Annexes to COM(2001)337-1 - Experience gained in the application of Council Decision 97/872, on the Action Programme Promoting European Non-Governmental Organisations Primarily Active in the Field of Environmental Protection - Main contents
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| dossier | COM(2001)337-1 - Experience gained in the application of Council Decision 97/872, on the Action Programme Promoting European ... |
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| document | COM(2001)337  |
| date | June 22, 2001 |
The Revision of the Action Program Promoting European Environmental NGOs
General Comments by:
BirdLife International (European Office)
Climate Network Europe
European Environmental Bureau
European Federation for Transport and Environment
Friends of the Earth Europe
International Friends of Nature
World Wide Fund for Nature (European Policy Office
Brussels, October 2000
Contribution to the Community environmental policy and legislation
The Green-8 (BirdLife, CNE, EEB, FoEE, Greenpeace, NFI, T&E, WWF) have been involved in numerous policy areas to the further development and implementation of the Community environmental policy and legislation. Among these are [17]:
[17] This list gives only a first impression and is by no means complete. It would be much longer if one would list all relevant activities of all environmental networks or groups.
Type of activities
- Raising awareness of EU decision makers (Commission, European Parliament, Council)
- Raising awareness among internal networks and partners (NGOs and civil society organisations)
- Analysis and provision of expertise to the EU institutions
- Representation to the EU institutions
- Co-ordination and development of policy positions
- Identification of key policy issues
- Information to the internal networks on main EU policies and their development.
Fields of work
Trade, Economics and Environment
- EC Trade policy and EU regional trade agreements effects on sustainable development in developing countries related to sustainable management of natural resources
- Definition and promotion of Strategic Impact Assessment in the implementation of the EC trade policy
- Involvement in the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership and MFTZ: civil forum (Stuttgart) and parliament hearing
- Participation to the Commission initiative Contact group with DG trade
- WTO: Trade and Environment
- Communication on Environment and Employment
- EU Employment strategy
EU Development policy and External Affairs
- Communication on A new EC development policy
- Integration of environment into EC development co-operation, north south relations.
- Communication on environment integration into the EC development policy
- Communication on Tropical Forest conservation in developing countries.
- Communication on Climate change in developing countries
- Communication on Coherence
- Promoting EC co-operation development policy
- Participation in the Group inter sector NGOs for co-ordination on the EC communication on Partnership with NGOs.
- Participation to the EC working group on "Grant management" conducted by the Secretariat general.
- RIO + 10 conference: Joint initiative with EPE, European Movement, UNEP, ETUC, GLOBE, ICDA,ICLEI,WBCSD
- Co-operation with development NGO networks to work with the working group of the Development Council.
- Internal co-ordination of network policy work on EU Development policy
- Balkan Sustainability Pact (Regional Environmental Reconstruction Programme)
Mediterranean policy
- Euro Mediterranean Partnership
- SMAP: Assessment and proposals for strengthening its environmental components
- Environmental integration within the Euro Mediterranean strategic partnership.
- Effects of EU foreign direct investment
- Co-ordination of the internal networks policy work in the Mediterranean.
- Monitoring the development of the Mediterranean Free Trade Zone
Water
- EU freshwater policy
- Greening EU funding for hydrologic projects in the EU Member States and CEECs
- Water Framework Directive: adoption and implementation
- Promotion of water pricing.
- Communication on Water pricing (input to EC conference and EU debate, discussion paper)
- Commission proposal on a list of priority substances and selection of priority hazardous substances
- Mine waste/mine waste management and its impact in the freshwater environment.
- Conservation and wise use of wetlands
- Organisation of seminars on EU freshwater policy and the implementation of the Water Framework Directive.
- Internal co-ordination of European freshwater policy work.
Habitats, bio-diversity and biotechnology
- Promotion of the implementation of the Habitats Directive
- Promotion of the establishment of the Natura 2000 ecological network
- Observer to the Habitats Scientific Working Group
- Secretariat of the European Habitats Forum (International Conservation NGOs)
- Implementation of EC nature conservation legislation in CEECs.
- EC Biodiversity Action plan on natural resources
- Role of the EEA and the European Topic Centre for nature conservation.
- Environmental liability
- Internal co-ordination of the policy work related to habitats and species.
- Revision of the 90/220 directive on the deliberate release of GMOs into the environment
- Publication "Important Bird Areas
Agriculture and land use
- Reform of the CAP
- Agenda 2000
- Cross compliance (Common rules Regulation 1259/1999)
- Rural development Regulation 1257/1999
- Integrated rural sustainable development
- Principles for rural sustainable development
- Reform of CAP in 2006
- Agriculture and trade (WTO)
- Capacity building in CEECs and Mediterranean countries on EU agriculture and rural development policy
- Putting Urban and Spatial Development stronger on the Agenda
- Internal co-ordination of the policy work related to agriculture.
- Participation in DG AGRI advisory Committees
Forests
- EU forest certification discussions
- EU rural development Regulation on forest
- Revision of the EC Regulations on forest fires and air pollution
- Impact of enlargement policy on forest
- Eco-labelling (tissue paper and furniture)
- Public procurement Regulation
- EC Biodiversity Action Plan for implementation of the Convention of Biological Diversity and forest
- Pan-European process (Helsinki process)
- Forest protected areas (Natura 2000)
- Climate change and forest (negotiations on Sinks)
- Monitoring implementation of EU forest policy
- EU Forest and cork Advisory Committee
- FBI Committee (DG Enterprise)
- Coordination for European Forest NGOs.
Fisheries
- Integration of environmental policy in the Common Fisheries policy
- Common Fisheries Policy review (tax, quotas, etc)
- Biodiversity Action Plan on Fisheries
- Reform of the Fisheries subsidies including fuel tax and state aids
- Structural Funds (FIFG) Regulation
- Evaluation of the operational programmes for the implementation of the Structural Funds for Fisheries (FIFG)
- Access to information on subsidies: Transparency
- Subsidies reform in FAO, OECD and WTO
- Internal co-ordination of the policy work related to marine and fisheries issues.
Climate change and energy
- Promotion of co-generated heat and power (Co-generation), the most efficient and environmentally friendly of all conventional power production technologies
- Support to the Commission White Paper on Renewable Electricity
- "Monti Directive" on minimum taxes on energy products
- Promote the agreement of a Directive on Renewable Electricity with the aim of doubling the share of renewables by 2010
- Definition of a European-wide policy for reducing residential and office space heat consumption
- Increasing energy efficiency and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions post Kyoto in selected sectors of European countries (not only EU) together with Utrecht University and the Fraunhofer Institute.
- Promotion of fuel cells in both transport and the stationary power (and heat) production sector
- Promote solar thermal electricity implementation as a supplement to decentralised photovoltaic technologies.
- Participation in global partnership in the transport sector - probably on mass production of a car with a maximum of petrol consumption of no more than 3 liter per 100 km.
- Promotion of a clean energy label based on third party certification;
- Green electricity and later other green energy products
- Promotion of Climate change policy work in developing countries.
- Energy Consultative Committee of DG TREN
- European Climate Change Programme working groups (attendance at all and co-ordination of the NGO participation
- Green Paper on an EU emission trading programme
- Directive on renewable energy sources in the internal electricity market
- Communication for an energy efficiency action plan for the EU
- Guidelines on state aid for environmental protection
- Green Paper on security of energy supply for the EU
- Dilemma Report (DG TREN)
- SAVE and ALTENER (DG TREN) (response to cuts)
- Input to the EU ad hoc group on climate change
- Paper on the safety of nuclear power plants in the accession countries
Transport, traffic and tourism
- Commissions communication on environment and aviation
- Common Transport Policy review
- TENS guidelines
- Air quality - for example the auto-oil programme and the daughter directives
- Building up an effective EU Noise Policy
- Advisory input - for example, expert contribution to the GNSS advisory forum
- Sustainable urban transport Green paper
- Road to rail, a project on encouraging the transfer of goods from the roads onto the rails - not a Commission project, but closely related to the Community's stated goal of saving the railways and improving the railways
- Sustainable Tourism Policy, Tourism and Employment
Sustainability Processes, Dialogues and Instruments
- Papers and presentations on the assessment of the 5th EAP.
- 6th Environmental Action Program
- Europe's environmental responsibility and impact of EU policies on the world's carrying capacity.
- Commission's 5 year programme priorities.
- Integration Strategy
- Sustainable development Strategy
- Transparency and Public Participation - Aarhus Convention
- Access to Justice, Chart of Fundamental Rights
- Environment for Europe
- Promoting the use of Structural Funds, Cohesion Funds and Pre-Accession Aid for Sustainable Development (EU legislation and implementation on national level)
- Transatlantic Environmental Dialogue
- CSD, Agenda 21
- Precautionary Principle
- OECD Liaison
EU Institutional Issues
- Reform of EC Institutions
- Greening the Treaty, part III: proposals for the 2000 Intergovernmental Conference (treaty of Nice)
- Greening the EU budget
- Enlargement policy and Environment
- Agenda 2000
Business and Industry
- Strategic Environmental Assessment
- Public Procurement
- Environmental Liability White Paper
- Reducing the Environmental Impact of Industry
- Participation and Contribution to the European Forum for Recycling
- Ecological Product Policy
- Developing European Eco-Labels
- Phase-out of Hazardous Chemicals
- Waste Prevention and Sound Management
- Technical standards, setting up an environmental standardisation bureau