Environment

LIFE Programme

(January 2009). AEIDL is assisting the European Commission's Environment Directorate with the communications aspects of the LIFE programme (LIFE+ and LIFE III). AEIDL is responsible for 14 communication tasks, which include the production and circulation of thematic and best practice publications, the development and maintenance of the LIFE website, including maintaining the LIFE project database, and the organisation of seminars and events. The objective is to disseminate the results of LIFE projects, to facilitate the transfer of experience and know-how to specific target groups, and to generally raise the profile of the LIFE programme. The LIFE team at AEIDL includes 15 environment and communications experts, with expertise in nature and the environment, journalism, graphics, web design, webmastering, database development and management, and project management.

From 2005 to 2009, AEIDL, as part of the ASTRALE EEIG, also assisted the European Commission with the communication aspects of the LIFE III programme. And from November 2001 to June 2005, AEIDL, again as part of the ASTRALE Consortium, assisted the European Commission with the communication aspects of the LIFE-Environment programme.
http://ec.europa.eu/life/

Client: European Commission, Directorate-General for Environment
Expected termination: 2013/12
Contact: Eamon O'Hara

Tools and guidebooks on renewable energy and energy efficiency

(February 2008) The Executive Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation (EACI) has awarded the contract for the development of an inventory of tools and guidebook on renewable energy and energy efficiency to a partnership which includes the Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP), AEIDL and Prospect C&S. The contract will focus on tools and guidebooks developed under the Intelligent Energy-Europe (IEE) programme, as well as other programmes (Structural Funds, LIFE, Altener/Save, FP6, etc.). There will also be a search for tools and guidebooks developed at national/regional level. By developing a database of this material, it is expected to avoid duplication and promote better sharing of knowledge and experience. AEIDL is responsible for the development of the online datbase and of the website), and is also contributing to other tasks (gathering and assessment of the tools and guidebooks, editing of short summaries of each product and the structure/classification of the content for each inventory).

Client: Executive Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation (EACI)
Partners: AEIDL, Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP), Prospect C&S Consulting and Services
Expected termination: 2008/12
Contact: Eamon O'Hara

Promotion of the eco-label

The Belgian Federal Public Service for the Environment has contracted AEIDL (December 2005) to carry out an overhaul of its ministerial website, dedicated to the eco-label www.ecolabel.be. The work carried out by our association will cover several different skills: analysis of the existing site, definition of a new architecture and new structure for navigation, writing texts, graphics and translations. One of the challenges is to make the information more accessible and adapt it to the needs of three specific target groups: enterprises, private consumers, public purchasers.

Fact sheets on pollution from cars for the DG Environment of the Belgian Federal Public Service

At the end of 2005, the Environment Directorate General of the Belgian Federal Public Service (FPS) Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment, requested AEIDL to write a series of thematic fact sheets on a very topical issue, that of reducing the pollution from cars. The subject matter is very technical and complex. The objective therefore is to communicate the issue in simple terms to a wide public, made up of professional from the sector, and citizens/ consumers. The challenge is to be precise and at the same time make the information more accessible.

Environment: Framework contract for the dissemination of information

The Environment Directorate General of the European Commission assigned AEIDL a framework contract for the dissemination of information. The contract began in the summer 2005 and is scheduled to last for four years. It involves searching for contacts for the DG’s information actions, maintaining the DG’s list of contacts and its photo bank.

Communication and dissemination of the results of the LIFE programme (2005-2009)

(2005) The European Economic Interest Grouping, ASTRALE, to which AEIDL belongs, is assisting the Environment DG of the European Commission in the context of its LIFE programme for the 2005-2009 period. In this respect, AEIDL is in charge of communication work, which involves the creation and circulation of a series of targeted publications, compiling and updating the LIFE website and organising seminars and other events. The objective is to network project holders in order to facilitate the transfer of experience and know-how and to promote the LIFE programme to the general public.

The Belgian National Environment and Health Action Plan website

AEIDL is creating the environment and health website on behalf of the Federal State, the Flemish Community, the French-speaking Community and the German-speaking Community, the Joint Community Committee, the French Community Committee, the Flemish Region, the Walloon Region and the Brussels Capital Region.
The Belgian National Environment and Health Action Plan (NEHAP) emerged in a political context marked by an awareness of the importance of the environment and its connection with health, and following various World Health Organisation initiatives. In environmental and health terms, competence is shared, under Belgian law, between the federal authority, the Communities and the Regions. With the NEHAP, all of these institutional partners are brought into close cooperation.

http://www.nehap.be

Launch of the “Practical handbook on green public procurement”

The European Commission’s Environment DG entrusted AEIDL with the organisation of a one-day event to launch the "Practical Handbook on Green Public Procurement". The event took place on 29th October 2004.

http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/gpp/

Online presentation of the Environment DG policies of the Belgian FPS

Following an initial contract in 2003, AEIDL renewed its contract to work with the Environment Directorate General of the Belgian Federal Public Service (FPS) Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment. AEIDL’s assignment is to place information on the DG’s website by means of fact sheets on the various areas of activity and involvement. The subjects dealt with by the Environment DG are complex and technical, not well known by the general public, although they concern major sections of the population: be they consumers, NGOs, businesses, civil servants, etc. The challenge facing the AEIDL’s team of journalists involves rigorously and precisely processing the information, using a suitable register to make it accessible to the greatest number of people. A wide variety of issues are thus being addressed: biodiversity, GMOs, the marine environment, eco-labels, the European strategy for chemical products, to mention but a few. Each of these subjects has been assigned an appropriate editorial format to meet the requirements of its target audience. In this way, AEIDL is contributing to a public information assignment, in order to help citizens play their part in environmental policies, in accordance with the Aarhus Convention recently ratified by Belgium.

Information in relation to the Aarhus Convention

AEIDL is assisting the Belgian Federal Department for the Environment to offer an electronic access to environmental information which falls within its competence. The partnership, formed by the Eco-Conseil Institute and the AEIDL, has been chosen by the Federal Department to list, collect and organise the environmental data which has to be made available to the public under the Aarhus Convention. AEIDL is more specifically responsible for organising the classification of this information and the way in which it will be presented to the public.

Best practices in the field of energy

In the context of the European SAVE programme, AEIDL took part in the Bacchus project. The project involved a transfer of best practices between energy agencies and regional development agencies.
The project was undertaken in partnership with the EURADA network and the Italian company ECUBA.

http://www.bacchus.aeidl.be/

LIFE Environment

From November 2001 to June 2005, the ASTRALE Consortium, to which AEIDL belongs, is assisting the European Commission Environment DG in the context of its LIFE programme for the 2001-2005 period. In this respect, AEIDL has been put in charge of communication work, which involves the creation and circulation of a series of targeted publications, compiling and updating the LIFE website and organising seminars and other events. The objective is to network project sponsors in order to facilitate the transfer of experience and know-how and to promote the LIFE-Environment programme to the general public.

http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/life/home.htm

DG Environment: Targeted information and diffusion strategy

Between 2001 and 2004, AEIDL assisted the Environment Directorate General of the European Commission (DG ENV) in a targeted information and diffusion strategy. This notably involved expanding, compiling and updating DG ENV’s address list, creating a photo bank which can be used for publications and undertaking isolated public relations activities (help in launching new products, conducting satisfaction surveys, etc.).