

• Scientic results and on-the-ground experiences pro-vide a sound basis for EU and national environmentalpolicy-making;

• CEE NGOs have higher capacities and actively con-tribute to EU and international policy developmentand implementation;

• Increased CEEweb for Biodiversity prole in Europeanand national environmental policy discussions, with theCEEweb network eectively closing the gap betweenthe EU and non-EU (accession and candidate) countries;

• Participation in at least 10 European Commissionevents, three international events, and ve events or-ganised by other sectors;

• At least 50 new case studies, workshop reports orguidelines, two online publications, a lm on the role

of CEE NGOs in EU biodiversity and sustainability pol-icy-making; and

• At least 150 lms submitted to Green-Go Internation-al Short Film Festival and at least 500 photos sent toGo Wild! photo contest.


Széher út 40

H - 1021 BudapestHUNGARYPhone +36 1398 01 35Fax +36 1398 01 36Email [email protected] www.ceeweb.org


Agnes ZOLYOMI, General Secretary




CEEweb for Biodiversity


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Description

CAN Europe, which is part of CAN International, is thelargest European coalition working on climate and en-ergy issues. It comprises 127 member organisationsfrom 28 European countries. CAN Europe aims to im-prove existing EU climate and energy policies. The NGOadvocates for comprehensive and ambitious post-2020targets and a leadership role for the EU in internationalclimate negotiations.

Work Programme

CAN Europe’s work programme in 2014 is structuredaround four main areas:• International negotiations around the post-2020 in-

ternational climate agreement, with a special focuson global mitigation, provision of international climatenance and support to sustainable development;

• Renewable energy development, with a focus on theRenewable Energy Sources (RES) Directive, and RESmarket and grid integration;

• Energy eciency and savings, with the main objec-tives of achieving an ambitious and timely transpo-sition and implementation of the Energy EciencyDirective (EED), and preparing for a review of the pro-gress towards achieving the 20% savings target. CANEurope will also focus on highlighting energy savingsas a cornerstone of any EU decarbonisation strategyfor 2020 and beyond; and

• Development of the post-2020 climate and energypolicy framework, with a special focus on the Emis-sion Trading Scheme (ETS) reform to ensure that in-dustry voices are counter-balanced and environmen-tal concerns about how the ETS functions are heard.

Expected outcomes• International post-2020 climate agreement: network

coordination between members improves informationexchange, management of campaign communica-tions tools for specic actions or events, and the co-ordination of advocacy/lobbying work to concentratepublic pressure in the run up to COP21 in Paris at theend of 2015;

• Renewable energy development: policy developmentachieved through the production of position papers,briengs and studies (e.g. ‘Impact of RES on electric-ity prices’), and advocacy/lobbying work advancedthrough policy recommendations and discussions

with EC ocials (e.g. from DG Energy, DG Climate Ac-tion and Council presidency);

• Energy eciency and savings: coordination developscommon positions and strategies on EED implemen-tation and moves forward post-2020 discussions

on energy eciency, successful advocacy achievedthrough public consultations with particular focus onthe new European Parliament and the Greek Presi-dency, and the EED Guidebook and a report on eortsharing for energy savings eectively disseminated;and

• Climate policies - post-2020 climate and energyframework: advocacy achieved through position andbrieng papers, active representation of CAN Europemember’s views through regular meetings with deci-sion-makers and relevant stakeholders, a report com-pleted on the main weaknesses of the ETS and how itcan be reformed, and an event held at the EuropeanParliament for members of the EP ENVI Committee

about CAN Europe’s work and position regarding ETSreform and the EU’s post-2020 climate and energyframework.


Rue d’Edimbourg, 26B – 1050 BrusselsBELGIUMPhone +32 2 893 4670Email [email protected] www.caneurope.org


Wendel TRIO, Director

Duration of work programme:01/01/2014 - 31/12/2014

Total budget in euro:1,226,539.00


Climate Action Network (CAN)

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Description

Counter Balance was formed in 2007 to challenge theEuropean Investment Bank (EIB) over its activities thatcause negative environmental impacts. The NGO is acoalition of organisations from across Europe with expe-rience of international nancial institutions, developmentnance, and campaigns involving large infrastructureprojects. In particular, Counter Balance strives for fun-damental reform of the EIB, to make it democraticallyaccountable, open to robust scrutiny and more willingto fulll its sustainable development and environmental

mandates rather than just focusing on nancial concerns.

Work Programme

Counter Balance will continue to monitor public banks,in particular the EIB, and advocate for them to adhereto sustainable development goals, climate change miti-gation policies, and the protection of biodiversity, inline with EU policy objectives. Without such monitor-ing, aligned with improved governance and democraticparticipation, environmental considerations risk beingpushed to the margins of public bank activities.

Counter Balance has the following main objectives for2014:

• Challenging large infrastructure projects that con-siderably impact on the environment, including themechanisms by which they are nanced;

• Critically assessing the development of ecosystemservices markets and the role played by Europeanpublic banks in promoting this approach; and

• Contributing to improved governance structures thatallow democratic participation, with full transparencyand accountability, which help uphold environmentalsafeguards and compliance with EU standards.

Expected outcomes• Large-scale infrastructure projects closely monitored,

documented and challenged when they have poten-tial or realised negative environmental impacts;

• The reviewed energy policies of the EIB and the EBRDimplemented, leading to immediate reductions in di-rect environmental impacts;

• More information obtained and analysed concern-ing how ecosystem services markets work, which willlead to an informed debate on the role and function-ing of these markets in order to reduce their negative

impacts on the environment; and• By constraining nancial mechanisms to manage en-

vironmental and climate-related risks, Counter Bal-ance creates space for enforceable laws to betterprotect the environment.


Rue d’Edimbourg, 26B – 1050 BrusselsBELGIUMPhone +32 2 893 08 61Fax +420 274 816 571Email [email protected] www.counter-balance.org


Xavier SOL, Head of Secretariat




Counter Balance


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Description

The Environmental Partnership Association (EPA) is anassociation of ve foundations in Bulgaria, the CzechRepublic, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia and a coordi-nating secretariat in Brno, the Czech Republic. The as-sociation is dedicated to mobilising and empowering thepeople of these regions to improve their environment,their local communities and societies. Since their estab-lishment in 1991, the foundations have invested morethan €20 million in support of nearly 10 000 civic initia-tives. As well as providing nancial and technical sup-

port to local, grassroots organisations, the foundationsalso implement specic regional programmes designedto address regional and cross-border issues.

Work Programme

The main objectives of our work programme are relatedto several priority areas of the EU 2020 strategy. Spe-cic aims include:• Encouraging key stakeholders, such as city govern-

ments, important employment providers and schools, towork together on more sustainable mobility schemes,using the latest experience in mobility planning;

• Working with a regional network of grantees and Eu-ropean partners to raise awareness about the practi-cal environmental and economic benets of the bestenvironmental technologies available and to promotepractical action to combat climate change;

• Developing and promoting practical means and toolsto raise the awareness of the local population onnatural capital and biodiversity conservation and tomotivate them to take positive, practical action;

• Promoting a model of development for regions withuntapped economic potential and a tradition of natu-ral and cultural resource stewardship; and

• Capacity building, advocacy and lobbying.

Expected outcomes• Sustainable cities are promoted through a compre-

hensive training and assistance programme for urbanplanners, those involved in developing city strategies,and local action groups on strategy development,sustainable mobility and green spaces;

• Urban mobility plans are developed and promotedthrough participation in workshops organised by cit-ies, public and media relations and communicationactions;

• Corporate mobility plans based on a structured analy-ses of employee behaviour, the needs and analysesof local conditions for industrial and technology parksand big employment providers are developed andpromoted;

• School mobility plans are developed and promotedclosely with local schools using a mix of training, as-sistance and small grants;

• The Cycle to Work campaign will link corporate sus-tainable mobility eorts and city mobility strategies;

• Events attended/organised promoting non-motorisedtransport through the better connection of urbanareas to the countryside as part of Trans-EuropeanTransportation Network (TEN-T);

• Training programmes for students, grantees and theprofessional public on raising awareness about cli-mate change and promoting positive practical actionsto combat climate change;

• International and national roundtables and workshops

on the impacts of climate change on water manage-ment in the countryside;

• Contests and awards on the water-related impacts ofclimate change on the CEE;

• The European Green Belt conference and networkingevents are organised;

• A pan-European biodiversity awareness-raising cam-paigning takes place based on the European Tree ofthe Year. Contests occur at national level in all partici-pating countries; and

• Concrete biodiversity improvement measures areimplemented by means of a Green Spaces Action

Programme.

Environmental Partnership

Association


Udolni 33CZ – 602 00 BrnoCZECH REPUBLICPhone +420 515 903 111Fax +420 515 903 110Email [email protected] www.environmentalpartnership.org


Michal VESELÝ, Project Coordinator





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Description

The EUROPARC Federation, also known as the ‘Federationof Nature and National Parks of Europe’, was founded in1973 with the aim to facilitate protected areas in pre-serving Europe’s natural beauty. The pan-European NGOaims to enhance and sustain Europe’s natural heritageby fostering international cooperation and networkingamong protected area practitioners and Natura 2000site managers. It is the largest network of protected ar-eas in Europe with around 370 members in 36 countries.The federation also runs initiatives and programmes

that promote the value and benets of protected areasand Natura 2000 network sites to society.

Work Programme

EUROPARC intends to improve the implementation of theEU’s 7th Environmental Action Plan (EAP) and further en-sure there is an understanding among its members ofthe ‘2020 Strategy for Smart, Sustainable and InclusiveGrowth’ and its relationship to the protected areas andNatura 2000 management sectors. In 2014 the NGO willseek to create a more eective European protected areanetwork with a clear vision and strategy to further meetthe needs of Natura 2000 and protected areas manag-ers by:• Strengthening the scientic base on climate change

to further implement EU policies in Natura 2000 sitesand other protected areas;

• Continuing to ensure the eective management ofthe Natura 2000 network across EU protected areas;

• Increasing knowledge of ecosystem services and theireconomic value, contributing to the implementationof the Green Infrastructure Strategy, and enhancingsynergies between the objectives of biodiversity con-servation and farming;

• Developing capacity within the protected area man-agement community;

• Raising the awareness of a wide public and younggenerations on the role of protected areas and pro-moting active citizenship experiences in favour of na-ture conservation;

• Contributing to the global debate on the future ofprotected areas;

• Involving business, in particular the tourism sector, inprotected areas; and

• Highlighting the role and examining the policy eec-tiveness of Natura 2000 sites and protected areas

to safeguard the Union’s citizens from environment-related pressures and risks to health.

Expected outcomes

• Better tailored research activities regarding climatechange to the needs of protected areas;• Contribution to cooperation between external re-

searchers and protected areas to face the challengesof climate change;

• Eective implementation of EU environmental legis-lation through improved management eectivenessin climate change mitigation in Natura 2000 sites andprotected areas;

• A new EUROPARC website to ensure information on7th EAP EU environmental policy updates and EUguidelines relevant for protected areas managers;

• Continuous contributions to and dissemination of EU

policy debate with expertise and good practices onCommon Agricultural Policy (CAP) implementationand participation in CAP NGO network meetings andother relevant events;

• Stronger cross-linkage of environmental policy as-pects such as climate change and biodiversity withDG Enterprise sustainable tourism policies;

• 15 full-day workshops during the EUROPARC interna-tional conference in September 2014 in partnershipwith The Parks and Wildlife Service of the Republic ofIreland;

• Various events bringing experts together on policy im-

plementation across the 7th

EAP and the ‘2020 Strat-egy for Smart, Sustainable and Inclusive Growth’; and• Reports and case studies published on the conclu-

sions of the entire work programme.


Wanergasse 6D - 93047 RegensburgGERMANYPhone +49 941 599 35 98 0Fax +49 941 599 35 98 9Email [email protected] www.europarc.org


Carol RITCHIE, Director




EUROPARC Federation


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Description

ECNC, the European Centre for Nature Conservation, is

an independent expertise centre for biodiversity and sus-tainable development. Established in 1993, its mission isthe conservation and sustainable use of Europe’s naturalecosystems, biodiversity and landscapes. It promotes anintegrated approach for both land and sea, and activelystimulates the interaction between science, society andpolicy. ECNC projects are grouped together under sixthematic programmes: Nature and Society, Interactionbetween Business and Biodiversity, Green Infrastructure,

Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity Assessment, Eco-system and Species Management, and Policy Support.In addition, the organisation contributes to awarenessraising, and the formulation and implementation of Eu-ropean biodiversity policies; in particular, stakeholdertranslation of the 2020 Biodiversity Strategy.

Work Programme

The ECNC work programme for 2014 is framed by the EUBiodiversity Strategy and its related policy instruments.The three main programme areas reect some of thekey priorities of the proposal for a 7 th EU EnvironmentAction Programme: integrating biodiversity into soci-ety and sectoral policies; improving the understandingand knowledge of biodiversity and ecosystem services;and contributing to the spatial dimension of biodiversitypolicy.

Within these areas, ECNC has the following key objec-tives:

• Promoting awareness and implementing EU biodiver-sity policy at local and regional level;

• Encouraging uptake of functional agro-biodiversitymeasures within sustainable agriculture;

• Contributing to healthier seas through the removal ofshing nets and recycling them as new products;

• Streamlining the coordination between European bio-diversity stakeholder networks;

• Providing business and biodiversity support services;• Contributing to ALTER-Net as a key knowledge hub

within the European biodiversity science-policy mech-anism;

• Improving a biodiversity impact assessment tool forpolicy impacts;

• Sharing ECNC experience through education, commu-nication action, and training;

• Strengthening the role of Europe’s regions in imple-menting biodiversity policies; and• Supporting the implementation of green infrastruc-

ture and related policies.


PO Box 90154NL - 5000 LG TilburgTHE NETHERLANDSPhone +31 135944944Fax +31 135944945Email [email protected] www.ecnc.org


Ben DELBAERE, Head of Programme Operations




European Centre for Nature

Conservation (ECNC)

In addition to these objectives, the 2014 work pro-gramme also includes organisational development, suchas governance, capacity building and sta training.

Expected outcomes• Launch of a Quality Destination programme and en-

gagement with 30 municipalities;• The European Learning Network on Functional Agro-

biodiversity and advice on CAP measures lead to abetter stakeholder understanding of the contributionof functional agro-biodiversity to a reformed CAP;

• Eective communication of the Healthy Seas pro-gramme, with a reduced number of ghost nets tocause marine wildlife casualties;

• Joint vision for European biodiversity networks andan agreement on a mechanism for more harmonisedapproaches;

• Production of a catalogue of biodiversity support ser-vices available for SMEs;

• ALTER-Net high impact action fully operational withdirect ow of research results to policy-makers;

• Updated BioScore tool available for policy impact as-sessment;

• Launch of a biodiversity programme for youth action;• Increased awareness and participation of Europe’s

municipalities in biodiversity action, including a better

understanding among regions and spatial planners ofgreen infrastructure policies; and

• More eective European networking for the benet ofbiodiversity and policy implementation.


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European Cyclists’ Federation asbl

Description

The European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF) was created in1983 to increase bicycle use, as a contribution to sus-tainable mobility and public well-being, by promoting cy-cling as a means of daily transportation and recreation.To achieve its targets, ECF aims to change attitudes,raise awareness and inuence transport, health and en-vironment policies and budget allocations at the Euro-pean and global level.

Work Programme

The ECF’s ‘Vision 2020’ aims to double the amount ofcycling in Europe by 2020 to 15% modal share on anaverage in Europe, to get institutions in Europe to recog-nise the value of cycling and incorporate it in all relevantpolicies, to increase investment in cycling, and to reducethe rate of cyclists being killed or seriously injured onEurope’s roads.

To implement this vision, the ECF work programme for2014 has the following objectives:• Ensuring that the benets of cycling are included in

all relevant EU policies;• Building coalitions with other organisations (e.g. en-

vironmental NGOs, networks and supporters) to pro-mote sustainable mobility in the EU;

• Demonstrating evidence to EU and national decision-makers of the economic value of cycling, in terms ofeconomic growth and job creation, and encouraginggreater investment in cycling;

• Working with cities to make urban mobility systemsmore sustainable and safer, as a means of improvingquality of life, air quality, public health and well-being;

• Promoting cycling that successfully incorporates newtechnologies (e.g. E-bikes) to help shi journeys away

from polluting vehicles, and ensuring that the envi-ronmental benets of cycling and electric cycling arerecognised in new transport research and deploymentfunding;

• Contributing to an increase in sustainable tourism, bysupporting investments and measures to improve andto promote bicycle tourism; and

• Increasing knowledge and information available tointernational agencies, including the UN-HabitatPost-2015 Agenda’s Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs), cycling associations, cities and experts onEuropean cycling.

Expected outcomes• Observable growing levels of transport and rec-

reational cycling, substituting less environmentallyfriendly modes of transport;

• Increased awareness (in international institutions, EUinstitutions, Member States, cities and local govern-ments, as well as among economists and businessleaders) that cycling is a powerful tool for deliveringenvironmental and social benets;

• Creation and dissemination of best practices, evi-dence, and practical tools on sustainable mobility andcycling;

• Networks of experts and practitioners establishedwho can deliver more cycling ‘on the ground’; and

• A more impactful and growing cycling community.


28, rue FranklinB – 1000 BrusselsBELGIUMPhone +32 2 880 92 74Fax +32 2 880 92 75Email [email protected] www.ecf.com


Bernhard ENSINK, Secretary General





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Description

The European Environmental Bureau (EEB) was createdin 1974, with an environmental protection agenda. To-day, it is a federation of more than 140 environmentalcivil society organisations. EEB’s mission is to inuencethe formulation and implementation of EU environmen-tal and sustainable development policies. It also aims topromote the understanding of such policies among EUenvironmental organisations and citizens.

Work Programme

In 2014, the EEB work programme aims to:• Positively inuence EU policy design and implementa-

tion relating to major environmental issues, transver-sal issues (e.g. sustainable development, enforcing ofenvironmental law and greening the economy), theEU’s 7th Environmental Action Programme, emergingand neglected issues (e.g. soils and nanotechnology),and some processes extending beyond the borders ofthe EU (e.g. the follow-up to the Rio+20, the AarhusConvention and the OECD green growth strategy);

• Raise awareness among EEB members and the widerpublic, in order that they get actively involved to helpstrengthen EU environment-related policies and en-sure their eective implementation;

• Promote environmental policy integration, in particu-lar, concerning the implementation and planned re-views of the Europe 2020 strategy, the Multi-AnnualFinancial Framework and sectoral policies in the ar-eas of agriculture, energy and transport;

• Seek the removal of environmentally harmful sub-sidies, and promote scal measures that internaliseenvironmental costs;

• Support the eective implementation of environmen-tal policies such as REACH, the Water Framework

Directive, the Industrial Emissions and Liability Di-rective, the Integrated Product Policy, waste and airquality legislation, the EU Ecolabel and Natura 2000network;

• Strengthen existing legislation, ll regulatory gaps(e.g. in relation to soil and nanotechnology) and phaseout the use of mercury in the EU and globally; and

• Ensure that initiatives promoting better or smarterregulations focus on reducing unnecessary adminis-trative burdens rather than promoting deregulation per se.

Expected outcomes• Visible positive impact of EEB interventions on spe-

cic EU decisions and processes, reected in ‘greener’substantive outcomes in relation to the European Re-source Eciency Platform, National Emissions Ceil-

ings (NEC) Directive review, bio-energy and otherlegislation, coupled with positive feedback from poli-ticians and ocials on EEB proposals and demands;

• A successful communications and outreach pro-gramme (publications, press releases, website andother forms of communication) leading to height-ened awareness of current EU environment-relatedprocesses among EEB member organisations andthe environmental movement in general, resulting inincreased pressure on Member States to give higherpriority to environmental issues; and

• Continuation of EEB’s key role in coalition buildingwith environmental organisations, consumer organi-sations, trade unions, social and development organi-

sations and progressive business interests to reachenvironmental and sustainable development goals.


Boulevard de Waterloo, 34B – 1000 BrusselsBELGIUMPhone +32 2 289 10 91Fax +32 2 289 10 99Email [email protected] www.eeb.org


Jeremy WATES, Secretary General




European Environmental Bureau

(EEB)


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Description

The European Federation for Transport and Environ-ment (T&E) is the primary non-governmental organi-sation campaigning for an environmentally responsibleapproach to transport at European level. Established in1990, T&E represents around 50 member organisationsacross Europe, mostly environmental groups and sus-tainable transport campaigners. The NGO is politicallyindependent, science-based in outlook, and strictly non-prot. The key objective is to drastically reduce the envi-ronmental footprint of transport, especially aviation and

shipping, in the EU and beyond. T&E is focused on areaswhere EU policy has the potential to achieve the great-est environmental benets: clean technology, frame-works for transport pricing and investment.

Work Programme

In 2014, T&E aims to achieve political improvements inthe following main areas:• Transport policy: the weights and dimensions of lor-

ries (with a focus on better aerodynamics and safety)as well as road charging if politically feasible. T&Ealso aims to develop a comprehensive transport pol-icy agenda for the next Commission which includespost-2020 strategies for greenhouse gas emissions,strategies for e-mobility and fuel taxation, as well asenforcement strategies for compliance with environ-mental standards;

• Clean vehicles: CO2 emissions from cars and vans,noise emissions from road vehicles, heavy duty CO2,real-world compliance;

• Clean fuels: accounting for emissions from indirectland use change from biofuels and high-carbon fos-sil transport fuels in the implementation of the fuelquality directive; achieving binding roll-out electric

charging infrastructure in the proposal for clean pow-er for transport; and

• Aviation/shipping: monitoring, reporting, verication(MRV) of shipping emissions, aviation/Emissions Trad-ing System (ETS) following the International Civil Avi-ation Organisation (ICAO) assembly, and shipping airpollution at International Maritime Organisation (IMO)level.

T&E also aims to maximise the success of the environ-mental movement as a whole by contributing to theGreen10 group within the ‘Stoiber group’.

In each of the areas above T&E will run several legisla-tive campaigns combining a strong evidence base, tech-nological neutrality, cost eectiveness and pragmatismwith very strong media outreach eorts creating maxi-

mum credibility and visibility. Actions also comprise for-mal and informal meetings with the EU institutions, andpresentations at various events.

Expected outcomes• Transport policy: yes to smarter trucks, no to big-

ger ones; increased awareness of new ways to taxfuel; and broader support for a new proposal for roadcharging;

• Clean vehicles: CO2 standards for light vehicles thatdo not deviate too much from the deal reached inJune 2013, as well as a clear perspective on suchstandards for heavy goods vehicles;

• Clean fuels: more support for science-based, tech-nology neutral fuel policy policies that consistentlyfavour low-carbon fuels over high-carbon ones, andthat spur EU action on cleaner alternatives such aselectricity; and

• Aviation/shipping: a constructive way out of the avia-tion/ETS situation, progress at IMO and ICAO on mar-ket-based measures, and decisive action on state aidfor aviation.

In 2014, T&E also intends to organise at least ve pub-lic events, issue some 50 publications, and at least ve

pieces of external research.


Square de Meeus, 18B – 1050 BrusselsBELGIUMPhone: +32 2 8510202 (switchboard) /

+32 2 8510201 (direct)Fax N/AEmail [email protected] www.transportenvironment.org


Jos DINGS, Director




European Federation for Transport

and Environment a.i.s.b.l.


14/3213

Description

European Litter Prevention Association (ELPA) is a non-prot association under Belgian law. It operates the CleanEurope Network, a pan-European platform for organisa-tions active in the eld of litter prevention. The Networkcurrently brings together 14 member organisations in10 EU Member States, to share experience, expertise,best practice and research. European Litter PreventionAssociation aims to promote litter prevention measures,conducts assessments on litter and littering, and oerspractical improvements for litter management.

Work Programme

European Litter Prevention Association’s work pro-gramme is directly relevant to many priority objectivesunder the EU’s 7th Environmental Action Programme, in-cluding furthering EU waste policy within the overarch-ing Resource Ecient Europe objective. Clean EuropeNetwork engaged 20 million European citizens in therst ‘Let’s Clean-Up Europe Day’ on 10 May 2014.

The work programme for 2014 has the following objec-tives:

• Changing behaviour and reducing litter in the EU byenhancing the eectiveness of litter prevention struc-tures and initiatives, sharing expertise, and formulat-ing Europe-wide approaches;

• Stimulating greater litter prevention activity aroundthe Europe by providing a forum for public discussionof the litter challenge at EU-level, providing informa-tion to policy-makers about litter prevention, and pro-moting an annual ‘Clean Europe Week’; and

• Providing technical assistance to new entrants tothe litter prevention eld and fostering the develop-ment of litter prevention organisations in EU Member

States where none currently exist.

Expected outcomes• A voluntary common system helping organisations

and authorities to dene litter and how to measure it;• An understanding of the main pathways of land-

based litter transiting to freshwater and marine en-vironments, and a methodology for reducing by 25%land-based litter (with special emphasis on plastic lit-ter) that enters freshwater ecosystems;

• Best practice in litter reduction communication andprevention campaigns disseminated;

• A compendium of best European practices produced,to drive behaviour change in key target groups re-sponsible for littering and in specic locations withhigh litter levels;

• A compendium of best European practices publishedto engage industry and community groups in litterprevention campaigns;

• ‘Let’s Clean-up Europe Day’ (10 May) promoted asan annual EC-supported event, in collaboration withindustry supporters, as a rst step towards an annual‘Clean Europe Week’; and

• A common European platform on litter preventiondeveloped, with a dedicated website, to provide infor-mation on Clean Europe Network’s work programme.


Avenue Livingstone, 13/15B – 1000 BrusselsBELGIUMPhone +32 2 286 94 93Fax +32 2 286 94 95Email [email protected] www.cleaneuropenetwork.eu


Marco VIGETTI, Programme Manager




European Litter Prevention

Association asbl


15/3214

Description

Eurosite is a unique non-governmental network organi-sation working to improve the practice and quality ofnature conservation management across Europe. Cur-rently, 21 countries are represented by 60 memberorganisations, including public bodies, private organi-sations and NGOs. The goal of Eurosite is to enhance Eu-ropean nature conservation through the management ofland and water and by sharing practical information tobuild knowledge. Eurosite works directly with site man-agers and collaborates with a range of partners whose

activities relate to the network’s priorities, specically onmatters related to the implementation and developmentof EU policies linked to site-based management.

Work Programme

Eurosite will deliver a specied range of activities de-signed to create a direct bridge between EU policy pri-orities and people on the ground. The main prioritiesare the EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020 and the EUStrategy on Adaptation to Climate Change. Eurositewill contribute to the structured and constructive cross-sectoral dialogue required between nature conservationpractitioners and policy-makers. The work programmeis designed to ensure that site-based know-how ismeasurably improved through capacity-building activi-ties. It should also ensure that practical experiences areeectively factored into policy developments to supporttheir implementation.

Eurosite will focus on the following areas:• Facilitating the ow of knowledge between the Com-

mission’s policy and on the ground practitioners, bothto improve current implementation of policy and toenhance the review and development of said policy

through feedback from site managers and other rel-evant stakeholders:

• Facilitating and promoting the exchange of knowledgeand sharing of experiences between site practition-ers, allowing them to showcase successful projectsand working approaches and to communicate directlywith one another, in order to improve the spread ofbest practices across Europe;

• Improving communication of the Eurosite networkand its members’ work to a wider audience, throughrenewed and regularly updated channels, includingthe website, e-newsletters and social media outlets;

• Intensifying working relations with partners to com-bine strengths by advocating greater synergy and thedevelopment of collaborative services or aspects ofshared work programmes; and

• Improving site management practices to ensure con-servation targets are increasingly met, thereby con-tributing to EU eorts to ght the loss of biodiversityand degradation of ecosystem services.

Expected outcomes• Three workshops for 150 participants, including:

- The production of a framework communicationstrategy on wilderness management to be distrib-uted widely aer the workshop;

- The production of guidelines on climate changeadaptation for wider post-workshop distribution;and

- The production of a policy advice paper for wider

post-workshop distribution;• Participation and input into the Commission’s policy

process through a proactive programme of collabora-tion, participating in formal meetings with the Com-mission’s groups, and working groups on the Com-mission’s priority policies (e.g. ecosystems servicesworking group), and European level events, includingGreen Week;

• Wide access to the results of European NGOs pro-vided by Eurosite through improved external commu-nication and outreach activities: e.g. through a newe-newsletter, improvements to www.eurosite.org and

links to other websites and extended use of socialmedia outlets.


Luijbenstraat 3NL – 5211 BR ‘s-HertogenboschTHE NETHERLANDSPhone +31 73 61 29 222Fax N/AEmail [email protected] www.eurosite.org


Carlijn POIRTERS, Network and Project Support Ocer




EUROSITE


16/3215

Description

The European Federation of Associations for Huntingand Conservation (FACE) was founded in 1977. Based inBrussels, FACE is an international, non-prot NGO repre-senting more than seven million European hunters. Itsmembers are national hunting associations from 36 Eu-ropean countries, including all the EU-28 Member States.FACE has been a member of the World ConservationUnion (IUCN) since 1987 and of Wetlands Internationalsince 2008. FACE’s main aim is to promote hunting, inaccordance with the principles of the sustainable use of

natural resources, as a tool for rural development, andfor the conservation of habitats and biodiversity.

Work Programme

FACE’s work is structured around ve technical areas:nature conservation, wildlife conservation, internationalagreements, animal welfare and health, and rearmsand ammunition.

The main activities of FACE in 2014 are:• Strengthening the knowledge of hunters and other

stakeholders at all levels on relevant EU policies, par-ticularly nature conservation and biodiversity policies,in order to facilitate their enhanced and coherent im-plementation at grassroots level;

• Facilitating feedback and knowledge transfer from thegrassroots levels to EU policy-makers, by strengthen-ing networks of experts among member organisa-tions, in order to contribute to the development andimplementation of EU nature conservation and biodi-versity policies;

• Implementing FACE’s structural framework plan andimproving its visibility; and

• Policy development and implementation, as well as

awareness raising, in the following policy areas:- Habitats and Birds Directives, including Natura

2000;- EU 2020 Biodiversity Strategy, including green in-

frastructure, invasive alien species, and the map-ping and assessment of ecosystem services;

- International agreements and conventions, includ-ing the Convention on International Trade in En-dangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES),the African Eurasian Waterbird Agreement (AEWA),the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS), theBern Convention and the Agreement on Interna-

tional Humane Trapping Standards (AIHTS); and- Integration of nature and biodiversity policies intoother policy areas, including the Common Agricul-tural Policy (CAP), spatial planning, wildlife man-agement and health.

Expected outcomes

• Higher awareness at all levels of relevant policy areasamong the hunting community and other stakehold-ers;

• Better and more coherent implementation of rel-evant policies by the hunting community, and a betterknowledge of this contribution among policy-makersand the public;

• Networks of experts established among the hunt-ing community to provide the technical informationrequired at EU level for policy development and im-plementation; and

• An integrated dissemination programme that includesmultilingual articles, presentations at meetings,

briengs, working groups and media contributionsthroughout Europe.


Rue Frédéric Pelletier, 82B – 1030 BrusselsBELGIUMPhone +32 2 732 69 00Fax +32 2 732 70 72Email [email protected] www.face.eu


Cy GRIFFIN, Director of Conservation




Federation of Associations for

Hunting and Conservation of

the EU (FACE)


17/3216

Description

Friends of the Earth Europe (FoEE) is a network of 31environmental organisations that actively contribute toEuropean environmental policy-making and implemen-tation. FoEE is part of Friends of the Earth International.The Brussels oce coordinates European campaignsand communication. FoEE seeks to increase public par-ticipation and democratic decision-making as vital stepsin protecting the environment and sustainably managingnatural resources. Campaigns are mounted on the mosturgent environmental and social issues. They challenge

the current model of economic and corporate globali-sation, and promote solutions that will help to createenvironmentally sustainable and socially just societiesat local, national, regional and global level.

Work Programme

The overarching aim of the FoEE’s 2014 work pro-gramme is to engage in policy processes of the EU andits Members States to achieve strong environmental pol-icies in the following areas: climate change, energy sav-ings and renewables; food, agriculture and biodiversity;resource use and waste; sustainability in EU nancialregulations; and cross-cutting issues (lobby transpar-ency, Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership,EU funds and shale gas). These areas are comprised ofseveral interrelated international campaigns that buildupon the achievements of previous years and on theFoEE’s Strategic Plan 2014-2018. FoEE also undertakescapacity building and membership development actions.

In order to reach its objectives, FoEE uses the followingmain actions and means:• Campaigns: involving the monitoring of EU policies,

research, expert consultation and coalition building;

• Advocacy: position papers, briengs, meetings andletters to decision-makers;

• Policy dialogue with opinion leaders and decision-makers at EU and national level. Campaigners meetregularly with decision-makers at the European Com-mission, the European Parliament and EuropeanCouncil and participate regularly in discussions withEU stakeholders; campaigners also coordinate andsupport policy dialogue eorts at national level;

• Capacity building: needs assessments, skill sharesand the capacity building of member groups throughcampaigns; and

• Awareness raising and visibility: media work, publi-cations, websites, conferences, street actions andevents, and petitions.

Expected outcomes

• Several EU policies and directives better incorporateaspects of environmental sustainability;• More EU ocials become aware of, open to and sup-

port FoEE’s demands;• European citizens are better informed and aware of

environmental challenges and developments at EUlevel;

• Research materials, briengs and reports are sharedwith a wide network of NGOs, allies and ocials;

• European NGO coalitions are strengthened andinformed;

• Increased capacity of the FoEE network, includingrecent additions; and

• Increased public pressure on decision-makers regard-ing key policy areas.


Rue d’Edimbourg, 26B – 1050 BrusselsBELGIUMPhone +32 2 893 1001Fax +32 2 893 1035Email [email protected] www.foeeurope.org


Magdalena Stoczkiewicz, Director




Friends of the Earth Europe


18/3217

FUNDACIÓN OCEANA

Description

Fundación Oceana is focused on improving the condi-tion of European oceans and seas. Oceana integratesscience-based campaigns with policy, economics, at-seaexpeditions, law and media in order to achieve changesthat make marine biodiversity conservation compatiblewith the sustainable use and long-term benet of Eu-rope’s ocean resources.

Since its inception in November 2004, Oceana has fo-cused on the most serious problems facing European

oceans and seas: habitat destruction, overshing andthe large-scale killing of top predators and valuable ma-rine species. In addition, Oceana focuses on opposingdangerous mercury pollution, unsafe oshore oil drillingand promoting clean oshore wind energies.

Work Programme

Oceana’s 2014 work programme expects to make a val-uable contribution towards the improvement of sevenout of the nine priority targets in the proposed 7th Envi-ronment Action Programme addressed.

Oceana’s main objective for 2014:• Providing a uniquely combined approach to support

the priority targets of the proposed 7th EAP related tomarine issues via its 2014 campaigns.

Its main activities involve:• Protecting marine habitat: Oceana’s expedition data

support EU governments in the selection and desig-nation of new marine protected areas and bottom-trawling closure proposals to safeguard valuablehabitat. It also supports the Commission to ensurecompliance by Member States with the Habitats Di-

rective’s commitments.• Promoting responsible shing: improve the settle-

ment of science-based total allowable catch limits/quotas, support the improvement of by-catch and dis-cards reduction measures, support the Commission incases aiming to reduce illegal, unreported, and unreg-ulated shing in European waters and/or by EU eet;and prompting the conservation of top-predators viaproper management measures or strict conservationproposals as per their status.

• Promoting sustainable energy use: deter dangeroushydrocarbon prospecting with a special focus on o-

shore oil drilling to reduce our dependence on carbondioxide emitting energies; avoid serious damage froma possible oil spill in Europe; support oshore windenergy plans, promote the transition of the EU to alow-carbon economy, mitigate climate change eectsand the acidication of the oceans.

• Avoiding/reducing pollution: reduce and eliminatemercury pollution which causes serious threats tohealth and wellbeing in Spain and for Spanish-shconsumers, via litigation processes against chlor-alkali plants using mercury-based technologies; stopother mercury-polluted dumping projects.

Expected outcomes• Spain, Portugal, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Poland

governments increase their protected marine surfaceby 20%;

• The Commission garners support for the approvalof EU-wide policies improving marine habitat and/orspecies conservation;

• At least one compliance action triggered with an EUcountry in the eld of responsible shing;

• The Commission improves, enforces or implements atleast ve measures towards the sustainability of theEU sheries and/or EU eet;

• EU citizens are better informed about European sh-ery marine and issues corroborated by a 5% increasein media hits compared to those obtained by Oceanain 2013 for these areas, and Spanish citizens are bet-ter informed about mercury pollution threats and itsbioaccumulation in sh;

• One destructive oshore oil drilling project is stopped

and one oshore wind energy project is put forward;and

• Two mercury pollution projects related to chlor-alkalifactories or other dumping involving the contamina-tion of marine waters, are stopped in Spain.


Calle Leganitos, 47 - Planta 6E – 28013 MadridSPAINPhone +34 911 440 883Fax +34 911 440890Email [email protected] http://eu.oceana.org


Xavier PASTOR GRACIA, Executive Director





19/3218

Description

The Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) is a leadingEuropean not-for-prot organisation addressing how theenvironment aects health in the European Union. TheNGO demonstrates how policy changes can help protecthealth and enhance quality of life. HEAL’s membershipincludes national organisations in 25 countries bothwithin EU member states and in the wider European re-gion, as dened by the World Health Organisation (WHO).It also includes European and global networks. Memberorganisations represent a wide range of health profes-

sionals, patients, not-for-prot health insurers, citizens,women, youth and environmental experts. They helpto bring independent expertise and evidence from thehealth community to dierent environmental decision-making processes.

Work Programme

The following are the main objectives for the seven ar-eas of the HEAL 2014 work programme:• Improve human health and well-being through new

strengthened, preventative and precautionary EU leg-islation or the better implementation of current legis-lation;

• Highlight environmental and health externalities forcomprehensive discussions on costs and benets ofEU policies (e.g. in policies on climate, energy (includ-ing fracking), air quality, chemicals, EU economic andtrade policies and global environmental challenges);

• Increase the involvement of public health, medicaland patients communities in EU policy developmentand implementation at EU and national level;

• Ensure the uptake of the latest science on how en-vironmental factors harm human health, leading toan improved science-policy interface and evidenced-

based action; and• Increase the awareness of policy-makers at EU,

national, local level and of the general public on howenvironmental pollution harms health and on thebenets of the EU environmental and climate actionsfor health.

Specic objectives include:• Ambitious, binding and coherent targets for the 2030

climate and energy package• Levels of air quality which cause no harm to citizens’

health and the environment;

• The phasing out of coal power plants and a morato-rium on the construction of new ones;• A toxic-free environment by 2020, including compre-

hensive Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDC) crite-ria, an ambitious EDC strategy and an EU biomonitor-ing system that tracks exposure;

• EU economic policies that maintain a high level ofhealth and environmental protection, and that pro-mote a low-carbon economy, sustainability and equi-table development; and

• Global political agreements that are drivers for EUdomestic action on the environment and health.

Expected outcomes• Improved implementation of EU environmental leg-

islation and new legislation that safeguards humanhealth from environment-related risks;

• Increased awareness among decision-makers, thehealth and medical community, including HEAL’smembers, the media and general public, regarding

how EU environmental policies benet health;• Environmental and health issues are pushed up high-

er on the EU political agenda; and• Continuous, positive and high-prole media coverage

in EU and national media for EU environment andhealth policies.


Boulevard Charlemagne, 28B – 1000 BrusselsBELGIUMPhone +32 2 234 36 40Fax +32 2 234 36 49Email [email protected] www.env-health.org


Genon JENSEN, Executive Director




Health & Environment Alliance

(HEAL)


20/3219

Description

Health Care Without Harm (HCWH) Europe is a coalitionof hospitals, medical associations, healthcare profes-sionals, local authorities, and environmental and healthorganisations working together to transform the Europe-an healthcare sector. It was created in 2003 to addressthe environmental impact of the healthcare sector inEurope. HCWH Europe has 73 members in 24 Europeancountries, 16 of which are EU Member States.

Work Programme

HCWH Europe’s objectives for the 2014 work programmefall under two key headings: policy formulation and im-plementation. Concrete objectives are:• The adoption of horizontal EU criteria to identify En-

docrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs);• The adoption of a new Medical Device Regulation that

includes the phasing out of Carcinogenic, Mutagenicand Reprotoxic substances (CMRs), EDCs and phtha-lates such as DEHP in medical devices;

• The inclusion of threshold values for emerging con-taminants, including pharmaceuticals, in the revisionof the Annexes of the Groundwater Directive with theaim to reduce pollution and deterioration of ground-water;

• The development of a European Commission consul-tation on possible policy options addressing the envi-ronmental impact of pharmaceutical residues;

• The adoption of the precautionary principle with re-gards to EU policy around nanomaterials;

• The achievement of ambitious 2030 targets forgreenhouse gas emissions, energy savings and re-newable energy;

• The formulation of Green Public Procurement criteriafor the healthcare sector, focusing on consumables

and pharmaceuticals;• The adoption of an EU denition of sustainable food

and the development of EU wide criteria or commonstandards for sustainable food;

• The adoption of ambitious targets and measures forplastic waste with the aim to achieve greater trans-parency on the presence of hazardous chemicals inplastics;

• The phasing out of hazardous chemicals in medi-cal devices by manufacturers to reduce exposure toCMRs, EDCs and phthalates;

• Increased awareness of healthcare professionals and

the general public on the adverse eects of pharma-ceuticals to the environment, human health;• Correct implementation of the new Public Procure-

ment Directive that focuses on the environmental andsocial dimensions;

• Increased implementation of sustainable food poli-

cies in hospitals in Europe with the aim of reducingpatients’ exposure to pesticides and other chemicalsand of decreasing the cost of food waste for hospi-tals; and

• Enable implementation of energy ecient and renew-able energy policies in the European healthcare sec-tor to mitigate climate change.

Expected outcomes• Increased awareness at European and national level

regarding the development of horizontal EDCs criteriaand for the development and implementation of leg-islation related to hazardous chemicals, medical de-vices, pharmaceuticals, nanomaterials/nanomedicine,public procurement, climate and energy, plastic wasteand sustainable food;

• Information and training provided to healthcare pro-fessionals to enable them to work towards the mitiga-tion of the environmental impact of their institutions;

• Educational material created on the environmental andhealth eects of EDCs and pharmaceuticals, on sustain-able food, plastic waste, nanomaterials and mercury;

• Expert advice provided to hospitals through the Glob-al Green Healthy Hospital Network;

• The publication, launch and distribution of reports re-

ecting the objectives and the work of HCWH Europeat key policy junctures and conferences; and

• Two workshops in two EU Member States organisedwith the help of HCWH Europe’s members to presentthe new Public Procurement Directive.


Rue de la Pépinière, 1B – 1000 BrusselsBELGIUMPhone +32 2 503 0481Fax N/AEmail [email protected] http://www.noharm.org/europe/


Anja LEETZ, Executive Director




Health Care Without Harm (HCWH)

Europe


21/3220

Description

IFOAM EU Group has been advocating for sustainablefood and farming for 10 years. It focuses on the de-velopment and integrity of the organic movement inEurope. The group is an umbrella organisation of theorganic agricultural movement in Europe and bringstogether more than 165 organisations from the entireorganic food chain and beyond: farmers, processors, re-tailers, certiers, consultants, traders and researchersto environmental and consumer advocacy bodies fromall EU-28, EFTA and candidate countries. IFOAM’s goal is

the global adoption of ecologically, socially and econom-ically sound agricultural systems based on the principlesof organic agriculture.

Work Programme

The main objectives of the 2014 work programme are to:• Strengthen the advocacy and campaigning position

of IFOAM EU as the unied voice of the Europeanorganic movement. This will be achieved by buildingup relations with the new Members of the EuropeanParliament and European Commissioners and raisingawareness amongst them regarding environmentalchallenges related to food and farming;

• Contribute to the successful implementation of the7th Environmental Action Programme (7th EAP), the EUbiodiversity strategy to 2020, the Blueprint to safe-guard Europe’s waters and EU climate change mitiga-tion and adaptation targets;

• Ensure integration of environmental objectives inpolicies such as the implementation of the CommonAgricultural Policy (CAP), Horizon 2020, EU organicregulation and seed legislation;

• Create strategic alliances with other environmentalNGOs to strengthen the environmental and agro-eco-

logical voice in EU consultations and decision-makingprocesses for multiple policy elds; and

• Further strengthen IFOAM EU’s nancial and humanresource capacities as well as the eciency of the or-ganisation, especially in the areas of internal and ex-ternal communication and membership involvement.

Expected outcomes• Around 25 advocacy meetings with policy-makers

(European Commission, European Parliament, Repre-sentatives of member states) in which the benets oforganic food and farming for the environment and of

their inclusion in EU policies have been presented;• Two major conferences (food processors conference

in Paris, Rural Development and Climate change con-ference in Bari) have each attracted up to 200 directbeneciaries who consequently act as multipliers ofthe topics all over Europe;

• 10 strategy meetings and workshops (internal andwith other NGOs) have taken place to discuss strate-gies on climate change, organic regulation, rural de-velopment, the vision for organic farming 2030 anda future for GMO free sustainable food and farmingand have led to alliances for the promotion of envi-ronmentally sustainable forms of agriculture;

• Around 20-30 publications on various key environ-mental issues have been published; and

• Media work and communications have drawn the at-tention of members, the public and agricultural andenvironmental specialists to the contribution of or-ganic farming to tackling environmental challenges.


Rue du Commerce, 124B – 1000 BrusselsBELGIUMPhone +32 2 280 1252Fax +32 2 735 73 81Email [email protected] www.ifoam-eu.org


Josene JOHANSSON ZUAZU, Project Manager




International Federation of Organic

Agriculture Movements European

Regional Group (IFOAM EU Group)


22/3221

Description

Justice & Environment (J&E) is a respected, independentassociation of 12 public interest environmental law or-ganisations from 10 EU Member States and beyond. J&Elegal experts oer expertise and education on Europeanenvironmental law, aiming to ensure the implementationand improvement of the EU environmental and sustain-ability legislation through the use of European law andthe exchange of information.

Work Programme

The 2014 Annual Work Plan of J&E will focus on threeissue areas: public participation, energy and environ-mental liability. J&E’s main objectives are to:• Improve the Access to Documents Regulation 1049/2001

and to see it on the legislative agenda of the EU;• Improve the Aarhus Regulation 1367/2006 and to de-

velop a European Court of Justice (ECJ) case law onthe Aarhus Regulation;

• Attain a positive ECJ verdict on public participationin a J&E case on the Aarhus Regulation which is cur-rently pending at the Luxembourg Court against theCommission and to create awareness on the impactsof the verdict;

• Achieve broader access to the ECJ for NGOs in themedium term and to have a good Access to Justice inEnvironmental Matters Directive adopted and createbroader access to the ECJ for NGOs in the long term;

• Persuade the United Nations Economic Commissionfor Europe (UNECE) to exercise pressure on the EU inorder to achieve the full compliance of the EU withthe Aarhus Convention;

• Analysing the contents of the new EU State Aid Guide-lines on Environment and Energy;

• Establish a potential coalition network with European

Environmental NGOs supporting legislative processesat EU and Member State level in energy issues;

• Strengthen the awareness of key stakeholders on theimportance of uniting approaches on support schemesfor renewable energy projects in the Member States;

• Increase the awareness of harmful projects not ful-lling Project of Common Interest designation criteriain J&E Member States;

• Create a coalition among the Green 10 supporting de-mands for the exclusion of dened projects from thePCI list;

• Strengthen transparency and inclusiveness in the PCI

designation process by advocating for new participa-tion methodologies and processes in application ofthe Aarhus principles; and

• Agree a joint position on European Liability Directivedeciencies within J&E and with partner NGOs andadvocate for a revision of the current Directive.

Expected outcomes

• The Access to Documents Regulation 1049/2001 isimproved and added to the EU’s legislative agenda;• The Aarhus Regulation 1367/2006 is improved and a

case law on it is developed;• Broader access to the ECJ for NGOs created and a

good Access to Justice in Environmental Matters Di-rective adopted;

• Analysis of the new Environment and Energy StateAid Guidelines of the EU;

• A potential coalition network with European Environ-mental NGOs, in particular in energy issues;

• Increased awareness of key stakeholders on the im-portance of uniting approaches on support schemes

for renewable energy projects in the Member Statesand regarding what the RES support needed to deliver2020 targets;

• Increased awareness of harmful projects not fulllingPCI designation criteria in J&E Member States;

• Knowledge about legal means and opportunities tochallenge these PCI projects is consolidated;

• A coalition among the Green 10 supporting demandsfor the exclusion of dened projects from the PCI list;

• A more inclusive and more transparent PCI designa-tion process carried out in the future; and

• A joint position on ELD deciencies within J&E and

partner NGOs is agreed upon, and decision-makerstake key arguments into account within the ELD revi-sion process.


Udolni, 33H - 602 00 BrnoCZECH REPUBLICPhone +36 1 3228462Fax +36 1 4130300Email [email protected] www.justiceandenvironment.org


Dr. Csaba KISS, Coordinator




Justice and Environment


23/3222

Description

NGO Shipbreaking Platform is a global coalition of 18environmental, human rights and labour organisations,eight of which are based in EU Member States. It fo-cuses on the safe and environmentally sound recyclingand disposal of end-of-life vessels. The Platform wasfounded in 2005 to challenge substandard practices inthe shipping industry. It advocates responsible policieson shipbreaking at the European and international levelthat encompass the principles of human rights, environ-mental justice, ‘polluter pays’, producer responsibility

and clean production. Marketplace incentives are pro-moted to divert trac away from the infamous ship-breaking beaches of South Asia.

Work Programme

The NGO Shipbreaking Platform has eectively contrib-uted to the legislative process which ended in June 2013with an agreed text for a new EU Regulation on ShipRecycling (2012/0055(COD)). Within this framework, thework programme for 2014 has the following objectives:• Pushing for key policy developments, as the EC ad-

dresses outstanding elements of the newly agreedRegulation on Ship Recycling. The Regulation, for ex-ample, asks the EC to consider a model for a nancialmechanism, possible amendments to the Environ-mental Crimes Directive and technical guidance forcertication and auditing of ship recycling facilitiesoutside the EU. The Shipbreaking Platform is activelyproviding input in these and other areas to ensure a

more robust legislative framework and to strengthenits future implementation;

• Advocating for eective application of the law, in or-der to promote eective implementation of the EUWaste Shipment Regulation (WSR) and the EU Regu-

lation on Ship Recycling, while inuencing the mar-ketplace to rapidly and eectively adopt EU policyrecommendations and requirements; and

• Promoting greater public and marketplace awarenessof the environmental and human rights abuses linkedto current shipbreaking practices on the beaches ofSouth Asia, as well as providing information on theavailable best practices.

Expected outcomes• Rapid and appropriate regulatory action and econom-

ic measures to strengthen the EU’s new Regulation on

Ship Recycling, including the targeted distribution ofposition papers, reports and a brieng for the Perma-nent Representatives of the Member States to the EU;

• Eective implementation of the Waste Shipment Reg-ulation (WSR) through monitoring, with EU MemberStates alerted of imminent breaches;

• Ships sailing under the ag of EU Member Statesmonitored and informed of EC business practices,such as change of ag and ship recycling destina-tions;

• Reports published and listings of ‘Global dumpers’and ‘Responsible recyclers’ produced, based on deskresearch, purchased data (e.g. the IHS Fairplay regis-ter of ships) and access to shipping databases, suchas Lloyd’s Marine Intelligence Unit (LMIU);

• Up-to-date information provided on the situation onthe ground and in the courts in shipbreaking coun-tries, with South Asian civil society activists’ inputchannelled into European policy debates;

• Continued leadership at UN Basel Convention meet-

ings, in strategic partnership with like-minded think-tanks and legal experts; and

• Best practice for environmentally sound and safe shiprecycling actively promoted by advising progressiveship owners, and seeking common strategies with theEuropean ship recycling industry, cargo owners andtrade unions.


Rue de la Linière, 11B – 1050 BrusselsBELGIUMPhone +32 2 6094 419Fax N/AEmail [email protected] www.shipbreakingplatform.org


Patrizia HEIDEGGER, Executive Director




NGO Shipbreaking Platform


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Description

Seas At Risk is a European association of NGOs workingto protect and restore the marine environment of theEuropean seas and the wider northeast Atlantic. It hasaround 20 member NGOs in 14 countries. Seas At Riskachieves its goals through the exchange of informationbetween members and other organisations; gathering,analysing and publishing information; stimulating edu-cational, scientic and publicity activities; and organisingcampaigns.

Work ProgrammeSeas At Risk’s 2014 work programme focuses on im-proving the implementation of EU policies relating tothe marine environment, integrating environmentalobjectives in the maritime sector, and providing infor-mation for member organisations and the wider NGOcommunity.

The main objectives of the 2014 work programme are:• Ensuring that key maritime industries, such as ship-

ping, play their part in reducing greenhouse gas emis-sions, to minimise the impacts of climate change onthe marine environment;

• Helping to reform the Common Fisheries Policy toensure that environmental commitments are imple-mented and that stakeholders are fully involved inthe implementation phases;

• Promoting a strong deep sea sheries access regimethat guarantees the protection and sustainable man-agement of deep sea ecosystems;

• Ensuring that during the implementation of the Euro-pean Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) there is suf-cient data collection, and investment in low-impactsheries, aquaculture and other maritime activities;

• Helping to implement the Marine Strategy Frame-work Directive (MSFD), with special attention given tomarine litter and the eective integration of MSFDobjectives in the Blue Growth agenda, while ensuringthat the proposed Directive on Maritime Spatial Plan-ning and Integrated Coastal Management (MSP-ICM)is fully in line with MSFD objectives; and

• Advocating the use of the ecosystem approach,precautionary and ‘polluter pays’ principles in BlueGrowth priority sectors, such as seabed mining andblue biotechnology.

Expected outcomes• Liaison with the European Commission, European

Parliament, Member States and other forums, via po-sition papers and other contributions, including jointNGO position papers on the sustainable development

of EU aquaculture, a guidance document on MSFDmeasures and publications on marine litter;

• Participation in advisory bodies, such as the sheriesand aquaculture advisory councils, and attendance inan ‘observer’ capacity at regional and global regula-tory forums, including the International Maritime Or-ganisation (IMO), the OSPAR Commission and MSFDimplementation working groups;

• Information and capacity building through Seas AtRisk’s issue-specic policy groups;

• Environmental briengs prior to each meeting of theFisheries Council and selected meetings of the Eu-ropean Parliament’s Committee on Fisheries, thatprovide environmental considerations connected to

policy proposals on the agenda;• Dissemination of briengs to policy and decision-

makers at EU and Member State levels, as well as themedia and NGOs;

• Strengthened cooperation with other regional NGOsthrough the European Seas Environmental Coopera-tion platform; and

• Enhanced communication through the developmentof a Seas At Risk Communication Strategy.


Rue d’Edimbourg, 26B - 1050 BrusselsBELGIUMPhone +32 2 289 30 965Fax +32 2 289 30 966Email [email protected] www.seas-at-risk.org


Ann DOM, Assistant Director




Seas At Risk


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Description

Slow Food was founded in 1986 and became an inter-national association in 1989. It is a grassroots, mem-bership-driven organisation with a network of around100 000 members in 150 countries. It seeks to createa broad worldwide cultural shi in the relationship thatpeople have with food. It envisions a world where eve-ryone has access to good, clean and fair food. ‘Good’ re-fers to food that has a culturally appropriate taste qual-ity and that is healthy. �

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