WWF Europe

http://www.panda.org/epo/

WWF’s European Policy Office was established in 1989. It is the ‘embassy’ to the European Union for the global WWF network, which is active in 100 countries. The WWF European Policy Office helps realize WWF’s mission to stop the degradation of the planet’s natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature.

Mission statement: “The European Policy Office contributes to the achievement of WWF’s global mission by leading the WWF network to shape EU policies impacting on the European and global environment.”

The European Policy Office links its WWF national organisation network in Europe to the EU legislative and policy-making cycles. Working groups specialists exist for subjects such as regional funds, European Neighbourhood Policy, development aid, climate and energy. They bring together WWF experts from both inside Europe and beyond. WWF policy experts working in Brussels take these working group recommendations and feed them into the EU policy-making processes.