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Baltic Environmental Forum

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The Baltic Environmental Forum (BEF) was founded in 1995 by the Baltic Ministries of Environment, Germany and the European Commission as a technical assistance project aiming at strengthening the co-operation among the Baltic environmental authorities. Over time the core project was prolonged and the BEF activities grew far beyond the initial project. BEF became accepted as institution for networking and experience exchange among environmental stakeholders in the Baltic States. The organization has contributed to the EU accession process in the Baltic States with a large amount of events and trainings targeted at understanding of the environmental legislation to be transposed and facilitating dialogue and experience exchange for its implementation.

In order to keep the network active the BEF team has founded in 2003 new NGOs in Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania and Germany. The organizations are independent in legal and fiscal terms, but they form a network as called “BEF Group” and have common goals and joint activities. The goals of the BEF Group are to act in various fields of environmental policy with regard to capacity building, experience transfer and facilitation of different stakeholders in the Baltic Sea region.

Baltic Environmental Forum Germany holds the chairmanship of the BEF-Group. Key topics are chemical- and waste management, water quality, conservation of nature, wildlife and marine ecosystems, energy efficiency, sustainable mobility and climate change.

As for climate change, BEF thematic successes include:

  • support of Baltic Sea states and the Republic of Croatia with the development of national climate change adaptation strategies.
  • Development of a training programme for energy-efficient restorations of apartment buildings in eastern Europe.
  • Consultation of municipalities and ministries in Eastern Europe for energy-efficient restorations, to ensure the quality of construction sites, as well as the sustainable building and urban development.
  • Analyses of the vulnerability and development of adaptation and nature conversation strategies tackling climate change and its effects, together with the island of Fehmarn.

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Published in Climate-ADAPT Jan 08 2018   -   Last Modified in Climate-ADAPT Mar 05 2024

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