Representatives of 50 international, European and national environmental citizens organizations (ECOs) from 20 countries met at the European ECO Forum in Batumi on 7th of June 2016, to formulate their recommendations to the governments at the 8th UNECE European Environmental Ministers Conference, “Environment for Europe” (EfE), taking place in Batumi, 8 – 10 June 2016. We agreed on the following declaration. ... For the full text follow the link.

Representatives of 70 international, European and national environmental citizens organizations (ECOs) from 30 countries met under the auspices of the European ECO Forum in Astana, 20-21 September 2011, to formulate their demands and recommendations to the governments at the 7th UN-ECE European Environmental Ministers Conference, “Environment for Europe” (EfE), taking place in Astana, 21 – 23 September 2011. We agreed on the following declaration.

I. Green Economy – not just a technological fix

We, representatives of environmental citizens organisations from the UNECE region, participating in the 6th Ministerial Conference ‘Environment for Europe’, gathered in Belgrade on 8-9 October 2007 for our preparatory meetings, adopted this statement.

The EfE process is a unique regional platform for cooperation. This is the only platform where nations within the EU, EECCA and SEE regions can meet to address environmental issues and policies of common value and importance on high political level.... For the full text follow the link.

Representatives of 62 international, European and national environmental citizens organizations (ECOs) from 34 countries met under the auspices of the European ECO Forum in Brussels, 1-2 March 2007, to formulate their recommendations to the governments preparing for the 6th UN-ECE European Environmental Ministers
Conference, “Environment for Europe” (EfE), taking place in Belgrade, 10-12 October 2007. We agreed on the
following declaration. .... For the full text follow the link.

The European ECO Forum, a platform of some 200 environmental citizens' organisations throughout the UN-ECE region, has been involved in the preparations for the Kyiv Conference since the beginning. It has been building upon its successes in the years before, and has facilitated a substantial NGO participation also in this stage of the Environment for Europe (EfE) process. In September 2000, at a meeting, also in Kyiv, it formulated its "Agenda for Kyiv 2002", updated with its Bratislava Declaration of December 2002. .... For the full text follow the link.

Representatives of 104 environmental citizens’ organisations (ECOs) based in 33 pan-European countries met from 14 to 16 September in Kiev, Ukraine to prepare for the next step in the "Environment for Europe" (EfE) Ministerial Conference, in 2003. This coalition, known as the European ECO Forum, has formed a number of working groups to follow specific issues.

The aim of the European ECO Forum is to promote an active and constructive role for ECOs in the preparations for Kiev. We believe that our ongoing involvement in the “Environment for Europe” process has had a substantial and positive impact on the outcomes of this process. ... For the full text follow the link.

Representatives of 60 international, European and national environmental citizens organizations (ECOs) from 28 countries met under the auspices of the European ECO–Forum in Bratislava, 7–9 December 2002, to discuss their demands and proposals to the Governments of the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UN–ECE) in the run–up to the 5th Pan–European Environmental Ministers Conference, “Environment for Europe”, 21–23 May 2003. We agreed on the following declaration - follow the link for the full text.

We, the nongovernmental environmental citizens organizations (European ECO Forum) from 34 countries assembled for the International ECO Conference on “Public Participation: The Road from Words to Practice!” at Carignano-Lucca, Italy on October 19-20, 2002, declare as follows:

We celebrate the entry into force of the Aarhus Convention on October 30, 2001 and urge the remaining Signatories and other countries of the UNECE region to ratify and implement the Convention. We reaffirm that all people have fundamental human rights to access information, to participate in decisions that can affect the environment, and to have access to justice. ... For the full text follow the link.

We, the nongovernmental environmental citizens organizations (European ECO Forum) from 26 countries assembled for the International ECO Conference on the Aarhus Convention in Brussels, Belgium on January 19-21, 2002, declare as follows:

We reaffirm the central role that participatory democracy, information, and justice play in realizing environmental rights and sustainable development. .... for the full text click on the link.