Annual Meeting 2007
The Hague, 17 - 19 October

In 2007, the annual meeting of the Green Spider Network was held in The Hague. Click to download:

• The programme
• The list of participants
• Presentation of speakers
• Information on workshops
• The minutes
• Evaluation by the participants

Best practice competition: The core group had selected five best practice examples to be presented and compete for the Best Practice Award, viz.:

• Local communication about CO2 from new cars, Sweden
• News on climate change, Sweden
• Notice nature!, Ireland - Winner Best Practice Award 2007!
• The Planet InFact, Sweden
• Pocket-size guide to national parks, Hungary

Follow the link to read more about all the entries in the competition.

Workshops: On the last day, the participants divided into five workshops on the topics listed below. Click the titles for a summary of discussions, where available.

• Networking of networks: GSN and NRCs for Communication
• Aarhus Convention
• Working with NGOs
• Consulting the citizens: e-participation (summary of discussion not yet available)
• How to reach young people (summary of discussion not yet available)

Presentations
To see the presentations given in the course of the meeting, click the titles below. A few are still missing, but they will follow as soon as possible:

• EEA Communication Activities - Highlights 2007 (0.7 mb) by Ms Anna Gasquet, EEA
   
• BUGS in the system - communicating biodiversity targets (1.8 mb) by Mr Ybele Hoogeveen, EEA
   
• Communicating biodiversity - challenges and solutions (4.0 mb) by Dr Gill Stevens, Natural History Museum, UK
   
• Biodiversity and Communication: From know your enemy to know your friend (1.7 mb) by Mr Arjen Buijs, Alterra
   
• Raising Public Awareness for The Marine Environment (4.6 mb) by Dr Arjan Gittenberger, National Museum of Natural History, NL
   
• Interdepartemental Communication Project on International Biodiversity (ComBIO) (0.2 mb) by Mr Harm Blanken, NovioConsult
   
• Campaigning biodiversity in the EU in 2008 and beyond (0.6 mb) by Mr Nicholas Hanley, DG Environment
   
• Scoping study on an EU-wide campaign on biodiversity and nature (0.8 mb) by Mr George Ellis Ruano and Mr Peter Strempel, Gellis Communications
   
• Information from the Secretariat (0.4 mb) by Ms Lisbeth Moliin
   
• Local communication about CO2 from new cars (0.7 mb) by Ms Agneta Hedenblad, Swedish Road Administration
   
• Mini leporello series about tourism services of Hungarian national parks (1.1 mb) by Ms Tünde Olah, Hungarian Ministry of Environment
   
• Newsletters on Climate Change (0.3 mb) by Ms Kerstin Heikenfeldt, Swedish EPA
   
• The Planet InFact (link to website) by Ms Anna Maria Fleetwood, Swedish Research Council
   
• Notice Nature! (3.2 mb) by Mr David Kelly, Department of the Environment, Heritage & Local Government, Ireland
   
• Networking of networks (0.7 mb) - workshop presentation by Ms Anneke Oosterhuis, Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
   
• Communicating the Aarhus Convention (0.8 mb) - workshop presentation by Mr Michael Stanley-Jones, Aarhus Convention Secretariat, UNECE
   
• Year of Food and Farming (2.3  mb) - workshop presentation by Ms Caroline Evans, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), UK
   
• Mass media campaign - ventilation (0.3 mb) - workshop presentation by Ms Anke Stapels, VROM, NL