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EEB Briefing Document: Ideas for overcoming the limitations of GDP as a progress indicator (December 2007)
EEB contribution to Informal meeting of the EU Environmen Ministers, Essen/Germany, 1 - 2 June, 2007 (May 30th, 2007)
EU Sustainable Development Strategy - From Theory to Delivery (December 2006) in English, French and German
Speech at conference "Environmental Policy - at a Tipping Point? by John Hontelez (London, November 8th, 2006)

Roadmaps on implementation of the SDS for:
* European Commission without dates

* Council
* None specified
* Member States
* European Commission with dates
(July 2006) 

EEB, ETUC and Social Platform open letter to European Council 15 - 16 June 2006 (June 2006)
Birdlife International, EEB and WWF briefing on the review of the Sustainable Development Strategy (June 13th, 2006)
Green 10 open letter to the Heads of State and Government on new Sustainable Development Strategy (June 2006)
A programme for the Sustainable Development of the European Union - proposals from Environmental organisations for a realistic and ambitious Sustainable Development Strategy (March 2006)
The EU Sustainable Development Strategy: An environmental response - conference report (March 2006)
EEB, ETUC and Social Platform declaration "Move up a gear for sustainable development!" - comments and proposals for the 2006 Spring Council on the Lisbon Strategy (March 6th, 2006)
EEB position paper on the Lisbon Process (March 1st, 2006)
National Reform Programme for the Lisbon strategy - EEB Overview of remarkable elements (March 1st, 2006)
NATIONAL REFORM PROGRAMMES - Bringing Sustainable Development into the Lisbon process - Toolkit for environmental NGOs (July 2005)
Green 10 - A revised sustainable development strategy for the EU: Vision, objectives, targets, instruments and indicators (July 13th, 2005)
Green 9 paper with proposals for SDS review (May 11th, 2005)
Make Lisbon work for Sustainable Development - EEB, ETUC and Social Platform joint statement to the 2005 Spring Summit (March 21st, 2005)
Pour faire de Lisbonne un vecteur du développement durable - déclaration conjointe du BEE, CES et de la Platforme des ONG sociales européennes (21 Mars 2005)
EEB, ETUC and Social Platform message to the Spring Summit 2005 (March 9th, 2005)
Le sommet Européen du printemps 2005 et l'environnement de l'Europe: Mettre le processus de Lisbonne au service du développement durable (Février 2005)
The Spring Summit and Europe's Environment: Making the Lisbon process work for sustainable development (February 2005)
Letter to President of the European Commission Mr. Barosso on Strategic Objectives 2005-2009 and consequences for the Lisbon process (January 28th, 2005)
EEB, ETUC and Social Platform letter to Commission President Barroso on Commission 5-year plan and Lisbon Strategy (January 11th, 2005)
A new Sustainable Development Strategy for the EU - Annual Conference 2004 report (December 2004)
EEB contribution to discussion on "Future of the Lisbon Process, the contribution of the Kok Group" (November 19th, 2004)
EEB's message to the new European Commission: REINFORCE THE EU's SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY (September 20th, 2004)
Green Eight Review of the Sustainable Development Strategy (August 2004)
Green 8 letter to European Commission President Romano Prodi and Commissioner Margot Wallström on review of Sustainable Development Strategy (June 16th, 2004)
Towards an EEB review of the EU Sustainable Development Strategy (draft version as of April 13th, 2004) - final verion will be published in July 2004
Investing for a Sustainable Future: From best practice to common practice (January 2004)
Manifesto for Sustainable Investment: Investing for a Sustainable Future (November 2003)
Manifeste pour l'investissement durable: Investir dans un avenir durable (Novembre 2003)
EEB background document on headline indicators for policy-makers for sustainable development (Rome, September 25th, 2003)

Environmental Indicators - summary report of meeting between the Commission and NGOs (May 26th, 2003)
including:

"Green Goals for Business" - speech by John Hontelez, Secretary General EEB at Green Week 2003

"Political leadership required for changing consumption and production patterns!!!" - presentation by John Hontelez, Secretary-General EEB - Paris, April 25th, 2003 (also in French)

EEB, ETUC and Social Platform joint declaration to the 2003 Spring European Council (March 6th, 2003)

EEB recommendations for the Spring Summit (February 10th, 2003)

Presentation by John Hontelez, Secretary-General EEB, at EEA Management Board seminar on "Indicators for Environment and Sustainable Development", 26 November 2002, Copenhagen

EEB, FoEE and FNI letter to Ministers for the Environment of the EU on preparations for agreement in EU Environment Council on Structural Indicators for the Synthesis Report (October 3rd, 2002)

"A nice start but a tough race" - EEB contribution to Stakeholder Forum on "Sustainable Development in the EU", Brussels (12-13 September 2002)

Conferences on the EU Sustainable Development Strategy: the EEB and EEB-ETUC-Social Platform - March 13-14, 2002/Barcelona (July 2002)

From Sonderborg to Johannesburg and beyond (July 2002)

The way to a success at WSSD in Johannesburg (May 2002)

Making the economy work for sustainable development - Joint Statement by ETUC, the EEB and Social Platform (March 2002) and in French

Sustainable Development: Making it Happen, A Crucial Role for the European Union (March 2002)

EEB, FNI and FoEE Letter to the Environment Ministers on Indicators for the EU Sustainable Development Strategy and Proposals on Indicators for Sustainable development (October 2001)

Speech of John Hontelez, Secretary General EEB, at the Conference on 4th Environmental Action Plan of the Dutch Government, September 5th, 2001 (in Dutch)

Speech of John Hontelez, Secretary General EEB, at the ECOSOC/Commission hearing on the Sustainable Development Strategy, Brussels (April 27th, 2001)

A Common response to the European Commission's "Consultation Paper for the preparation of a EU Strategy for Sustainable Development" (April 27, 2001)

Une réaction commune au document consultatif de la Commission Européenne "En vue de la préparation d'une stratégie de l'UE pour un développement durable" (April 27, 2001)

Speech of John Hontelez, Secretary General EEB, Stockholm (February 23rd, 2001)

Conclusions and recomendations - A Sustainable Development Strategy fpr the EU, Stockholm, 17/18 November 2000

Shaping the New Europe - Working towards sustainable development, a joint EEB, FoE Europe and IFN Publication (9/00)

Memo for the meeting between President of the European Commission Mr. Prodi, Commissioner Mrs. Wallström and Green 8 ( January 31st, 2000)

Ten Benchmarks for Environmental Policy Integration (9/99)

Dix Reperes d'Integration de la Politique Environnementale (10/99)



 
 
 

 



 

 


 
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