Current EDRC Activities

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Commission on Globalisation Since 2001, EDRC has been assisting the State of the World Forum with the establishment and development of the State of the World Forum - Europe which works to support the Commission on Globalisation.

Institute for Environmental Security EDRC is a founding partner of this newly established think-tank headquarted in The Hague with liaison offices in Brussels and Washington, D.C. The Institute's mission is to advance global environmental security by promoting the maintenance of the regenerative capacity of the life-supporting eco-systems. Its work programme - HORIZON 21 - is a multidisciplinary approach integrating the fields of diplomacy, law, finance and education.

NGO 2002 Assesment of the Global Environment Facility Some 400 NGOs in 100 countries are being consulted in a project assisted by EDRC to evalutate the role of NGOs in GEF's policy making, programmes and projects.

Transatlantic Information Exchange Service (TIES) EDRC's Director, Ronald A. Kingham, serves as Chief of the Environment Section of TIES - the transatlantic portal for civil society.

Recent EDRC Activities

European Rio+10 Coalition During 2000-2001 EDRC helped to establish and co-ordinate this network and its "Europe in the World" Contact Group preparing for Europe's role in the World Summit on Sustainable Development. EDRC also assisted in the organisation of the 1st and 2nd European Rio+10 Conferences in Brussels in June 2000 and May 2001. For details, visit the Objective 2002 pages of the website of European Partners for the Environment.

Transatlantic Dialogue on Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development During 2000-2001, EDRC organised 2 multi-stakeholder transatlantic workshops on sustainable and multi-functional agriculture at the Luso American Development Foundation in Lisbon, Portugal. Details are available on the website of European Partners for the Enviornment.

In 2000, EDRC assisted for the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and the Consortium for North-South Dialogue on Climate Change in the development and implementation of a survey and data system for the study: Who Needs What to Implement the Kyoto Protocol? An Assessment of Capacity Building Needs in 33 Developing Countries.

Transatlantic Environment Dialogue (TAED) From end-1998 through mid-2000, EDRC's Director,  Ronald A. Kingham, served as European Co-ordinator for the TAED based at the European Environmental  Bureau. This included the organisation of 1st and 3rd TAED conferences in Brussels in 1999 and 2000  and the establishment of the TAED website in co-opeation with TIES.

Counterpart Europe In 2000-2001, EDRC provided assistance in the development of the European branch of Counterpart International including help in the organisation of "Contraction & Convergence: From Idea to Deal" at the COP6 Climate Conference, The Hague, November 2000. See also the website of the Global Commons Institute.

 
Past Activities of the Stichting EDRC
and activities of the International Association EDRC* (1988-1998)
 

Environmental Reviews of EU Trade Measures and Agreements: study co-ordinated for the European Commission (DG Environment), 1998.

Asia and Europe: Partners for the Environment, conference organised for European Partners for the Environment (EPE-Brussels) and the Regional Institute for Environment and Technology (RIET-Singapore), Brussels, December 1998.

European Waste Club (EWC) - Organisation of the Corporate Membership Promotion Project for the European Waste Club, Brussels, 1998.

Europe-World Forum: International Seminar (and website) on Europe's Role in Implementing Agenda 21, organised by EDRC at the European Commission, May 1997.

*International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development: Member and first Chairperson of the Programme Advisory Board, International Centre on Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD), Geneva, 1996.

*EPE Conference on Trade and Environment: organised for European Partners for the Environment and the EC-DG ENV, Brussels, June 1996.

*The Future of Our Cities: International Experts' Meeting on Europe's Role in the North-South Dimensions of Urban Environment and Development, held at the European Parliament and co-organised with MEPs, Brussels, May 1996.

Drugs: Dependence and Interdependence, international conference on drugs and development held at the Portuguese Parliament and co-organised with the Council of Europe North-South Centre, Lisbon, March 1996.

European NGO Council on Drugs and Development (ENCOD) - launched with the assistance of EDRC in 1994-1995.

Between the Summits: Down to Earth: Inter-regional Meeting on Common Action for Sustainable Development, co-organised by EDRC, Danish UNA and the North-South Centre of the Council of Europe, Copenhagen, December 1993.

*Striking a Green Deal: International Conference on Environmental Aspects of Europe's North-South Economic Relations, co-organised with Members of the European Parliament, Brussels, November 1993.

*Amazonia Watershed Roundtable at the European Parliament, November 1993. To visit the EWGA web site: click here.

Agenda Ya Wananchi: Citizens' Action Plan for the 1990s, Adopted at Roots of the Future: A Global NGO Conference in relation to the 1992 Earth Summit, (Paris, 17-20 December 1991), for ELCI, Nairobi, February 1992.

Justice Between Peoples, Justice Between Generations: Background document for Roots of the Future: A Global NGO Conference in relation to the 1992 Earth Summit, (Paris, 17-20 December 1991), for ELCI, Paris / Nairobi, December 1991.                     

 Striking a Green Deal. Cartoon by TRAITS. Copyright 1993 EDRC.

Roots of the Future: Compendium of Citizen's Movements Responses to Environment and Development Challenges, EDRC / ELCI, Brussels / Nairobi, November 1991, 640 pp.

Member of the En Verden (Norway) Expert Commission on International Environmental Law and Convenor of the WFM Working Group on the UN Conference on Environment and Development, 1991.

*Advisor to The Netherlands National Committee of the IUCN, Global Consultation on International Environmental Law and Biological Diversity, 1990.

*Communications for Progress: A Guide to International E-mail, ANTENNA / EDRC / CIIR / INTERDOC, London, 1990.

*European Co-ordinator for the NGO Campaign in Support of the Initiative of the Non-Aligned Movement for the UN Decade of International Law (UNDIL), 1989.

*Survey, Data Base and Directory of the Climate Action Network - Europe, for CNE, Brussels, 1989.

*Study and Workshop on Intregrating Environmental Aspects in European Development Assistance, 1988.