The Environment for Europe process

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The "Environment for Europe" (EfE) process is a political process focusing on environmental protection and sustainable development in Europe. Environment Ministers and Heads of delegation from 51 countries in the UNECE region and the Representative of the European Commission stated in the 2007 Belgrade Environment for Europe Ministerial Declaration:

"We recognize the important value of the EfE process as a unique Pan-European forum for tackling our environmental challenges, and promoting broad horizontal environmental cooperation, as a pillar of sustainable development in the region. The EfE process is a valuable response to our common intention to improve the environment throughout our region contributing to sustainable development which may in turn contribute to poverty eradication improving quality of life and safer world."

This website aims at providing fast access to relevant information on the "Environment for Europe" process: with one or two mouse clicks only, you can easily access such information, download relevant documents and find external links. We are committed to provide information which is not biased and which is objective and up to date. Our goal is to make this website most useful and user friendly. Please send us your comments and feedback.

The website features information on the history of the "Environment for Europe" process, current mandates and organizational arrangements of implementing institutions, as well as summaries of completed and ongoing work implemented in various work areas (themes) of the process.

Click here to view our dedicated webpage on the sixth Environment for Europe Ministerial Conference which took place in Belgrade, Serbia, October 10-12, 2007.

At the Belgrade Conference ministers agreed to undertake a reform of the "Environment for Europe" process. Click here to view our dedicated webpage on reform negotiations.

News

Recently updated pages

• 02 July 08: At its 15th session held 21-23 April 2008, the CEP took note that the next environmental performance reviews will be completed, in chronological order, for the following countries: Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
• 02 July 08: The Tenth Annual Meeting of the Regulatory Environmental Programme Implementation Network (REPIN) of Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (EECCA) took place in Tashkent on 17-19 June 2008. View dedicated webpage.
• 02 July 08: View proceedings of the 15th meeting of the CEP held 21-23 April 2008. This report also contains:
• The new programme of work for 2008 of the Committee on Environmental Policy (CEP) 
• new TOR for the "Ad Hoc Expert Group" on Environmental Performance Review
• renewed mandate of the "Working Group on Environmental Monitoring and Assessment" including revised TOR of thw Working Group
• 14 July 08: CAREC prepares for opening local offices in Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan - view CAREC news page
• 14 July 08: View ECO-Forum's dedicated website on the EfE reform
• 15 August 08: Special Session of the Committee on Environmental Policy (meeting to be held in Geneva, Palais des Nations, 13-15 October 2008) will discuss draft Environment for Europe Reform Plan
• 15 August 08: UNECE Working Group on Environmental Monitoring and Assessment will hold ninth session 4-5 September 2008 in Geneva. View meeting documents and info.
• 15 August 08: View ENVSEC Information Bulletin for South Caucasus published in July 2008 as well as results of the ENVSEC Central Asia Regional Review Meeting held in Dushanbe, Tajikistan in June 2008
• 15 August 08: View documents of the fourth meeting of the Parties to the Espoo (EIA) Convention held in Bucharest, Romania in May 2008.
• 15 August 08: View documents of the third meeting of the Parties to the Aarhus Convention held in Riga, Latvia in June 2008.

Recently updated wepages include:

- EfE Reform (15 AUG 08)
- News & newsletter (02 JUL 08)
- Monitoring & assessment (02 JUL 08)
- External links (14 JUL 08)

Next update of the website is planned for mid September 2008.

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Last update of this page: 15 August, 2008.