The 6th Ministerial Conference “Environment for Europe” (EfE) took place in Belgrade , Serbia , on 10-12 October 2007 under the slogan “Building Bridges to the Future”. The Conference was attended by Ministers and Heads of Delegations from 51 countries of the UNECE region, as well as by international organizations, non-governmental organizations under the auspices of the European ECO Forum, and media.

INTERNATIONAL ECOs STRATEGY MEETING

On 1-2 March 2007, in Brussels , the European ECO Forum had an International ECOs Strategy Meeting to prepare for the 6th Ministerial Conference "Environment for Europe ". The meeting was organised by the European Environmental Bureau (EEB) on behalf of the ECO Forum with the support of the Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment of the Netherlands and Federal Public Service Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment of Belgium. The meeting discussed the draft ECO Forum Environment for Europe Implementation Report with the review of the implementation of EfE decisions. The Brussels Strategy Meeting also focused on the preparation for the NGO pre-conference on biodiversity and sustainable production and consumption in Belgrade , and the preparation of the special session (round-table) with Ministers in Belgrade on biodiversity. At the International ECOs Strategy Meeting, NGOs adopted the Brussels Declaration. Among other things, the Brussels Declaration calls to develop a Pan-European Regional Framework for Sustainable Production and Consumption and establish a multi-stakeholder task force to assess needs and possibilities in this area; to ensure implementation of Kyiv-2003 commitments on biodiversity; to strengthen the coordinating role of the EAP Task Force and to create a special program to support NGO activities on environmental policy strengthening.

IMPLEMENTATION REPORT

 In the run-up to Belgrade , the European ECO Forum developed and published the Implementation Report in English and Russian to assess the achievements of the EfE process and to raise awareness among all stakeholders on the history, challenges and key outcomes of the process.