Projects

Baltic Info Campaign on Hazardous Substances
Many products used in every day life, like toys, cosmetics, plastic products, etc. contain hazardous chemicals. In the Baltic States people are often not aware of this and sufficient regulation is not in place. The overall goal of the project is to initiate a stronger demand at the society in the three Baltic States for products free of hazardous substances via awareness raising activities.

Donors: EU Life+

Partners: Baltic Environmental Forum Estonia (BEF EE), Baltic Environmental Forum Latvia (BEF LV), Baltic Environmental Forum Lithuania (BEF LT), WECF, Environmental Film Studio (VFS), Tallinn University (TLU), Liepaja University (LiepU), Rautakesko AS Estonia (Rautakesko EE)

Duration: 10/2011 - 03/2015

Product and Chemical Safety in the Balkans
"Civil society cooperation on EU acquis and on values for consumer and corporate responsibility"

Donors: European Commission, IPA Socio Economic Partnership Programme

Partners: Baltic Environmental Forum, Women´s Movement for Integral Development, Journalists for Women and Children Rights and Environmental Justice, Resource Center Leskovac Issues: Chemicals & Health

Duration: 02/2011 - 02/2013

International Project Nesting - A healthy Environment for Healthy Children
Helping parents to create a safe and healthy environment for their newborns

Donors: European Commission DG-Environment

Partners: Baltic Environmental Forum, Clean Up Greece, Large Families Association Hungary, WECF France, WECF UK, WECF Netherlands, WECF Germany

Duration: 09/2008 - 12/2012

Asbestos in Kyrgyzstan
Increasing awareness on asbestos in Kyrgyzstan to strenghten and support Civil Society

Donors: European Commission, EuropeAID; Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), Germany

Partners: BIOM Kyrgyzstan

Duration: 01/2010 - 10/2012

Reducing the use of hazardous chemicals in developing countries
potential of implementing safer chemicals including non-chemical alternatives - tools for Georgia and the EECCA region

Donors: SAICM Quick Start Programme Trust Fund, UNEP

Partners: Greens Movement of Georgia/Friends of the Earth Georgia, Rural Communities Development Agency (RCDA), Georgian Ecological Agricultural Association (SEMA)

Duration: 07/2010 - 07/2012

Commission for Sustainable Development
WECF facilitates the participation of its members at UN conferences. WECF members present their experiences and recommendations to policy makers during the UN CSD every year

Donors: Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (VROM); The Netherlands; Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MinBuza), Development Cooperation, TMF programme, The Netherlands

Partners: Energia, Mama 86, WEDO, Eco Accord, Eco Forum, Bali Focus, Worldview Impact Foundation, Women against Nuclear Power, Women for Peace

Duration: 03/1999 - 08/2011

WECF Germany: “Umweltgerechtigkeit von Geburt an" (Environmental justice right from the beginning)
A consultative program for deprived families and migrant families in the vicinity of Berlin and Munich

Donors: German Federal Environmental Agency (UBA); Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), Germany

Partners: WECF Germany

Duration: 09/2009 - 12/2010

Nano in the babyroom
Deploying awareness raising activities among consumers and retailers concerning nanotechnology

Donors: Nanopodium

Duration: 04/2010 - 11/2010

Abestos and POPs in Kazakhstan
Civil society and sound hazardous waste management, asbestos and POPs, in Kazakhstan

Donors: European Commission, EuropeAID; Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), Germany

Partners: EcoCenter Kazakhstan, Greenwomen Kazakhstan, University of Kassel, Germany

Duration: 01/2009 - 10/2010

Children's Environmental Health Award 2010: "Protecting children's health in a changing environment"
Working towards the Fifth Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health in Parma, Italy, 10-12 March 2010

Donors: Ministries of Environment of Austria, Sweden, Denmark, Netherlands

Partners: HEAL, ISDE Austria, EcoForum

Duration: 09/2009 - 04/2010

Bulgaria / Greece – WECF Project Healthy Schools
School children are given the opportunity to learn about their environment and possible ways to improve and protect it by developing their own ideas.

Donors: European Commission DG-Environment

Partners: Earth Forever Foundation, Bulgaria, Clean up Greece

Duration: 09/2007 - 02/2010

Samen voor een Gezond Leefmilieu
‘Together for a healthy environment - advocacy for enhancing substances policy and reduce health risks’

Donors: Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (VROM), The Netherlands

Partners: EcoCentre, Kazakhstan, Eco Accord, Russia, Greenwoman, Kazakhstan, Journalists for children and women, Macedonia, Friends of the Earth, Bulgaria, AWHHE Armenia

Duration: 01/2009 - 12/2009

Eliminating toxic chemicals globally
Working to ensure that by 2020 all consumer products are free of hazardous chemicals

Donors: Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (VROM), The Netherlands

Partners: AWHHE, EcoAccord, MAMA-86 Harkiev, WEN

Duration: 01/2006 - 12/2008

Chemikalien im Alltag
Politik, Industrie und Verbraucherinnen können gemeinsam das Risiko durch gesundheitsschädliche Chemikalien in Alltagsprodukten für Frauen, Männer und Kinder verringern.

Donors: Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), Germany

Partners: BUND, Deutscher Hausfrauenbund, EWMD, Greenpeace, EEB

Duration: 08/2005 - 02/2007

Eco-Efficiency and Sustainable Development
Women promoting the environmental pillar of the Lisbon Strategy and the EU SDS

Donors: European Commission, DG Environment; Ministry of Housing Spatial Planning and the Environment (VROM), The Netherlands

Partners: WEN, EEB, HEAL

Duration: 03/2006 - 12/2006

Armenia - Healthy Food for Pregnant Women
Improving the health of newborn babies and pregnant women in Armenia; Growing organic Amaranth for the maternity clinic of Yerevan

Donors: Fred Foundation, The Netherlands; Haëlla Foundation, The Netherlands

Partners: AWHHE

Duration: 01/2000 - 08/2004

Our Toxic Free Future
Working towards a Toxic Free Future - getting ready for action

Donors: Ministry of Housing Spatial Planning and the Environment (VROM), The Netherlands

Partners: Tiye, ZijActief

Duration: 03/2003 - 06/2003