News from Brussels Office
Here you can find updates with the latest development in the EU, relevant for protected areas.
01.03.2011
EUROPARC Seminar: Discussing the new EU Common Agriculture Policy
The EUROPARC Federation organised a lobbying seminar on the topic of the CAP in Brussels the week before last. It was attended by Birdlife International, WWF, ELO, representatives of the European Commission and EUROPARC section and member representatives from across Europe. The first half of the day looked at the new proposals for the CAP and the second half involved intense discussions about how EUROPARC should take the subject forward. A full report will be available soon but in the meantime you can download the presentations given below.
Older but still relevant news
Financing Natura 2000
As the next period will be critical to making the network fully operational through the effective management and restoration of the sites, contribute with your views to the new new public consultation on future EU co-financing of Natura 2000
Interreg IVC last call for projects open!
The call runs from 1st december to the 1st of april 2011. More details in the members area.
LIFE+
DG Environment of the European Commission, is organising, in each member country, a series of LIFE+ Information Sessions in the context of the 2011 LIFE+ Call for Proposals. Read more
New Common Agricultural Policy for Europe
The communication on Common Agricultural Policy towards 2020, which was presented on 18 November 2010, launches the institutional debate and prepares the ground for the legal proposals to be adopted by the Commission during 2011. Read more and send us your comments and proposals.
Green Week 2011, Brussels
Green Week Conference 2011 will be on Resource Efficiency and will take place in Brussels on 24-27 May 2011. Please contact us if you are planning to attend as speaker or visitor. It will be a great opportunity to present best practices from our netwok. More details available here
For more information on what EUROPARC are doing in Brussels please contact Federico Minozzi at f.minozzi@europarc.org .
