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Resources Year '2006'

Professor Alexander Schmidt and attorney Peter Kremer describe and analyze the requirements of the European Community Regulation 2003/35 and the Aarhus Convention with respect to access to justice…
The Government Communicators' Handbook is designed to assist government communicators to locate themselves in the overall government communication system. It seeks to provide simple guidelines…
This introductory article has been updated with information regarding a new report entitled "Environmental Democracy" published in 2006. With links to European level implementing…
Written on behalf of ten environmental and citizens-based organizations, the letter called for supporting the amendments the European Parliament proposed in the Korhola report on the Common Position…
Environmental concerns, as well asbroader aspects of sustainability, such as social standards relating to the manufacture of products, need to be incorporated into the planning and organisation of…
The Citizens' guide to European complaint mechanisms aims to help individuals and NGOs to successfully use existing institutional mechanisms at the European and international level to protect…
GTI launched a series of coordinated freedom of information (FOI) requests in Argentina, Bulgaria, Mexico, Slovakia and South Africa in 2005, which were tracked over a set period of time. A total of…
This publication documents how various countries did — or did not — honor the right of access to information. In analyzing over 1,900 requests for information filed in 14 countries, Transparency…
Human fights and the environment have become increasingly interconnected. This manual seeks to contribute to a better understanding of this relationship in the light of the relevant case-law of the…
Report of ECOSPHERE Forum held in Brussels, 27 October 2006, with the support of the Brussels Capital Region. The Forum addressed which new rights and opportunities does EC Regulation No. 1367/2006…