Joint Secretariat for the Pan-European Ecological Network
The Joint Secretariat promotes the implementation of the Pan-European Ecological Network (PEEN), through projects and coordinated actions with the Council of Europe and the Joint Secretariat of the Committee of Experts on PEEN. It aims at harmonizing the development of the PEEN with the targets set at the Kyiv Conference 'Environment for Europe' in 2003 and with work in the context of the Bern and other relevant Conventions. The Secretariat creates synergy between the PEEN and the other initiatives promoting the ecological network concept (including the global ecological network), in the context of the Pan-European Biological and Landscape Diversity Strategy and the European Commission programme.
Objectives
Objectives
- Contribute to the establishment of the Pan-European Ecological Network through the coordination of the policy process for the Pan-European Ecological Network, in particular via the joint Secretariat of the Committee of Experts on the PEEN, and with a focus on the Kyiv PEEN targets.
- Support the preparation of the meetings of the Committee of Experts for the development of the PEEN, and assist the Council of Europe and the PEEN Committee of Experts in promotional activities for the PEEN.
- Ensure consistency of the activities undertaken in the framework of the development of the Pan-European Ecological Network with the work undertaken to establish a global ecological network, and under various conventions and by other organizations, in particular the Bern Convention and the European Commission.
- Promote interaction between the work for the PEEN and other activities under the Pan-European Biological and Landscape Diversity Strategy, including communication and biodiversity resourcing.
Further information and products from this project can be found on: www.ecologicalnetworks.eu
