Resources 'European Union'
An international climate conference, “Beyond Kyoto: Addressing the Challenges ofClimate Change”, involving more than 1,000 participants, including prominent representatives from science, industry,…
Since 1983, the biennial International Anti-Corruption Conference (IACC) series has evolved into the premier international forum for the fight against corruption. The 13th IACC is themed as “Global…
The 2008 session of the Council of Europe’s Forum for the Future of Democracy was held in Madrid from 15 to 17 October 2008. The main theme was “e-democracy”. Six parallel workshops dealed with the…
the public's "right to know" has moved to the forefront of environmental policy making, and OECD is supporting governments' response by helping them develop databases of releases…
Achieving Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) has become a global priority and challenge. A booklet of Frequently Asked Questions on the Marrakech Process describes the multi-stakeholder…
The PRTR webpage of the German Ministry of Environment includes introductory material, maps, geographic search engine and an innovative PRTR-wiki, also with How-to, FAQs and other documentation. In…
On 3 June 2009, the inauguration of the new German Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR) took place in Berlin. PRTR now offers free of charge online information to all citizens on pollutants…
By ratifying the Aarhus Convention in 2005, the European Union (EU) took upon itself the obligation to ensure that members of thepublic have access to administrative or judicial procedures to…
This paper was delivered at the conference, "The Aarhus Convention: How are its access to justice provisions being implemented?", in Brussels on 2 June 2008, by the President of the…
This publication presents democracy in Europe under threat from growing apathy by the public. it describes European Unionefforts to re-engage peoplein politics through use of Information and…
