Eco-Forum NGO preparation Belgrade Ministerial Conference Environment for Europe October 2007

WECF members involved in the preparations, in particular the side-event and ministerial round table on Biodiversity

08.03.2007 |Sascha Gabizon

Victoria Elias, chair of Eco-Forum, and John Hontelez Director of EEB, leading the drafting group for the NGO Statement to Belgrade

NGOs prepare for Belgrade Ministers Conference "Environment for Europe"

75 organisations participate
More than 75 NGOs from the entire EU and EECCA region came to Brussels. European ECO Forum organised a strategy meeting in Brussels on 1-3 of March, 2007. The meeting focussed on preparations for the 6th Ministerial Conference "Environment for Europe" (10-12 October 2007, Belgrade, Serbia).

The Conference was organised by the European Environmental Bureau (EEB) on behalf of the European ECO-Forum with the support of Eco-Accord Moscow and WECF Netherlands, and finanical support of the Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment of the Netherlands and Federal Public Service Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment of Belgium.

The results of the meeting are:

An evaluation of the implementation of decisions made in the framework of the Environment for Europe process since 1991 till now
Preparation for the NGO pre-conference on biodiversity and sustainable production and consumption in Belgrade (8-9 October 2007)
Preparation of the special session (round-table) with Ministers in Belgrade on biodiversity
A draft NGO recommendation statement for the Ministerial Conference in Belgrade.

The Draft Recommendations are being finalized by the Eco-Forum drafting group, and will focus on:

The achievements and future of the Environment for Europe process
Values and Education for Sustainable Development
Changing productiong and consumption patters - particularly in the areas of energy
Biodiversity decline and the 2010 countdown
The future of the EECCA strategy and EAP

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