The EEW Project published its evaluation results in the EEW Brochure "Promoting EnergyEfficiency in Europe" which shall serve as an advice and information tool and is availablenow. One major conclusion of the Brochure is the need for successful implementation of the measures presented in the National Energy Efficiency Action Plans (NEEAPs).

IRU calls for candidates for its City Trophy Award 2009 to promote excellence in sustainable tourism through coach-friendly policies.

Brussels – After Rochester (2003), Dresden (2005) and Chester (2007), the International Road Transport Union (IRU) is now looking forward to congratulating the winner of the IRU City Trophy 2009 by launching today its call for candidatures addressed to city authorities all over the world.

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To put the spotlight on sanitation, the UN General Assembly declared the year 2008 the International Year of Sanitation. The goal is to raise awareness and to accelerate progress towards the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target to reduce by half the proportion of the 2,6 billion persons without access to basic sanitation by 2015.

Access to sanitation is also deeply connected to virtually all the Millennium Development Goals, in particular those involving the environment, education, gender equality and the reduction of poverty and child mortality.