United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

What is UNEP? United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the voice of the environment within the United Nations system at the global and regional level. Its mandate is to coordinate the development of environmental policy consensus by keeping the global environment under review and bringing emerging issues to the attention of governments and the international community for consideration and action. UNEP’s mission is to provide leadership and encourage partnership in caring for the environment by inspiring, informing, and enabling nations and peoples to improve their quality of life without compromising that of future generations.

UNEP Liaison Office to the European Union in Brussels

In Brussels, the UNEP Office closely follows environmental policy-making at the EU level and contributes to shaping policy for sustainable development.  It also participates fully in the UN Brussels Team and its working groups, such as Climate Change. Another main function is support to UNEP’s resource mobilization efforts, and service other UNEP’s divisions in their drafting and reporting of projects submitted to the EC for funding.

The office’s main objectives are:

• Increasing policy dialogue between UNEP and European Union institutions;
• Gathering information on new developments in European environmental policies and initiatives, maintaining a two-way flow of information between UNEP and the EU;
• Promoting and facilitating the development of joint EU-UNEP collaboration, programmes and projects;
• Maintaining and stimulating dialogue with other organisations based in Brussels, including the UN family, African Carribean and Pacific countries (ACP) Secretariat and NGOs.

The Office is also leading the process of ‘Greening the UN offices’ in Brussels.

Library

You may view the UNEP publications from the following website:
http://www.unep.org/publications/

Links

• UNEP: http://www.unep.org/
• UNEP Regional Office for Europe: http://www.unep.ch/roe/

Contact

For further information please contact:

UNEP Liaison Office to the EU  
14 Rue Montoyer
1000 Brussels, Belgium
Tel: +32-2-213-3050
Fax: +32-2-213-3051  
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