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Response to the consultation on "The Future of Transport":Passenger transport in urban areas

UITP - International Association of Public Transport

UITP (Union Internationale des Transports Publics) is the international organisation of public transport, it is based in Brussels and covers all urban, suburban and regional public transport modes (bus, metro, light rail, regional rail and waterborne public transport). It gathers over 3.100 members worldwide, public transport operators, their authorities and suppliers.

ECOS - European Environmental Citizens' Organisation for Standardisation

ECOS is an umbrella organisation of Environmental NGOs created to enhance the voice of environmental protection in the definition of standards and specifications for products and services in the European Union.

ECOS aims at increasing the environmental performance of products, ensuring sound measurement methods for pollutants, greening management systems in businesses and improving consumer information towards sustainable consumption.

EU must avoid counterproductive “rush to produce” and focus on long term sustainability of its food system

BirdLife International

New BirdLife paper on “Food security, climate change & biodiversity” looks at the choices facing the EU over food in light of the climate and biodiversity crises and in the context of growing world consumption

Brussels, 17 April 2009 – On the occasion of the G8 meeting of the Agricultural Ministers today in Treviso (Italy), BirdLife International and its Partner in Italy, LIPU, launched a paper reviewing the issue of food production in relation to the current biodiversity collapse and looming climate crisis.

The Irish Fianna Fàil becomes member of ELDR

After fruitful bilateral negotiations the European Liberal and Democrat party welcomes today Fianna Fàil as a new ELDR member party. Fianna Fail Secretary General Sean Dorgan was warmly welcomed in Brussels today to finalize the application procedure of his party with the ELDR Council, the highest decision-making body of the ELDR Party in matters of membership.

MEPs launch Internet freedom campaign on Facebook

ALDE - Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe

Human rights need also to be respected Online -
Nine Members of the European Parliament launched their campaign for global Internet freedom on Facebook today.

One World Human Rights Film Festival to begin in BOZAR

CZECH PRESIDENCY OF THE EU

April 27 – May 4, 2009 Bozar, Czech Permanent Representation, Berlaymont One World is today the largest and most important human rights film festival in Europe and is firmly established as one of premier cultural and media events in the Czech Republic. One World presents 123 films from all around the globe and seeks to promote the best quality documentary filmmaking on social and political issues. In 2007 One World was awarded UNESCO special mention for its contribution to human rights and peace education.

Despite credit crunch, the solar photovoltaic industry is more than everready for further growth

EPIA - European Photovoltaic Industry Association

Speakers at EPIA’s 3rd International Conference on Solar Photovoltaic Investments confirmed that, like all industries, the solar photovoltaic (PV) sector has not been spared by the credit crunch.

Medium to large scale PV plants are taking longer to be financed than ever before. They also stressed that the fundamentals of the PV sector remain intact, if not better than before, considering the price decrease of PV modules between 10 % and 20% since the beginning of 2009.

The financial crisis – time for a fresh start for Europe’s public services?

“No one doubts that the global financial crisis presents unique challenges for public services in the EU” says Michael Burnett, public service delivery expert at the European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA), launching a new EIPA initiative. But, he predicts, “Some will find new ways of delivering services and new opportunities in this crisis”.

As part of this initiative EIPA will organise a new seminar on “Delivering public services in a time of financial crisis - Choices, challenges and opportunities” on 6 and 7 July 2009 in Maastricht (NL).

ALDE MEP Ignasi Guardans leaves Parliament to direct Spanish Institute for Cinematography

ALDE - Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe

As reported widely in the Spanish media yesterday and today, ALDE MEP Ignasi Guardans (CiU, Catalunya, Spain) has been nominated for the position of Director of the Spanish Institute for Cinematography and Audiovisual Arts (ICAA) in the current Spanish Government and will thus be stepping down as MEP next week in Strasbourg.

BirdLife International appalled by new act of violence against conservationist in Malta

BirdLife International

Appeal to Maltese Prime Minister reiterated after yesterday’s attack

Brussels, April 15th 2009 – BirdLife International [1] strongly condemned yesterday’s attack against a nature reserve ranger in Malta. In the early morning of April 14th, Ray Vella, working for the “Foresta 2000” afforestation project was shot on the head and his right ear by an aggressor when inspecting the project area in Mellieha [2]. Foresta 2000 is a partnership of BirdLife Malta, the Parks Department of the Maltese Ministry for Resources and Rural Affairs and Din l-Art Helwa – the National Trust of Malta.

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