European environmental NGOs
LIFE operating grants 2014
Environment
Introduction to NGOs Compilation 2014
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 fields 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 environment protection, wetlands, sustainable hunting, sustainable production, farming and food consumption.
NGO operating grants Founded in 1992, LIFE is the EU’s financial instrument for the environment. Under the new LIFE Regulation (EC) No 1293/2013) “operating grants shall support certain operational and administrative costs of nonprofit making entities which pursue an aim of general Union interest, and are primarily active in the field of environment or climate action and are involved in the development, implementation and enforcement of Union policy and legislation” (Article 21 of the Regulation). At least 81% of the budgetary resources for LIFE shall be used for action grants or, where appropriate, financial instruments supported by the LIFE Programme. However, LIFE also supports the operations of EU-level environmental NGOs through the competitive and transparent awarding of annual operating grants. The number of NGOs funded each year varies depending on the quality of the applications, the amounts applied for and the total budget available. This funding aims to strengthen the participation of NGOs in the dialogue process in environmental policy-making and in its implementation. The operating grants are awarded on a yearly basis with calls for proposals published on the LIFE Programme website. The applications are evaluated and
ranked according to criteria relating to the extent to which the organisations can contribute to EU policy development and implementation in the priority areas of EU environmental policy. EU-level environmental NGOs that wish to apply for funding under this programme must be non-profit making and independent. They must also be active at a European level with activities and members in at least three EU Member States.
More information on operational funding can be found at: 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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CEE Bankwatch Network.......................................................3
FUNDACIÓN OCEANA...........................................................17
CEEweb for Biodiversity.........................................................4
Health & Environment Alliance (HEAL)......................18
Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe vzw-asbl........................................................................5
Health Care Without Harm (HCWH) Europe.............19
Counter Balance........................................................................6 Environmental Partnership Association........................7 EUROPARC Federation............................................................8 European Centre for Nature Conservation (ECNC).............................................................................................9
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
European Cyclists’ Federation asbl..............................10
Slow Food...................................................................................24
European Environmental Bureau (EEB).....................11
Stichting BirdLife Europe...................................................25
European Federation for Transport and Environment a.i.s.b.l..............................................................12
SURFRIDER FOUNDATION EUROPE...............................26
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
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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CEE Bankwatch Network
Description CEE Bankwatch Network is an international NGO that was founded in 1995 to campaign against the activities of international financial institutions in the Central and Eastern European (CEE) region that cause negative environmental and social impacts. It monitors public investments 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 and economically sustainable alternatives to their policies and projects.
Work Programme CEE Bankwatch Network’s work programme in 2014 will focus primarily on mitigating the effects of climate change by participating in policy processes at the EU level and in a number of new Member States. The programme has the following specific objectives: • Ensuring that environmental and climate issues are fully mainstreamed in the 2014-2020 Multiannual Financial Framework (with specific attention to the Cohesion Funds) and their implementation documents, and that specific provisions, such as Integrated Territorial Investments and Community-Led Local Development, are included; • Supporting sustainable local development within the EU through awareness raising on local economic models, and ensuring that climate and environmental issues are mainstreamed in the framework of the Community-Led Local Development initiative; • Ensuring public bank compliance with EU regulations on sustainable development, by participating in the establishment of a monitoring system for the 20142020 programming period in several new Member States; and • Encouraging the EIB to comply better with EU energy, climate and development policies, enabling public participation in its planning process and improving its result management mechanism. In addition, CEE Bankwatch Network’s activities will include recommendations for implementing the Partnership Principle; a website and multilingual guide books on local economic development; campaigns promoting energy efficiency and highlighting the negative environmental impacts of coal mining; joint CSO recommendations for a stricter EIB Emissions Performance Standard; case studies on the Emissions Trading System; and comments on the revision of the Energy Community’s Regional Energy Strategy.
Contact:
Postal address Na Rozcesti 1434/6 CZ - 190 00 Prague CZECH REPUBLIC Phone +420 274 822 150 Fax +420 274 816 571 Email mark.fodor@bankwatch.org Website 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%)
Expected outcomes
• NGOs actively involved in all monitoring committees on operational programmes relevant to the environment and climate change, with possible adverse effects of project implementation addressed at an early stage; • Environmental issues mainstreamed through local development strategies, enabling the financing of projects aimed at developing local markets, decentralised energy production, energy efficiency, sustainable resource management and climate adaptation; • National energy efficiency programmes in at least three countries will have taken into account the needs of vulnerable social groups, with special financial instruments established to ensure timely implementation of the Energy Efficiency Directive; • A stricter EIB Emissions Performance Standard adopted by the end of 2014, and revised result measurement tools to prevent climate-damaging investments within and outside the EU; • EBRD safeguard policies include CEE Bankwatch Network recommendations for broader definitions on project areas of influence, sustainability criteria and no-go zones; and • EU public banks and foreign investors acknowledge the environmental risks of coal investments, and withdraw or limit their support for targeted coal projects in Romania, Croatia and Poland.
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CEEweb for Biodiversity
Description CEEweb for Biodiversity was founded in 1994 as a network of non-governmental organisations aiming to conserve biodiversity through the promotion of sustainable development in Central and Eastern Europe (CCE). Its membership comprises 61 nature conservation NGOs from EU Member States and neighbouring countries (e.g. Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia). CEEweb’s main activities focus on influencing decision-making through campaigning, lobbying and advocacy. It promotes the enforcement of EU legislation and international conventions for nature and biodiversity conservation, with special regard to the Convention on Biological Diversity.
Work Programme General aims include: • Ensuring new EU Member States make significant progress towards reaching the objectives of the new Environment Action Programme for the EU (7th EAP); • Ensuring CEE Member States take effective measures to reduce direct environmental pressures, and realise the milestones of the Roadmap to a Resource Efficient Europe, the 2020 EU Biodiversity Headline Target and 2050 Vision; and • Ensuring the EU increasingly debate ways of reducing resource use, especially in relation to the formulation of the post-2020 EU climate and energy package. Specific aims include: • Enhancing Natura 2000 management planning in CEE, thereby contributing to the favourable conservation status of species and habitats of EU importance; • Effective implementation of EU Biodiversity Strategy 2020, with special focus on new tools and policies included in Target 2 actions, taking into account CEE views; • Increasing uptake of EU funds for biodiversity, Natura 2000, green infrastructure and ecosystem-based climate change adaptation and mitigation projects in CEE; • Facilitating the integration of biodiversity and ecosystem services into the EU Funds and Operational Programmes; • Maximising the benefit of National Rural Development Programmes for sustainable agriculture and the use of natural resources; • Making the EU a more resource-efficient and competitive low-carbon economy, through the involvement of business and ecosystem-friendly tourism; • Increasing businesses’ understanding of their role in conserving biodiversity and ecosystem services;
Contact:
Postal address Széher út 40 H - 1021 Budapest HUNGARY Phone +36 1398 01 35 Fax +36 1398 01 36 Email zolyomi@ceeweb.org Website www.ceeweb.org Name of contact person Agnes ZOLYOMI, General Secretary
Duration of work programme: 01/01/2014 – 31/12/2014
Total budget in euro: 315,179.00
EC contribution in euro with %: 220,624.00 (69.99%)
• Ensuring EU Wildlife Trade Regulations are effectively enforced; and • Exchange of experiences and knowledge, to improve stakeholders’ and the public’s awareness of biodiversity, ecosystem services, climate change mitigation and adaptation issues, and related EU policies.
Expected outcomes
• EU increasingly debate the need for reducing resource use, especially in relation to the formulation of the post 2020 EU climate and energy package; • Scientific results and on-the-ground experiences provide a sound basis for EU and national environmental policy-making; • CEE NGOs have higher capacities and actively contribute to EU and international policy development and implementation; • Increased CEEweb for Biodiversity profile in European and national environmental policy discussions, with the CEEweb network effectively closing the gap between the EU and non-EU (accession and candidate) countries; • Participation in at least 10 European Commission events, three international events, and five events organised by other sectors; • At least 50 new case studies, workshop reports or guidelines, two online publications, a film on the role of CEE NGOs in EU biodiversity and sustainability policy-making; and • At least 150 films submitted to Green-Go International Short Film Festival and at least 500 photos sent to Go Wild! photo contest. 4
Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe vzw-asbl Description CAN Europe, which is part of CAN International, is the largest European coalition working on climate and energy issues. It comprises 127 member organisations from 28 European countries. CAN Europe aims to improve existing EU climate and energy policies. The NGO advocates for comprehensive and ambitious post-2020 targets and a leadership role for the EU in international climate negotiations.
Work Programme CAN Europe’s work programme in 2014 is structured around four main areas: • International negotiations around the post-2020 international climate agreement, with a special focus on global mitigation, provision of international climate finance and support to sustainable development; • Renewable energy development, with a focus on the Renewable Energy Sources (RES) Directive, and RES market and grid integration; • Energy efficiency and savings, with the main objectives of achieving an ambitious and timely transposition and implementation of the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED), and preparing for a review of the progress towards achieving the 20% savings target. CAN Europe will also focus on highlighting energy savings as a cornerstone of any EU decarbonisation strategy for 2020 and beyond; and • Development of the post-2020 climate and energy policy framework, with a special focus on the Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) reform to ensure that industry voices are counter-balanced and environmental concerns about how the ETS functions are heard.
Expected outcomes
• International post-2020 climate agreement: network coordination between members improves information exchange, management of campaign communications tools for specific actions or events, and the coordination of advocacy/lobbying work to concentrate public pressure in the run up to COP21 in Paris at the end of 2015; • Renewable energy development: policy development achieved through the production of position papers, briefings and studies (e.g. ‘Impact of RES on electricity prices’), and advocacy/lobbying work advanced through policy recommendations and discussions with EC officials (e.g. from DG Energy, DG Climate Action and Council presidency); • Energy efficiency and savings: coordination develops common positions and strategies on EED implementation and moves forward post-2020 discussions
Contact:
Postal address Rue d’Edimbourg, 26 B – 1050 Brussels BELGIUM Phone +32 2 893 4670 Email wendel@caneurope.org Website www.caneurope.org Name of contact person Wendel TRIO, Director
Duration of work programme: 01/01/2014 - 31/12/2014
Total budget in euro: 1,226,539.00
EC contribution in euro with %: 243,657.00 (19.87%)
on energy efficiency, successful advocacy achieved through public consultations with particular focus on the new European Parliament and the Greek Presidency, and the EED Guidebook and a report on effort sharing for energy savings effectively disseminated; and • Climate policies - post-2020 climate and energy framework: advocacy achieved through position and briefing papers, active representation of CAN Europe member’s views through regular meetings with decision-makers and relevant stakeholders, a report completed on the main weaknesses of the ETS and how it can be reformed, and an event held at the European Parliament for members of the EP ENVI Committee about CAN Europe’s work and position regarding ETS reform and the EU’s post-2020 climate and energy framework.
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Counter Balance
Description Counter Balance was formed in 2007 to challenge the European Investment Bank (EIB) over its activities that cause negative environmental impacts. The NGO is a coalition of organisations from across Europe with experience of international financial institutions, development finance, and campaigns involving large infrastructure projects. In particular, Counter Balance strives for fundamental reform of the EIB, to make it democratically accountable, open to robust scrutiny and more willing to fulfill its sustainable development and environmental mandates rather than just focusing on financial concerns.
Work Programme Counter Balance will continue to monitor public banks, in particular the EIB, and advocate for them to adhere to sustainable development goals, climate change mitigation policies, and the protection of biodiversity, in line with EU policy objectives. Without such monitoring, aligned with improved governance and democratic participation, environmental considerations risk being pushed to the margins of public bank activities.
Contact:
Postal address Rue d’Edimbourg, 26 B – 1050 Brussels BELGIUM Phone +32 2 893 08 61 Fax +420 274 816 571 Email xavier.sol@counter-balance.org Website www.counter-balance.org Name of contact person Xavier SOL, Head of Secretariat
Duration of work programme: 01/01/2014 - 31/12/2014
Total budget in euro: 142,115.00
EC contribution in euro with %: 96,952.00 (68.22%)
Counter Balance has the following main objectives for 2014: • Challenging large infrastructure projects that considerably impact on the environment, including the mechanisms by which they are financed; • Critically assessing the development of ecosystem services markets and the role played by European public banks in promoting this approach; and • Contributing to improved governance structures that allow democratic participation, with full transparency and accountability, which help uphold environmental safeguards and compliance with EU standards.
Expected outcomes
• Large-scale infrastructure projects closely monitored, documented and challenged when they have potential or realised negative environmental impacts; • The reviewed energy policies of the EIB and the EBRD implemented, leading to immediate reductions in direct environmental impacts; • More information obtained and analysed concerning how ecosystem services markets work, which will lead to an informed debate on the role and functioning of these markets in order to reduce their negative impacts on the environment; and • By constraining financial mechanisms to manage environmental and climate-related risks, Counter Balance creates space for enforceable laws to better protect the environment. 6
Environmental Partnership Association Description The Environmental Partnership Association (EPA) is an association of five foundations in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia and a coordinating secretariat in Brno, the Czech Republic. The association is dedicated to mobilising and empowering the people of these regions to improve their environment, their local communities and societies. Since their establishment in 1991, the foundations have invested more than €20 million in support of nearly 10 000 civic initiatives. As well as providing financial and technical support to local, grassroots organisations, the foundations also implement specific regional programmes designed to address regional and cross-border issues.
Work Programme The main objectives of our work programme are related to several priority areas of the EU 2020 strategy. Specific aims include: • Encouraging key stakeholders, such as city governments, important employment providers and schools, to work together on more sustainable mobility schemes, using the latest experience in mobility planning; • Working with a regional network of grantees and European partners to raise awareness about the practical environmental and economic benefits of the best environmental technologies available and to promote practical action to combat climate change; • Developing and promoting practical means and tools to raise the awareness of the local population on natural capital and biodiversity conservation and to motivate them to take positive, practical action; • Promoting a model of development for regions with untapped economic potential and a tradition of natural and cultural resource stewardship; and • Capacity building, advocacy and lobbying.
Expected outcomes
• Sustainable cities are promoted through a comprehensive training and assistance programme for urban planners, those involved in developing city strategies, and local action groups on strategy development, sustainable mobility and green spaces; • Urban mobility plans are developed and promoted through participation in workshops organised by cities, public and media relations and communication actions; • Corporate mobility plans based on a structured analyses of employee behaviour, the needs and analyses of local conditions for industrial and technology parks and big employment providers are developed and promoted;
Contact:
Postal address Udolni 33 CZ – 602 00 Brno CZECH REPUBLIC Phone +420 515 903 111 Fax +420 515 903 110 Email michal.vesely@nap.cz Website www.environmentalpartnership.org Name of contact person Michal VESELÝ, Project Coordinator
Duration of work programme: 01/01/2014 – 31/12/2014
Total budget in euro: 289,150.00
EC contribution in euro with %: 202,396.00 (70.00%)
• School mobility plans are developed and promoted closely with local schools using a mix of training, assistance and small grants; • The Cycle to Work campaign will link corporate sustainable mobility efforts and city mobility strategies; • Events attended/organised promoting non-motorised transport through the better connection of urban areas to the countryside as part of Trans-European Transportation Network (TEN-T); • Training programmes for students, grantees and the professional public on raising awareness about climate change and promoting positive practical actions to combat climate change; • International and national roundtables and workshops on the impacts of climate change on water management in the countryside; • Contests and awards on the water-related impacts of climate change on the CEE; • The European Green Belt conference and networking events are organised; • A pan-European biodiversity awareness-raising campaigning takes place based on the European Tree of the Year. Contests occur at national level in all participating countries; and • Concrete biodiversity improvement measures are implemented by means of a Green Spaces Action Programme.
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EUROPARC Federation
Description
Contact:
Postal address Waffnergasse 6 D - 93047 Regensburg GERMANY Phone +49 941 599 35 98 0 Fax +49 941 599 35 98 9 Email office@europarc.org Website www.europarc.org
The EUROPARC Federation, also known as the ‘Federation of Nature and National Parks of Europe’, was founded in 1973 with the aim to facilitate protected areas in preserving Europe’s natural beauty. The pan-European NGO aims to enhance and sustain Europe’s natural heritage by fostering international cooperation and networking among protected area practitioners and Natura 2000 site managers. It is the largest network of protected areas in Europe with around 370 members in 36 countries. The federation also runs initiatives and programmes that promote the value and benefits of protected areas and Natura 2000 network sites to society.
Duration of work programme:
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EUROPARC intends to improve the implementation of the EU’s 7th Environmental Action Plan (EAP) and further ensure there is an understanding among its members of the ‘2020 Strategy for Smart, Sustainable and Inclusive Growth’ and its relationship to the protected areas and Natura 2000 management sectors. In 2014 the NGO will seek to create a more effective European protected area network with a clear vision and strategy to further meet the needs of Natura 2000 and protected areas managers by: • Strengthening the scientific base on climate change to further implement EU policies in Natura 2000 sites and other protected areas; • Continuing to ensure the effective management of the Natura 2000 network across EU protected areas; • Increasing knowledge of ecosystem services and their economic value, contributing to the implementation of the Green Infrastructure Strategy, and enhancing synergies between the objectives of biodiversity conservation and farming; • Developing capacity within the protected area management community; • Raising the awareness of a wide public and young generations on the role of protected areas and promoting active citizenship experiences in favour of nature conservation; • Contributing to the global debate on the future of protected areas; • Involving business, in particular the tourism sector, in protected areas; and • Highlighting the role and examining the policy effectiveness of Natura 2000 sites and protected areas to safeguard the Union’s citizens from environmentrelated pressures and risks to health.
Name of contact person Carol RITCHIE, Director
01/01/2014 – 31/12/2014
595,789.00
EC contribution in euro with %: 154,770.00 (25.98%)
Expected outcomes
• Better tailored research activities regarding climate change to the needs of protected areas; • Contribution to cooperation between external researchers and protected areas to face the challenges of climate change; • Effective implementation of EU environmental legislation through improved management effectiveness in climate change mitigation in Natura 2000 sites and protected areas; • A new EUROPARC website to ensure information on 7th EAP EU environmental policy updates and EU guidelines relevant for protected areas managers; • Continuous contributions to and dissemination of EU policy debate with expertise and good practices on Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) implementation and participation in CAP NGO network meetings and other relevant events; • Stronger cross-linkage of environmental policy aspects such as climate change and biodiversity with DG Enterprise sustainable tourism policies; • 15 full-day workshops during the EUROPARC international conference in September 2014 in partnership with The Parks and Wildlife Service of the Republic of Ireland; • Various events bringing experts together on policy implementation across the 7th EAP and the ‘2020 Strategy for Smart, Sustainable and Inclusive Growth’; and • Reports and case studies published on the conclusions of the entire work programme.
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European Centre for Nature Conservation (ECNC) Description ECNC, the European Centre for Nature Conservation, is an independent expertise centre for biodiversity and sustainable development. Established in 1993, its mission is the conservation and sustainable use of Europe’s natural ecosystems, biodiversity and landscapes. It promotes an integrated approach for both land and sea, and actively stimulates the interaction between science, society and policy. ECNC projects are grouped together under six thematic programmes: Nature and Society, Interaction between Business and Biodiversity, Green Infrastructure, Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity Assessment, Ecosystem and Species Management, and Policy Support. In addition, the organisation contributes to awareness raising, and the formulation and implementation of European biodiversity policies; in particular, stakeholder translation of the 2020 Biodiversity Strategy.
Work Programme The ECNC work programme for 2014 is framed by the EU Biodiversity Strategy and its related policy instruments. The three main programme areas reflect some of the key priorities of the proposal for a 7th EU Environment Action Programme: integrating biodiversity into society and sectoral policies; improving the understanding and knowledge of biodiversity and ecosystem services; and contributing to the spatial dimension of biodiversity policy. Within these areas, ECNC has the following key objectives: • Promoting awareness and implementing EU biodiversity policy at local and regional level; • Encouraging uptake of functional agro-biodiversity measures within sustainable agriculture; • Contributing to healthier seas through the removal of fishing nets and recycling them as new products; • Streamlining the coordination between European biodiversity stakeholder networks; • Providing business and biodiversity support services; • Contributing to ALTER-Net as a key knowledge hub within the European biodiversity science-policy mechanism; • Improving a biodiversity impact assessment tool for policy impacts; • Sharing ECNC experience through education, communication action, and training; • Strengthening the role of Europe’s regions in implementing biodiversity policies; and • Supporting the implementation of green infrastructure and related policies.
Contact:
Postal address PO Box 90154 NL - 5000 LG Tilburg THE NETHERLANDS Phone +31 135944944 Fax +31 135944945 Email delbaere@ecnc.org Website www.ecnc.org Name of contact person Ben DELBAERE, Head of Programme Operations
Duration of work programme: 01/01/2014 – 31/12/2014
Total budget in euro: 549,743.00
EC contribution in euro with %: 348,738.00 (63.44%)
In addition to these objectives, the 2014 work programme also includes organisational development, such as governance, capacity building and staff training.
Expected outcomes
• Launch of a Quality Destination programme and engagement with 30 municipalities; • The European Learning Network on Functional Agrobiodiversity and advice on CAP measures lead to a better stakeholder understanding of the contribution of functional agro-biodiversity to a reformed CAP; • Effective communication of the Healthy Seas programme, with a reduced number of ghost nets to cause marine wildlife casualties; • Joint vision for European biodiversity networks and an agreement on a mechanism for more harmonised approaches; • Production of a catalogue of biodiversity support services available for SMEs; • ALTER-Net high impact action fully operational with direct flow of research results to policy-makers; • Updated BioScore tool available for policy impact assessment; • 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 of green infrastructure policies; and • More effective European networking for the benefit of biodiversity and policy implementation.
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European Cyclists’ Federation asbl
Description The European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF) was created in 1983 to increase bicycle use, as a contribution to sustainable mobility and public well-being, by promoting cycling as a means of daily transportation and recreation. To achieve its targets, ECF aims to change attitudes, raise awareness and influence transport, health and environment policies and budget allocations at the European and global level.
Work Programme The ECF’s ‘Vision 2020’ aims to double the amount of cycling in Europe by 2020 to 15% modal share on an average in Europe, to get institutions in Europe to recognise the value of cycling and incorporate it in all relevant policies, to increase investment in cycling, and to reduce the rate of cyclists being killed or seriously injured on Europe’s roads. To implement this vision, the ECF work programme for 2014 has the following objectives: • Ensuring that the benefits of cycling are included in all relevant EU policies; • Building coalitions with other organisations (e.g. environmental NGOs, networks and supporters) to promote sustainable mobility in the EU; • Demonstrating evidence to EU and national decisionmakers of the economic value of cycling, in terms of economic growth and job creation, and encouraging greater investment in cycling; • Working with cities to make urban mobility systems more sustainable and safer, as a means of improving quality of life, air quality, public health and well-being; • Promoting cycling that successfully incorporates new technologies (e.g. E-bikes) to help shift journeys away from polluting vehicles, and ensuring that the environmental benefits of cycling and electric cycling are recognised in new transport research and deployment funding; • Contributing to an increase in sustainable tourism, by supporting investments and measures to improve and to promote bicycle tourism; and • Increasing knowledge and information available to international agencies, including the UN-Habitat Post-2015 Agenda’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), cycling associations, cities and experts on European cycling.
Contact:
Postal address 28, rue Franklin B – 1000 Brussels BELGIUM Phone +32 2 880 92 74 Fax +32 2 880 92 75 Email b.ensink@ecf.com Website www.ecf.com Name of contact person Bernhard ENSINK, Secretary General
Duration of work programme: 01/01/2014 – 31/12/2014
Total budget in euro: 1,040,924.00
EC contribution in euro with %: 351,750.00 (33.80%)
• Increased awareness (in international institutions, EU institutions, Member States, cities and local governments, as well as among economists and business leaders) that cycling is a powerful tool for delivering environmental and social benefits; • Creation and dissemination of best practices, evidence, and practical tools on sustainable mobility and cycling; • Networks of experts and practitioners established who can deliver more cycling ‘on the ground’; and • A more impactful and growing cycling community.
Expected outcomes
• Observable growing levels of transport and recreational cycling, substituting less environmentally friendly modes of transport; 10
European Environmental Bureau (EEB) Description The European Environmental Bureau (EEB) was created in 1974, with an environmental protection agenda. Today, it is a federation of more than 140 environmental civil society organisations. EEB’s mission is to influence the formulation and implementation of EU environmental and sustainable development policies. It also aims to promote the understanding of such policies among EU environmental organisations and citizens.
Work Programme In 2014, the EEB work programme aims to: • Positively influence EU policy design and implementation relating to major environmental issues, transversal issues (e.g. sustainable development, enforcing of environmental law and greening the economy), the EU’s 7th Environmental Action Programme, emerging and neglected issues (e.g. soils and nanotechnology), and some processes extending beyond the borders of the EU (e.g. the follow-up to the Rio+20, the Aarhus Convention and the OECD green growth strategy); • Raise awareness among EEB members and the wider public, in order that they get actively involved to help strengthen EU environment-related policies and ensure their effective implementation; • Promote environmental policy integration, in particular, concerning the implementation and planned reviews of the Europe 2020 strategy, the Multi-Annual Financial Framework and sectoral policies in the areas of agriculture, energy and transport; • Seek the removal of environmentally harmful subsidies, and promote fiscal measures that internalise environmental costs; • Support the effective implementation of environmental policies such as REACH, the Water Framework Directive, the Industrial Emissions and Liability Directive, the Integrated Product Policy, waste and air quality legislation, the EU Ecolabel and Natura 2000 network; • Strengthen existing legislation, fill regulatory gaps (e.g. in relation to soil and nanotechnology) and phase out the use of mercury in the EU and globally; and • Ensure that initiatives promoting better or smarter regulations focus on reducing unnecessary administrative burdens rather than promoting deregulation per se.
Contact:
Postal address Boulevard de Waterloo, 34 B – 1000 Brussels BELGIUM Phone +32 2 289 10 91 Fax +32 2 289 10 99 Email jeremy.wates@eeb.org Website www.eeb.org Name of contact person Jeremy WATES, Secretary General
Duration of work programme: 01/01/2014 – 31/12/2014
Total budget in euro: 2,573,016.00
EC contribution in euro with %: 844,200.00 (32.81%)
ings (NEC) Directive review, bio-energy and other legislation, coupled with positive feedback from politicians and officials on EEB proposals and demands; • A successful communications and outreach programme (publications, press releases, website and other forms of communication) leading to heightened awareness of current EU environment-related processes among EEB member organisations and the environmental movement in general, resulting in increased pressure on Member States to give higher priority to environmental issues; and • Continuation of EEB’s key role in coalition building with environmental organisations, consumer organisations, trade unions, social and development organisations and progressive business interests to reach environmental and sustainable development goals.
Expected outcomes
• Visible positive impact of EEB interventions on specific EU decisions and processes, reflected in ‘greener’ substantive outcomes in relation to the European Resource Efficiency Platform, National Emissions Ceil11
European Federation for Transport and Environment a.i.s.b.l. Description The European Federation for Transport and Environment (T&E) is the primary non-governmental organisation campaigning for an environmentally responsible approach to transport at European level. Established in 1990, T&E represents around 50 member organisations across Europe, mostly environmental groups and sustainable transport campaigners. The NGO is politically independent, science-based in outlook, and strictly nonprofit. The key objective is to drastically reduce the environmental footprint of transport, especially aviation and shipping, in the EU and beyond. T&E is focused on areas where EU policy has the potential to achieve the greatest environmental benefits: clean technology, frameworks for transport pricing and investment.
Work Programme In 2014, T&E aims to achieve political improvements in the following main areas: • Transport policy: the weights and dimensions of lorries (with a focus on better aerodynamics and safety) as well as road charging if politically feasible. T&E also aims to develop a comprehensive transport policy agenda for the next Commission which includes post-2020 strategies for greenhouse gas emissions, strategies for e-mobility and fuel taxation, as well as enforcement strategies for compliance with environmental 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 indirect land use change from biofuels and high-carbon fossil transport fuels in the implementation of the fuel quality directive; achieving binding roll-out electric charging infrastructure in the proposal for clean power for transport; and • Aviation/shipping: monitoring, reporting, verification (MRV) of shipping emissions, aviation/Emissions Trading System (ETS) following the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) assembly, and shipping air pollution at International Maritime Organisation (IMO) level. T&E also aims to maximise the success of the environmental movement as a whole by contributing to the Green10 group within the ‘Stoiber group’. In each of the areas above T&E will run several legislative campaigns combining a strong evidence base, technological neutrality, cost effectiveness and pragmatism with very strong media outreach efforts creating maxi-
Contact:
Postal address Square de Meeus, 18 B – 1050 Brussels BELGIUM Phone: +32 2 8510202 (switchboard) / +32 2 8510201 (direct) Fax N/A Email jos.dings@transportenvironment.org Website www.transportenvironment.org Name of contact person Jos DINGS, Director
Duration of work programme: 01/01/2014 – 31/12/2014
Total budget in euro: 1,604,377.00
EC contribution in euro with %: 244,818.00 (15.26%)
mum credibility and visibility. Actions also comprise formal and informal meetings with the EU institutions, and presentations at various events.
Expected outcomes
• Transport policy: yes to smarter trucks, no to bigger ones; increased awareness of new ways to tax fuel; and broader support for a new proposal for road charging; • Clean vehicles: CO2 standards for light vehicles that do not deviate too much from the deal reached in June 2013, as well as a clear perspective on such standards for heavy goods vehicles; • Clean fuels: more support for science-based, technology neutral fuel policy policies that consistently favour low-carbon fuels over high-carbon ones, and that spur EU action on cleaner alternatives such as electricity; and • Aviation/shipping: a constructive way out of the aviation/ETS situation, progress at IMO and ICAO on market-based measures, and decisive action on state aid for aviation. In 2014, T&E also intends to organise at least five public events, issue some 50 publications, and at least five pieces of external research.
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European Litter Prevention Association asbl Description European Litter Prevention Association (ELPA) is a nonprofit association under Belgian law. It operates the Clean Europe Network, a pan-European platform for organisations active in the field of litter prevention. The Network currently brings together 14 member organisations in 10 EU Member States, to share experience, expertise, best practice and research. European Litter Prevention Association aims to promote litter prevention measures, conducts assessments on litter and littering, and offers practical improvements for litter management.
Contact:
Postal address Avenue Livingstone, 13/15 B – 1000 Brussels BELGIUM Phone +32 2 286 94 93 Fax +32 2 286 94 95 Email mvigetti@eamonnbates.com Website www.cleaneuropenetwork.eu Name of contact person Marco VIGETTI, Programme Manager
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European Litter Prevention Association’s work programme is directly relevant to many priority objectives under the EU’s 7th Environmental Action Programme, including furthering EU waste policy within the overarching Resource Efficient Europe objective. Clean Europe Network engaged 20 million European citizens in the first ‘Let’s Clean-Up Europe Day’ on 10 May 2014.
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The work programme for 2014 has the following objectives: • Changing behaviour and reducing litter in the EU by enhancing the effectiveness of litter prevention structures and initiatives, sharing expertise, and formulating Europe-wide approaches; • Stimulating greater litter prevention activity around the Europe by providing a forum for public discussion of the litter challenge at EU-level, providing information to policy-makers about litter prevention, and promoting an annual ‘Clean Europe Week’; and • Providing technical assistance to new entrants to the litter prevention field and fostering the development of litter prevention organisations in EU Member States where none currently exist.
01/01/2014 – 31/12/2014
545,910.00
EC contribution in euro with %: 358,414.00 (70.00%)
• A compendium of best European practices published to engage industry and community groups in litter prevention campaigns; • ‘Let’s Clean-up Europe Day’ (10 May) promoted as an annual EC-supported event, in collaboration with industry supporters, as a first step towards an annual ‘Clean Europe Week’; and • A common European platform on litter prevention developed, with a dedicated website, to provide information on Clean Europe Network’s work programme.
Expected outcomes
• A voluntary common system helping organisations and authorities to define litter and how to measure it; • An understanding of the main pathways of landbased litter transiting to freshwater and marine environments, and a methodology for reducing by 25% land-based litter (with special emphasis on plastic litter) that enters freshwater ecosystems; • Best practice in litter reduction communication and prevention campaigns disseminated; • A compendium of best European practices produced, to drive behaviour change in key target groups responsible for littering and in specific locations with high litter levels;
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EUROSITE
Description Eurosite is a unique non-governmental network organisation working to improve the practice and quality of nature conservation management across Europe. Currently, 21 countries are represented by 60 member organisations, including public bodies, private organisations and NGOs. The goal of Eurosite is to enhance European nature conservation through the management of land and water and by sharing practical information to build knowledge. Eurosite works directly with site managers and collaborates with a range of partners whose activities relate to the network’s priorities, specifically on matters related to the implementation and development of EU policies linked to site-based management.
Work Programme Eurosite will deliver a specified range of activities designed to create a direct bridge between EU policy priorities and people on the ground. The main priorities are the EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020 and the EU Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change. Eurosite will contribute to the structured and constructive crosssectoral dialogue required between nature conservation practitioners and policy-makers. The work programme is designed to ensure that site-based know-how is measurably improved through capacity-building activities. It should also ensure that practical experiences are effectively factored into policy developments to support their implementation. Eurosite will focus on the following areas: • Facilitating the flow of knowledge between the Commission’s policy and on the ground practitioners, both to improve current implementation of policy and to enhance the review and development of said policy through feedback from site managers and other relevant stakeholders: • Facilitating and promoting the exchange of knowledge and sharing of experiences between site practitioners, allowing them to showcase successful projects and working approaches and to communicate directly with one another, in order to improve the spread of best practices across Europe; • Improving communication of the Eurosite network and its members’ work to a wider audience, through renewed and regularly updated channels, including the website, e-newsletters and social media outlets; • Intensifying working relations with partners to combine strengths by advocating greater synergy and the development of collaborative services or aspects of shared work programmes; and
Contact:
Postal address Luijbenstraat 3 NL – 5211 BR ‘s-Hertogenbosch THE NETHERLANDS Phone +31 73 61 29 222 Fax N/A Email info@eurosite.org Website www.eurosite.org Name of contact person Carlijn POIRTERS, Network and Project Support Officer
Duration of work programme: 01/01/2014 – 31/12/2014
Total budget in euro: 112,100.00
EC contribution in euro with %: 74,993.00 (66.90%)
• Improving site management practices to ensure conservation targets are increasingly met, thereby contributing to EU efforts to fight the loss of biodiversity and degradation of ecosystem services.
Expected outcomes
• Three workshops for 150 participants, including: - The production of a framework communication strategy on wilderness management to be distributed widely after the workshop; - The production of guidelines on climate change adaptation 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 collaboration, participating in formal meetings with the Commission’s groups, and working groups on the Commission’s priority policies (e.g. ecosystems services working group), and European level events, including Green Week; • Wide access to the results of European NGOs provided by Eurosite through improved external communication and outreach activities: e.g. through a new e-newsletter, improvements to www.eurosite.org and links to other websites and extended use of social media outlets.
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Federation of Associations for Hunting and Conservation of the EU (FACE) Description
Contact:
Postal address Rue Frédéric Pelletier, 82 B – 1030 Brussels BELGIUM Phone +32 2 732 69 00 Fax +32 2 732 70 72 Email cy.griffin@face.eu Website www.face.eu
The European Federation of Associations for Hunting and Conservation (FACE) was founded in 1977. Based in Brussels, FACE is an international, non-profit NGO representing more than seven million European hunters. Its members are national hunting associations from 36 European countries, including all the EU-28 Member States. FACE has been a member of the World Conservation Union (IUCN) since 1987 and of Wetlands International since 2008. FACE’s main aim is to promote hunting, in accordance with the principles of the sustainable use of natural resources, as a tool for rural development, and for the conservation of habitats and biodiversity.
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FACE’s work is structured around five technical areas: nature conservation, wildlife conservation, international agreements, animal welfare and health, and firearms and ammunition. The main activities of FACE in 2014 are: • Strengthening the knowledge of hunters and other stakeholders at all levels on relevant EU policies, particularly nature conservation and biodiversity policies, in order to facilitate their enhanced and coherent implementation at grassroots level; • Facilitating feedback and knowledge transfer from the grassroots levels to EU policy-makers, by strengthening networks of experts among member organisations, in order to contribute to the development and implementation of EU nature conservation and biodiversity policies; • Implementing FACE’s structural framework plan and improving 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 infrastructure, invasive alien species, and the mapping and assessment of ecosystem services; - International agreements and conventions, including the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), the African Eurasian Waterbird Agreement (AEWA), the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS), the Bern Convention and the Agreement on International Humane Trapping Standards (AIHTS); and - Integration of nature and biodiversity policies into other policy areas, including the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), spatial planning, wildlife management and health.
Name of contact person Cy GRIFFIN, Director of Conservation
01/01/2014 – 31/12/2014
647,008.00
EC contribution in euro with %: 150,080.00 (23.20%)
Expected outcomes
• Higher awareness at all levels of relevant policy areas among the hunting community and other stakeholders; • Better and more coherent implementation of relevant policies by the hunting community, and a better knowledge of this contribution among policy-makers and the public; • Networks of experts established among the hunting community to provide the technical information required at EU level for policy development and implementation; and • An integrated dissemination programme that includes multilingual articles, presentations at meetings, briefings, working groups and media contributions throughout Europe.
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Friends of the Earth Europe
Description Friends of the Earth Europe (FoEE) is a network of 31 environmental organisations that actively contribute to European environmental policy-making and implementation. FoEE is part of Friends of the Earth International. The Brussels office coordinates European campaigns and communication. FoEE seeks to increase public participation and democratic decision-making as vital steps in protecting the environment and sustainably managing natural resources. Campaigns are mounted on the most urgent environmental and social issues. They challenge the current model of economic and corporate globalisation, and promote solutions that will help to create environmentally sustainable and socially just societies at local, national, regional and global level.
Work Programme The overarching aim of the FoEE’s 2014 work programme is to engage in policy processes of the EU and its Members States to achieve strong environmental policies in the following areas: climate change, energy savings and renewables; food, agriculture and biodiversity; resource use and waste; sustainability in EU financial regulations; and cross-cutting issues (lobby transparency, Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, EU funds and shale gas). These areas are comprised of several interrelated international campaigns that build upon the achievements of previous years and on the FoEE’s Strategic Plan 2014-2018. FoEE also undertakes capacity building and membership development actions. In order to reach its objectives, FoEE uses the following main actions and means: • Campaigns: involving the monitoring of EU policies, research, expert consultation and coalition building; • Advocacy: position papers, briefings, meetings and letters to decision-makers; • Policy dialogue with opinion leaders and decisionmakers at EU and national level. Campaigners meet regularly with decision-makers at the European Commission, the European Parliament and European Council and participate regularly in discussions with EU stakeholders; campaigners also coordinate and support policy dialogue efforts at national level; • Capacity building: needs assessments, skill shares and the capacity building of member groups through campaigns; and • Awareness raising and visibility: media work, publications, websites, conferences, street actions and events, and petitions.
Contact:
Postal address Rue d’Edimbourg, 26 B – 1050 Brussels BELGIUM Phone +32 2 893 1001 Fax +32 2 893 1035 Email magda.stoczkiewicz@foeeurope.org Website www.foeeurope.org Name of contact person Magdalena Stoczkiewicz, Director
Duration of work programme: 01/01/2014 - 31/12/2014
Total budget in euro: 1,385,272.00
EC contribution in euro with %: 763,269.00 (55.00%)
Expected outcomes
• Several EU policies and directives better incorporate aspects of environmental sustainability; • More EU officials become aware of, open to and support FoEE’s demands; • European citizens are better informed and aware of environmental challenges and developments at EU level; • Research materials, briefings and reports are shared with a wide network of NGOs, allies and officials; • European NGO coalitions are strengthened and informed; • Increased capacity of the FoEE network, including recent additions; and • Increased public pressure on decision-makers regarding key policy areas.
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FUNDACIÓN OCEANA
Description
Contact:
Fundación Oceana is focused on improving the condition of European oceans and seas. Oceana integrates science-based campaigns with policy, economics, at-sea expeditions, law and media in order to achieve changes that make marine biodiversity conservation compatible with the sustainable use and long-term benefit of Europe’s ocean resources.
Postal address Calle Leganitos, 47 - Planta 6 E – 28013 Madrid SPAIN Phone +34 911 440 883 Fax +34 911 440890 Email xpastor@oceana.org Website http://eu.oceana.org
Since its inception in November 2004, Oceana has focused on the most serious problems facing European oceans and seas: habitat destruction, overfishing and the large-scale killing of top predators and valuable marine species. In addition, Oceana focuses on opposing dangerous mercury pollution, unsafe offshore oil drilling and promoting clean offshore wind energies.
Name of contact person Xavier PASTOR GRACIA, Executive Director
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Oceana’s 2014 work programme expects to make a valuable contribution towards the improvement of seven out of the nine priority targets in the proposed 7th Environment 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 to marine issues via its 2014 campaigns. Its main activities involve: • Protecting marine habitat: Oceana’s expedition data support EU governments in the selection and designation of new marine protected areas and bottomtrawling closure proposals to safeguard valuable habitat. It also supports the Commission to ensure compliance by Member States with the Habitats Directive’s commitments. • Promoting responsible fishing: improve the settlement of science-based total allowable catch limits/ quotas, support the improvement of by-catch and discards reduction measures, support the Commission in cases aiming to reduce illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing in European waters and/or by EU fleet; and prompting the conservation of top-predators via proper management measures or strict conservation proposals as per their status. • Promoting sustainable energy use: deter dangerous hydrocarbon prospecting with a special focus on offshore oil drilling to reduce our dependence on carbon dioxide emitting energies; avoid serious damage from a possible oil spill in Europe; support offshore wind energy plans, promote the transition of the EU to a low-carbon economy, mitigate climate change effects and the acidification of the oceans.
01/01/2014 – 31/12/2014
Total budget in euro: 1,780,235.00
501,830.00 (28.19%)
• Avoiding/reducing pollution: reduce and eliminate mercury pollution which causes serious threats to health and wellbeing in Spain and for Spanish-fish consumers, via litigation processes against chloralkali plants using mercury-based technologies; stop other mercury-polluted dumping projects.
Expected outcomes
• Spain, Portugal, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Poland governments increase their protected marine surface by 20%; • The Commission garners support for the approval of EU-wide policies improving marine habitat and/or species conservation; • At least one compliance action triggered with an EU country in the field of responsible fishing; • The Commission improves, enforces or implements at least five measures towards the sustainability of the EU fisheries and/or EU fleet; • EU citizens are better informed about European fishery marine and issues corroborated by a 5% increase in media hits compared to those obtained by Oceana in 2013 for these areas, and Spanish citizens are better informed about mercury pollution threats and its bioaccumulation in fish; • One destructive offshore oil drilling project is stopped and one offshore wind energy project is put forward; and • Two mercury pollution projects related to chlor-alkali factories or other dumping involving the contamination of marine waters, are stopped in Spain. 17
Health & Environment Alliance (HEAL) Description The Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) is a leading European not-for-profit organisation addressing how the environment affects health in the European Union. The NGO demonstrates how policy changes can help protect health and enhance quality of life. HEAL’s membership includes national organisations in 25 countries both within EU member states and in the wider European region, as defined by the World Health Organisation (WHO). It also includes European and global networks. Member organisations represent a wide range of health professionals, patients, not-for-profit health insurers, citizens, women, youth and environmental experts. They help to bring independent expertise and evidence from the health community to different environmental decisionmaking processes.
Work Programme The following are the main objectives for the seven areas of the HEAL 2014 work programme: • Improve human health and well-being through new strengthened, preventative and precautionary EU legislation or the better implementation of current legislation; • Highlight environmental and health externalities for comprehensive discussions on costs and benefits of EU policies (e.g. in policies on climate, energy (including fracking), air quality, chemicals, EU economic and trade policies and global environmental challenges); • Increase the involvement of public health, medical and patients communities in EU policy development and implementation at EU and national level; • Ensure the uptake of the latest science on how environmental factors harm human health, leading to an improved science-policy interface and evidencedbased action; and • Increase the awareness of policy-makers at EU, national, local level and of the general public on how environmental pollution harms health and on the benefits of the EU environmental and climate actions for health.
Contact:
Postal address Boulevard Charlemagne, 28 B – 1000 Brussels BELGIUM Phone +32 2 234 36 40 Fax +32 2 234 36 49 Email genon@env-health.org Website www.env-health.org Name of contact person Genon JENSEN, Executive Director
Duration of work programme: 15/03/2014 – 14/03/2015
Total budget in euro: 677,358.00
EC contribution in euro with %: 356,158.00 (52.58%)
• EU economic policies that maintain a high level of health and environmental protection, and that promote a low-carbon economy, sustainability and equitable development; and • Global political agreements that are drivers for EU domestic action on the environment and health.
Expected outcomes
• Improved implementation of EU environmental legislation and new legislation that safeguards human health from environment-related risks; • Increased awareness among decision-makers, the health and medical community, including HEAL’s members, the media and general public, regarding how EU environmental policies benefit health; • Environmental and health issues are pushed up higher on the EU political agenda; and • Continuous, positive and high-profile media coverage in EU and national media for EU environment and health policies.
Specific 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 moratorium on the construction of new ones; • A toxic-free environment by 2020, including comprehensive Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDC) criteria, an ambitious EDC strategy and an EU biomonitoring system that tracks exposure; 18
Health Care Without Harm (HCWH) Europe Description Health Care Without Harm (HCWH) Europe is a coalition of hospitals, medical associations, healthcare professionals, local authorities, and environmental and health organisations working together to transform the European healthcare sector. It was created in 2003 to address the environmental impact of the healthcare sector in Europe. HCWH Europe has 73 members in 24 European countries, 16 of which are EU Member States.
Work Programme HCWH Europe’s objectives for the 2014 work programme fall under two key headings: policy formulation and implementation. Concrete objectives are: • The adoption of horizontal EU criteria to identify Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs); • The adoption of a new Medical Device Regulation that includes the phasing out of Carcinogenic, Mutagenic and Reprotoxic substances (CMRs), EDCs and phthalates such as DEHP in medical devices; • The inclusion of threshold values for emerging contaminants, including pharmaceuticals, in the revision of the Annexes of the Groundwater Directive with the aim to reduce pollution and deterioration of groundwater; • The development of a European Commission consultation on possible policy options addressing the environmental impact of pharmaceutical residues; • The adoption of the precautionary principle with regards to EU policy around nanomaterials; • The achievement of ambitious 2030 targets for greenhouse gas emissions, energy savings and renewable energy; • The formulation of Green Public Procurement criteria for the healthcare sector, focusing on consumables and pharmaceuticals; • The adoption of an EU definition of sustainable food and the development of EU wide criteria or common standards for sustainable food; • The adoption of ambitious targets and measures for plastic waste with the aim to achieve greater transparency on the presence of hazardous chemicals in plastics; • The phasing out of hazardous chemicals in medical devices by manufacturers to reduce exposure to CMRs, EDCs and phthalates; • Increased awareness of healthcare professionals and the general public on the adverse effects of pharmaceuticals to the environment, human health; • Correct implementation of the new Public Procurement Directive that focuses on the environmental and social dimensions;
Contact:
Postal address Rue de la Pépinière, 1 B – 1000 Brussels BELGIUM Phone +32 2 503 0481 Fax N/A Email anja.leetz@hcwh.org Website http://www.noharm.org/europe/ Name of contact person Anja LEETZ, Executive Director
Duration of work programme: 01/01/2014 – 31/12/2014
Total budget in euro: 452,551.00
EC contribution in euro with %: 316,786.00 (70.00%)
• Increased implementation of sustainable food policies in hospitals in Europe with the aim of reducing patients’ exposure to pesticides and other chemicals and of decreasing the cost of food waste for hospitals; and • Enable implementation of energy efficient and renewable energy policies in the European healthcare sector to mitigate climate change.
Expected outcomes
• Increased awareness at European and national level regarding the development of horizontal EDCs criteria and for the development and implementation of legislation related to hazardous chemicals, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, nanomaterials/nanomedicine, public procurement, climate and energy, plastic waste and sustainable food; • Information and training provided to healthcare professionals to enable them to work towards the mitigation of the environmental impact of their institutions; • Educational material created on the environmental and health effects of EDCs and pharmaceuticals, on sustainable food, plastic waste, nanomaterials and mercury; • Expert advice provided to hospitals through the Global Green Healthy Hospital Network; • The publication, launch and distribution of reports reflecting the objectives and the work of HCWH Europe at key policy junctures and conferences; and • Two workshops in two EU Member States organised with the help of HCWH Europe’s members to present the new Public Procurement Directive. 19
International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements European Regional Group (IFOAM EU Group) Description IFOAM EU Group has been advocating for sustainable food and farming for 10 years. It focuses on the development and integrity of the organic movement in Europe. The group is an umbrella organisation of the organic agricultural movement in Europe and brings together more than 165 organisations from the entire organic food chain and beyond: farmers, processors, retailers, certifiers, consultants, traders and researchers to environmental and consumer advocacy bodies from all EU-28, EFTA and candidate countries. IFOAM’s goal is the global adoption of ecologically, socially and economically sound agricultural systems based on the principles of 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 unified voice of the European organic movement. This will be achieved by building up relations with the new Members of the European Parliament and European Commissioners and raising awareness amongst them regarding environmental challenges related to food and farming; • Contribute to the successful implementation of the 7th Environmental Action Programme (7th EAP), the EU biodiversity strategy to 2020, the Blueprint to safeguard Europe’s waters and EU climate change mitigation and adaptation targets; • Ensure integration of environmental objectives in policies such as the implementation of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), Horizon 2020, EU organic regulation and seed legislation; • Create strategic alliances with other environmental NGOs to strengthen the environmental and agro-ecological voice in EU consultations and decision-making processes for multiple policy fields; and • Further strengthen IFOAM EU’s financial and human resource capacities as well as the efficiency of the organisation, especially in the areas of internal and external communication and membership involvement.
Contact:
Postal address Rue du Commerce, 124 B – 1000 Brussels BELGIUM Phone +32 2 280 1252 Fax +32 2 735 73 81 Email Josefine.johansson@ifoam-eu.org Website www.ifoam-eu.org Name of contact person Josefine JOHANSSON ZUAZU, Project Manager
Duration of work programme: 01/01/2014 – 31/12/2014
Total budget in euro: 917,920.00
EC contribution in euro with %: 467,498.00 (50.90%)
• 10 strategy meetings and workshops (internal and with other NGOs) have taken place to discuss strategies on climate change, organic regulation, rural development, the vision for organic farming 2030 and a future for GMO free sustainable food and farming and have led to alliances for the promotion of environmentally sustainable forms of agriculture; • Around 20-30 publications on various key environmental issues have been published; and • Media work and communications have drawn the attention of members, the public and agricultural and environmental specialists to the contribution of organic farming to tackling environmental challenges.
Expected outcomes
• Around 25 advocacy meetings with policy-makers (European Commission, European Parliament, Representatives of member states) in which the benefits of organic 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 conference in Bari) have each attracted up to 200 direct beneficiaries who consequently act as multipliers of the topics all over Europe; 20
Justice and Environment
Description Justice & Environment (J&E) is a respected, independent association of 12 public interest environmental law organisations from 10 EU Member States and beyond. J&E legal experts offer expertise and education on European environmental law, aiming to ensure the implementation and improvement of the EU environmental and sustainability legislation through the use of European law and the exchange of information.
Work Programme The 2014 Annual Work Plan of J&E will focus on three issue areas: public participation, energy and environmental 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 develop a European Court of Justice (ECJ) case law on the Aarhus Regulation; • Attain a positive ECJ verdict on public participation in a J&E case on the Aarhus Regulation which is currently pending at the Luxembourg Court against the Commission and to create awareness on the impacts of the verdict; • Achieve broader access to the ECJ for NGOs in the medium term and to have a good Access to Justice in Environmental Matters Directive adopted and create broader access to the ECJ for NGOs in the long term; • Persuade the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) to exercise pressure on the EU in order to achieve the full compliance of the EU with the Aarhus Convention; • Analysing the contents of the new EU State Aid Guidelines on Environment and Energy; • Establish a potential coalition network with European Environmental NGOs supporting legislative processes at EU and Member State level in energy issues; • Strengthen the awareness of key stakeholders on the importance of uniting approaches on support schemes for renewable energy projects in the Member States; • Increase the awareness of harmful projects not fulfilling Project of Common Interest designation criteria in J&E Member States; • Create a coalition among the Green 10 supporting demands for the exclusion of defined projects from the PCI list; • Strengthen transparency and inclusiveness in the PCI designation process by advocating for new participation methodologies and processes in application of the Aarhus principles; and • Agree a joint position on European Liability Directive deficiencies within J&E and with partner NGOs and advocate for a revision of the current Directive.
Contact:
Postal address Udolni, 33 H - 602 00 Brno CZECH REPUBLIC Phone +36 1 3228462 Fax +36 1 4130300 Email info@justiceandenvironment.org Website www.justiceandenvironment.org Name of contact person Dr. Csaba KISS, Coordinator
Duration of work programme: 01/01/2014 – 31/12/2014
Total budget in euro: 253,286.00
EC contribution in euro with %: 174,491.00 (68.89%)
Expected outcomes
• The Access to Documents Regulation 1049/2001 is improved 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 Directive adopted; • Analysis of the new Environment and Energy State Aid Guidelines of the EU; • A potential coalition network with European Environmental NGOs, in particular in energy issues; • Increased awareness of key stakeholders on the importance of uniting approaches on support schemes for renewable energy projects in the Member States and regarding what the RES support needed to deliver 2020 targets; • Increased awareness of harmful projects not fulfilling PCI designation criteria in J&E Member States; • Knowledge about legal means and opportunities to challenge these PCI projects is consolidated; • A coalition among the Green 10 supporting demands for the exclusion of defined projects from the PCI list; • A more inclusive and more transparent PCI designation process carried out in the future; and • A joint position on ELD deficiencies within J&E and partner NGOs is agreed upon, and decision-makers take key arguments into account within the ELD revision process.
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NGO Shipbreaking Platform
Description NGO Shipbreaking Platform is a global coalition of 18 environmental, human rights and labour organisations, eight of which are based in EU Member States. It focuses on the safe and environmentally sound recycling and disposal of end-of-life vessels. The Platform was founded in 2005 to challenge substandard practices in the shipping industry. It advocates responsible policies on shipbreaking at the European and international level that encompass the principles of human rights, environmental justice, ‘polluter pays’, producer responsibility and clean production. Marketplace incentives are promoted to divert traffic away from the infamous shipbreaking beaches of South Asia.
Work Programme The NGO Shipbreaking Platform has effectively contributed to the legislative process which ended in June 2013 with an agreed text for a new EU Regulation on Ship Recycling (2012/0055(COD)). Within this framework, the work programme for 2014 has the following objectives: • Pushing for key policy developments, as the EC addresses outstanding elements of the newly agreed Regulation on Ship Recycling. The Regulation, for example, asks the EC to consider a model for a financial mechanism, possible amendments to the Environmental Crimes Directive and technical guidance for certification and auditing of ship recycling facilities outside the EU. The Shipbreaking Platform is actively providing input in these and other areas to ensure a more robust legislative framework and to strengthen its future implementation; • Advocating for effective application of the law, in order to promote effective implementation of the EU Waste Shipment Regulation (WSR) and the EU Regulation on Ship Recycling, while influencing the marketplace to rapidly and effectively adopt EU policy recommendations and requirements; and • Promoting greater public and marketplace awareness of the environmental and human rights abuses linked to current shipbreaking practices on the beaches of South Asia, as well as providing information on the available best practices.
Contact:
Postal address Rue de la Linière, 11 B – 1050 Brussels BELGIUM Phone +32 2 6094 419 Fax N/A Email patrizia@shipbreakingplatform.org Website www.shipbreakingplatform.org Name of contact person Patrizia HEIDEGGER, Executive Director
Duration of work programme: 01/01/2014 – 31/12/2014
Total budget in euro: 257,911.00
EC contribution in euro with %: 168,840.00 (65.46%)
• Ships sailing under the flag of EU Member States monitored and informed of EC business practices, such as change of flag and ship recycling destinations; • Reports published and listings of ‘Global dumpers’ and ‘Responsible recyclers’ produced, based on desk research, purchased data (e.g. the IHS Fairplay register of ships) and access to shipping databases, such as Lloyd’s Marine Intelligence Unit (LMIU); • Up-to-date information provided on the situation on the ground and in the courts in shipbreaking countries, with South Asian civil society activists’ input channelled into European policy debates; • Continued leadership at UN Basel Convention meetings, in strategic partnership with like-minded thinktanks and legal experts; and • Best practice for environmentally sound and safe ship recycling actively promoted by advising progressive ship owners, and seeking common strategies with the European ship recycling industry, cargo owners and trade unions.
Expected outcomes
• Rapid and appropriate regulatory action and economic measures to strengthen the EU’s new Regulation on Ship Recycling, including the targeted distribution of position papers, reports and a briefing for the Permanent Representatives of the Member States to the EU; • Effective implementation of the Waste Shipment Regulation (WSR) through monitoring, with EU Member States alerted of imminent breaches; 22
Seas At Risk
Description
Contact:
Postal address Rue d’Edimbourg, 26 B - 1050 Brussels BELGIUM Phone +32 2 289 30 965 Fax +32 2 289 30 966 Email secretariat@seas-at-risk.org Website www.seas-at-risk.org
Seas At Risk is a European association of NGOs working to protect and restore the marine environment of the European seas and the wider northeast Atlantic. It has around 20 member NGOs in 14 countries. Seas At Risk achieves its goals through the exchange of information between members and other organisations; gathering, analysing and publishing information; stimulating educational, scientific and publicity activities; and organising campaigns.
Name of contact person Ann DOM, Assistant Director
Work Programme
Duration of work programme: 01/01/2014 – 31/12/2014
Seas At Risk’s 2014 work programme focuses on improving the implementation of EU policies relating to the marine environment, integrating environmental objectives in the maritime sector, and providing information for member organisations and the wider NGO community. The main objectives of the 2014 work programme are: • Ensuring that key maritime industries, such as shipping, play their part in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, to minimise the impacts of climate change on the marine environment; • Helping to reform the Common Fisheries Policy to ensure that environmental commitments are implemented and that stakeholders are fully involved in the implementation phases; • Promoting a strong deep sea fisheries access regime that guarantees the protection and sustainable management of deep sea ecosystems; • Ensuring that during the implementation of the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) there is sufficient data collection, and investment in low-impact fisheries, aquaculture and other maritime activities; • Helping to implement the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD), with special attention given to marine litter and the effective integration of MSFD objectives in the Blue Growth agenda, while ensuring that the proposed Directive on Maritime Spatial Planning 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 Blue Growth priority sectors, such as seabed mining and blue biotechnology.
Total budget in euro: 525,822.00
EC contribution in euro with %: 93,706.00 (17.82%)
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of EU aquaculture, a guidance document on MSFD measures and publications on marine litter; Participation in advisory bodies, such as the fisheries and aquaculture advisory councils, and attendance in an ‘observer’ capacity at regional and global regulatory forums, including the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), the OSPAR Commission and MSFD implementation working groups; Information and capacity building through Seas At Risk’s issue-specific policy groups; Environmental briefings prior to each meeting of the Fisheries Council and selected meetings of the European Parliament’s Committee on Fisheries, that provide environmental considerations connected to policy proposals on the agenda; Dissemination of briefings to policy and decisionmakers at EU and Member State levels, as well as the media and NGOs; Strengthened cooperation with other regional NGOs through the European Seas Environmental Cooperation platform; and Enhanced communication through the development of a Seas At Risk Communication Strategy.
Expected outcomes
• Liaison with the European Commission, European Parliament, Member States and other forums, via position papers and other contributions, including joint NGO position papers on the sustainable development 23
Slow Food
Description Slow Food was founded in 1986 and became an international association in 1989. It is a grassroots, membership-driven organisation with a network of around 100 000 members in 150 countries. It seeks to create a broad worldwide cultural shift in the relationship that people have with food. It envisions a world where everyone has access to good, clean and fair food. ‘Good’ refers to food that has a culturally appropriate taste quality and that is healthy. ‘Clean’ relates to food production and consumption that does not harm the environment or the health of those producing it. ‘Fair’ means both accessible prices for consumers and equitable wages for producers.
Work Programme Slow Food believes that the 7th Environment Action Programme (7EAP) is a cornerstone in environmental policy and that the European Commission’s efforts to focus EU environmental policies on respecting the planet’s ecological limits must be strongly supported. With the same inspiration and commitment, Slow Food will continue to advocate for a real paradigm shift towards a sustainable food system in 2014. The core issues of this year’s work programme will be: agro-biodiversity conservation; the efficient and equitable use of resources in food production and consumption; the fight against food loss and waste; the global dimension of food security; food safety and food sovereignty. Activities will focus on two specific areas directly connected to the following thematic 7EAP objectives: “to protect, conserve and enhance the Union’s natural capital” and “to turn the Union into a resource-efficient, green and competitive low-carbon economy”. The activities and deliverables envisaged are numerous and can be grouped under the following broad categories: • The production and dissemination of documents on food issues targeting policy-makers, producers, consumers and diffused through meetings, events, press and the internet; • Contribution to the international and European debate on food through participation in advisory committees, high-level forums and expert working groups of EU institutions and in the civil society consultation mechanism of Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD); • Training and meetings to transfer and exchange knowledge and experience among producers; • Organisation of large and small events to facilitate contact between producers and consumers and to reach decision-makers at all levels;
Contact:
Postal address Piazza XX Settembre, 5 IT - 12042 Bra (CN) ITALY Phone +39 0172 419 709 Fax +39 0172 419 755 Email s.alaimo@slowfood.it Website www.slowfood.com Name of contact person Serena ALAIMO, Slow Food EU Department
Duration of work programme: 01/01/2014 – 31/12/2014
Total budget in euro: 1,394,433.00
EC contribution in euro with %: 460,000.00 (32.99%)
• Ensuring there is a constant debate regarding the association’s core interests; and • Coordinating and implementing grassroots projects involving producers and facilitating communication and contact with consumers.
Expected outcomes
• Better integration of the needs expressed by smallscale producers, consumers and other food chain actors regarding environmental issues linked to food in EU policies; • Increased visibility of the network and representation of consumers’ and producers’ interests at the EU institutions; • Preservation of an increased number of endangered domesticated species; • Increased awareness among consumers of the impact of their daily choices on the food system and the consequent implications for the environment and climate; • A contribution to the protection of the environment and to the improvement of food chain sustainability through the implementation of grassroots projects; and • Improved capacity of the network to converse with EU institutions and with the UN system, moving ever closer to an integrated framework for food policies and for a paradigm change in the food system.
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Stichting BirdLife Europe
Description Stichting BirdLife Europe is the European and Central Asian Division of BirdLife International, one of the world’s largest partnerships for nature conservation. It works with stakeholders to conserve birds and biodiversity, by focusing on species, sites and habitats. Stichting BirdLife Europe coordinates the activities of 49 member organisations throughout Europe and Central Asia, including Partners in all EU Member States, and helps manage around 6 000 sites covering over 320 000 ha.
Work Programme Stichting BirdLife Europe aims to: • Support the development and implementation of the EU Biodiversity Strategy and, in particular, the full implementation of the Birds and Habitats and Marine Strategy Framework Directives; • Improve the contribution of EU Agriculture and Forest policies to biodiversity conservation, climate mitigation and adaptation, and environmental conservation; • Promote effective climate action that goes hand in hand with biodiversity conservation and the protection of ecosystems; • Raise awareness and engage policy-makers, businesses, media and other relevant stakeholders and target audiences; and • Support, strengthen and coordinate the European BirdLife Partnership in developing and implementing common conservation programmes and in participating in EU environmental policy-making, to improve the status of birds and biodiversity in general.
Expected outcomes
• The EU’s role in domestic and external environmental policy is strengthened by informed engagement and constructive criticism; • The EU contributes to the conservation of global biodiversity; • EU biodiversity, agriculture, forest, maritime, fisheries and climate change policies are communicated, their development and implementation influenced through advocacy, engagement and information provision; • Relevant pieces of EU legislation are effectively implemented; • Main threats to bird conservation, such as collision with and electrocution on power lines, poisoning, lead contamination and illegal killing, are identified, assessed and effectively tackled; • An effective enabling framework to achieve Target 2 of the EU Biodiversity Strategy is implemented; • Invasive Alien Species are tackled through robust EU legislation;
Contact:
Postal address Avenue de la Toison d’Or, 67 B - 1060 Brussels BELGIUM Phone +32 2 280 08 30 Fax +32 2 230 38 02 Email europe@birdlife.org Website http://www.birdlife.org/europe-and-central-asia Name of contact person Angelo CASERTA, Regional Director
Duration of work programme: 01/01/2014 – 31/12/2014
Total budget in euro: 1,324,00.00
EC contribution in euro with %: 359,253.00 (27.13%)
• The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform is implemented effectively to ensure it delivers for biodiversity and environment; • A new Rural Development Policy effectively delivers conservation schemes and avoids investments that damage biodiversity; • A vision for sustainable agriculture and forest management in the EU is developed and promoted; • EU policies effectively support the conservation of European forests and their biodiversity; • Marine Important Bird Areas are effectively protected; • Seabird by-catch mortality is mitigated; • EU maritime and fisheries policies are supportive of biodiversity conservation; • EU energy policies contribute to effective climate change mitigation while building robust safeguards for biodiversity; • Ecosystem based adaptation is integrated into climate change and climate adaptation is incorporated into biodiversity conservation strategies; • EU and national decision-makers are more aware, informed and mobilised for biodiversity conservation, climate action and environmental protection; • The European business sector is more engaged with biodiversity conservation, climate action and environmental protection; • A thriving and growing Europe wide grassroots network of civil society organisations work together through the BirdLife Europe Partnership and beyond; and • Less-developed and less-experienced BirdLife Europe Partners are supported by BirdLife Europe. 25
SURFRIDER FOUNDATION EUROPE
Description Surfrider Foundation Europe is dedicated to defending, improving and sustainably managing the ocean, coastline, waves and the people who enjoy them. Its action plans aim to provide information for the users of the European coastline, and to ensure that the views of watersport enthusiasts are heard at the EU policy level. Surfrider helps protect European coastlines through its programmes on water quality, marine litter, maritime transport, coastal construction and wave protection. These programmes involve lobbying decision-makers, leading local actions on the ground, enacting a legal action strategy against discharges by vessels, developing expertise and working in conjunction with existing networks.
Work Programme Surfrider Foundation Europe’s 2014 work programme and actions are focused on waste, water quality and climate change. Specific objectives include: • Contributing to the establishment of the 7th European Action Plan, in particular the environmental action programmes in the priority areas of waste, water quality and climate change; • Helping to implement and influence the European regulatory framework on environmental protection, particularly the legislative package on waste, the Marine Strategy Framework Directive, the Cosmetics Directive, the Port Reception Facilities Directive, the Water Framework Directive, the Marine Strategy Framework Directive, the Bathing Water Directive and the REACH regulation on water quality, the EU climate and energy package, and the Maritime Spatial Planning Directive on issues concerning climate change; • Developing expertise on environmental issues and placing knowledge at the disposal of EU Member States; • Providing a local perspective on environmental issues in different European coastal regions and expanding actions to new Member States, including the Baltic States, Cyprus, Malta, and Bulgaria, with a particular focus on issues surrounding marine litter; • Consolidating capacity to act as an interface between the local (field work) and global levels (regulatory framework driven by the EU); and • Raising awareness and mobilising its network to promote understanding of coastal pollution issues.
Contact:
Postal address 33, Allée du Moura F - 64200 Biarritz FRANCE Phone +33 5 59 23 23 46 Fax +33 5 59 41 11 04 Email jborenstein@surfrider.eu Website www.surfrider.eu Name of contact person Johanna BORENSTEIN, Development and Communication Manager
Duration of work programme: 01/01/2014 – 31/12/2014
Total budget in euro: 792,028.00
EC contribution in euro with %: 422,100.00 (53.29%)
Expected outcomes
• Contributions and recommendations within the framework of European legislation taken up by MEPs; • Expansion of Surfrider active volunteers’ network and extension of Surfrider area of action to new EU Member States; • Mobilisation campaigns around particular topics to increase public involvement and the resolution of local environmental problems; • Increased number of people informed and made aware of the challenges faced with regard to coastal protection, to further research goals and the establishment of sustainable solutions; and • Dynamic network of forerunners for societal change..
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Third Generation Environmentalism (E3G) Description E3G is an independent, not-for-profit organisation that is aiming to accelerate the transition to sustainable development. E3G builds cross-sector coalitions to achieve carefully defined outcomes chosen for their capacity to leverage change. Focusing on climate change and environmental policy, E3G works closely with like-minded partners in government, politics, business, civil society, science, the media and public interest foundations. E3G currently has offices in London, Brussels, Berlin and Washington DC and a regular presence in China.
Contact:
Postal address 23, rue de la Science B – 1040 Brussels BELGIUM Phone +32 2 893 9211 Fax N/A Email Rosalind.cook@e3g.org Website www.e3g.org Name of contact person Rosalind COOK, Policy officer
Work Programme
Duration of work programme:
E3G’s work programme for 2014 is structured around three key programme areas: (1) supporting workers with a ‘Just Transition’ to a low-carbon and resilient Europe; (2) climate adaptation - a risk management framework for cities; and (3) modernising European climate modelling approaches to strengthen the interface between modelling, politics and policy-making. Activities in these areas aim to support the implementation of the 20/20/20 climate and energy targets, raise ambition and build support for the 2030 climate and energy framework, implement the EU Adaptation Strategy Package, and enhance stakeholder support and confidence in European Commission policy proposals by proposing a process to modernise its modelling approaches. Specifically, it aims to: • Develop the trade union movement’s concept of a ‘Just Transition’ into a set of concrete proposals inside the EU’s policy structure; • Develop a ‘Low Carbon Transition Mechanism’ within the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) which directly supports workers and local communities most affected by this instrument; • Support and amplify the debates with trade unions at EU and Member State level on the 2030 climate and energy framework and the ETS; • Support the implementation of the EU climate adaptation strategy package through targeted activities filling the existing knowledge and expertise gaps; • Formulate clear criteria for resilient urban development and infrastructure; • Introduce a risk management framework which includes awareness of the differences between a 2, 3 or 4 degrees world for individual cities; • Provide political and policy advice to cities on how to frame city resilience within their local context; • Assist the European Commission in modernising its modelling approaches supporting strategic policy decisions in the field of climate, energy, and resource efficiency;
Total budget in euro:
01/01/2014 - 31/12/2014
399,454.00
EC contribution in euro with %: 277,645 (69.50%)
• Build broad stakeholder consensus in support of the European Commission’s modelling approaches; and • Build confidence in the Commission modelling process.
Expected outcomes
• The inclusion of the ‘Just Transition’ concept into the 2030 climate and energy policy framework proposals; • The definition of technical specifics and overarching narrative of the ‘Just Transition’ mechanism and EU policy reforms; • The building agency for ‘Just Transition’ to be included into the 2030 climate and energy framework; • Information, awareness, knowledge sharing and advocacy and extending constituency to deliver ‘Just Transition’ concept; • A risk management framework for cities programme will result in a definition of the key knowledge and expertise gaps that cities face on climate change resilience; • Increased awareness among cities of the climate risks and knowledge on how to design a risk management framework; • The European Commission equipped to strategically discuss the modernisation of its modelling approaches internally and externally; • A broader range of stakeholders to support the European Commission’s modelling process; and • The European Commission is able to propose a roadmap for strengthening its modelling approaches in order to support the next round of strategic decarbonisation decisions. 27
WETLANDS INTERNATIONAL – EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION Description Wetlands International and its predecessors have a long history and have worked to protect wetlands since 1937. Wetlands International – European Association is an Association of seven European non-governmental organisations (NGOs) working together to raise awareness about wetland ecosystems and to advocate the sustainable use of wetlands for people and nature, in particular by linking science, policy and practice. Wetlands International – European Association is part of Wetlands International, the only global not-for-profit network dedicated to the conservation and restoration of wetlands such as lakes, marshes and rivers. Its vision is a world where wetlands are treasured and nurtured for their beauty, the life they support and the resources they provide. Wetlands International works through its network of offices, partners and experts to achieve its goals. It has 18 offices around the world, working independently but sharing the same global strategy.
Work Programme The dynamic nature of wetlands meant that they are often overlooked by policy-makers and public opinion. Wetlands are, in theory, relatively well covered by current EU legislation; however, policy implementation tends to have difficulty addressing these ecosystems. Therefore, the NGO’s work programme aims to: • Raise awareness of policy- and decision-makers regarding the value of wetland ecosystems; • Promote the integration of wetland-related concerns into relevant sectoral policies of the Union and promote synergies and policy coherence; • Contribute to the implementation of EU environmental policy and legislation; • Promote investments for the conservation and restoration of wetland ecosystems; and • Address the impact of EU policies on wetlands in other regions of the globe, and strive to ensure that international or third-country policies do not undermine the success of EU environmental legislation. In order to achieve the objectives Wetlands International will: • Provide a platform for exchanging information, knowledge and ideas among its members, and facilitate the communication of that information to the appropriate levels of European policy- and decision-making;
Contact:
Postal address Horapark 9 NL - 6717 LZ Ede THE NETHERLANDS Phone +31 318660912 Fax +31 318660950 Email Vera.coelho@wetlands.org Website www.wetlands.org Name of contact person Vera COELHO, Project manager
Duration of work programme: 01/01/2014 – 31/12/2014
Total budget in euro: 390,364.00
EC contribution in euro with %: 273,255.00 (70.00%)
• Link science, policy and practice by convening knowledge and expertise and advocating a coherent approach to the conservation and sustainable use of wetland ecosystems; • Advocate for the mainstreaming of wetlands into EU policies and influence specific priority policies; • Help improve EU policy implementation by highlighting policy successes and failures and feeding best practice into national and EU policies and relevant practitioner networks; and • Develop a sound organisational structure, including internal regulations, policy strategies, fundraising strategies and visibility strategies.
Expected outcomes
• Enhanced awareness of policy- and decision-makers regarding the value of wetland ecosystems and increased uptake of ecosystem-based management solutions; • Implementation of EU policy and legislation contributes to the conservation and sustainable use of wetlands; • EU policy and legislative initiatives take into consideration the key role of wetlands as functional links between ecosystems; • Enhanced knowledge contributes to improved conservation status of key species and their habitats, in and outside the EU; and • Enhanced civil society capacity to engage in and contribute to initiatives for the conservation and sustainable use of wetland ecosystems and their goods and services. 28
WWF European Policy Programme AISBL European Policy Office
Description Established in 1961, WWF is an international organisation working on issues related to nature conservation and environmental protection. It has 4.7 million regular supporters and a global network active in more than 100 countries. WWF is present in 22 countries in Europe with over 3.5 million supporters. The WWF European Policy Programme Office in Brussels works in close collaboration with the European and global WWF network and its partner organisations. It seeks to secure the strengthening of European policies and funding in support of nature conservation and environmental protection, particularly in the areas of EU climate and energy, biodiversity, forests, water, fisheries as well as development, food, resource efficiency and green economy policies.
Work Programme The annual work programme will be the second to come into effect under the five-year WWF European Policy Plan (2014-18). The plan aims to make an important contribution to the European Commission’s 7th Environmental Action Programme ‘Living well, within the limits of our planet’. The key 2014 work programme strategies and activities are: • Political advocacy work with European institutions; • Involving the network of WWF national organisations in Europe to inform and lobby the relevant institutions at Member State level; • Monitoring of the implementation and achievements of European environmental law and policies, and their integration into other EU policies, drawing particular attention to any lack of proper implementation and enforcement; • Working in partnership with other NGOs in Brussels active in the environmental, social and development fields; • Participating actively in processes for approving devolved legislation; • Building alliances with business and industry, the corporate sector and universities, based on common goals in order to enhance outreach and support for achieving WWF objectives; • Participating in expert working groups and specialist technical panels; • Creating and participating in stakeholders’ forums, conferences and events, and promoting coalition building; • Applying WWF’s communications leverage to raise awareness; and
Contact:
Postal address Avenue de Tervuren, 168 B – 1150 Brussels BELGIUM Phone +32 2 743 88 00 Fax +32 2 743 88 19 Email tlong@wwf.eu Website wwf.eu Name of contact person Anthony R. LONG, Director
Duration of work programme: 01/07/2014 – 31/06/2015
Total budget in euro: 2,916,029.00
EC contribution in euro with %: 582,970.00 (19.99%)
• Using the post-election period for the new European Parliament and appointment of a new Commission President and College of Commissioners to advance solutions for conserving and enhancing natural capital, moving towards a resource efficient, green lowcarbon economy and safeguarding citizens’ health and well-being.
Expected outcomes
• Stronger implementation of the European Union Timber Regulation and the Water Framework Directive; • Implementation of measures to achieve EU Biodiversity Strategy objectives; • Implementation of new arrangements in the 201213 Common Fisheries Policy reform, including multiannual management plans, regionalisation and external dimension; • Stronger and more uniform implementation of the Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported Fisheries Regulation; • Successful United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) outcomes in CoP21 and strong EU post-2020 pledges; • Improved European Emissions Trading System to achieve a credible reduction of surplus allowances; • Increased levels of sustainable development financing in EU external development assistance; and • Influence registered on the post-2015 global development framework with uniformly applicable but differentiated sustainable development goals.
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WWF International Danube- Carpathian Programme Danube-Carpathian Office
Description
Contact:
Postal address Ottakringer Strasse 114-116 A – 1160 WIEN AUSTRIA Phone +43 1 52 45 470 14 Fax +43 1 52 45 470 70 Email office@wwfdcp.org Website www.panda.org/dcpo
The WWF Danube-Carpathian Programme (WWF-DCPO) was established in 1998 to coordinate and lead WWF’s conservation activities across the 19-country DanubeCarpathian region of central and southeast Europe. It particularly focuses on biodiversity, nature conservation and the sustainable use of resources.
Work Programme WWF-DCPO will work with members and partners to promote biodiversity conservation, green infrastructure, environmental integration, sustainable forestry, water stewardship, climate change adaptation and mitigation and resource efficiency use in the Danube-Carpathian regions of central and southeast Europe. The key strategies and activities are: • Continuing the traditionally strong focus on the implementation of EU biodiversity, water and forest policies; • Ensuring the effective implementation of these strategies through the improved management of the areas with the most relevant Natura 2000 sites; • Supporting the European Commission in promoting the EU Blueprint on Water with emphasis on conserving and restoring natural water retention areas particularly through the development of the second cycle of river basin management plans for the Danube and its sub-basins in 2015; • Promoting the protection of virgin and high conservation value forests, sustainable forest management and the implementation of the EU Timber Regulation; • Integrating the environment/biodiversity into relevant policies, including inland navigation and the development of hydropower as well as in relevant areas of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region, the Carpathian Convention and the Danube River Basin Management Plan; • Promoting integration and financing for the environment via EU funding programmes, innovative funding sources and the assessment of ecosystem services; and • Encouraging adaptation and mobilisation in response to climate change, particularly through regional policy frameworks, and raising awareness.
Expected outcomes
• Contribution of knowhow and experience to a number of EU policies; • Facilitation of the implementation and enforcement of EU legislation and policies within the Danube-Carpathian region; • Integration of several priorities related to the EU Biodiversity Strategy, Blueprint for Water and Climate
Name of contact person Angelika BERANEK, Head of Operations
Duration of work programme: 01/07/2014 - 30/06/2015
Total budget in euro: 800,879.00
EC contribution in euro with %: 188,059.00 (23.48 %)
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Change Adaptation Strategy into the second cycle of river basin management plans for the Danube and its sub-basins into the EU Strategy for the Danube Region as well as into relevant protocols and strategies to be adopted by the members of the Carpathian Convention; Progress towards the implementation of significant conservation initiatives related to freshwater and wilderness areas, including the five-country MuraDrava-Danube Transboundary Biosphere Reserve, the four-country Lower Danube Green Corridor, the threecountry March-Thaya Trilateral Ramsar Site and the Southern Carpathians wilderness area; 10 000 ha of virgin forests protected, 3 million ha of forest certified for sustainable management and 200 operators trained to implement the EU Timber Regulation to help stop illegal logging; Two pilots or models for the Mapping and Assessment of Ecosystem Services and two Ecosystem Services payment schemes developed; Two demonstrations of good practice by the private sector towards the implementation of the EU Biodiversity Strategy and/or Blueprint for Water presented; At least 200 towns and cities in the Danube-Carpathian region are involved in Earth Hour and encouraged to take action on climate change; Work on mapping and scenario development for biomass in the region promoted; and Become a leading advocate for the environment in Central and South-eastern Europe and substantially increase the WWF-DCPO’s organisational capacity. 30
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Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, 2014 LIFE Publication / European environmental NGOs – LIFE operating grants 2014 ISBN 978-92-79-37959-8 ISSN 2314-9256 doi:10.2779/88879 Š European Union, 2014 Reproduction is authorised provided the source is acknowledged. Cover photo: Fotolia/Robert Kneschke This publication is only available in electronic format.