European Federation of the pulp and paper industry

CESI is a trade union umbrella organisation, organizing about 9 million workers - mainly in the public sector- through out Europe.

The programmes of CIFE encompass educational and research activities concerning European integration, federalism, regionalism and changes within the structures of contemporary society in accordance with a federalist prospective. MA in European and International Studies (trilingual and anglophone branch). www.ie-ei.eu Master in EU Studies Online : two-year postgraduate programme for young professionals conbining e-learning and compact face-to-face learning, check www.eu-online-academy.org Summer University Programmes

The TradeCom programme, also referred to as the TradeCom Facility, is an ACP Group Programme financed by the European Development Fund. It is divided in three main, complementary, components, each with its specific beneficiaries and results: (1) Formulation of trade policies, (2) Trade negotiations and (3) Implementation of trade policies and international trade agreements.

The European Livestock And Meat Trading Union (UECBV), founded in 1952, is the mouthpiece of national federations representing livestock markets, livestock traders (cattle, horses, sheep, pigs) and meat traders (beef, horsemeat, sheepmeat, pigmeat), slaughterhouses, cutting plants and meat preparation plants.

We organise Cardiology Congresses all around Europe. Our main one is the ESC Congress (Annual Cardiology congress) with 20-25 000 participants.

EUROCHAMBRES is the Association of European Chambers of Commerce and Industry. EUROCHAMBRES represents over 20 million enterprises in Europe – 93% of which are SMEs – through members in 45 countries and a European network of 2000 regional and local Chambers.

European Neighbours' Day is an initiative of the European Federation of Local Solidarity (E.F.L.S.) Its objective is to foster community cohesion in Europe, by creating networks for exchanges on neighbourly and community practices. Last year, Neighbours' Day celebrations reached an enormous success. About 8 million people celebrated with their neighbours in 29 countries. Almost 1000 city councils and housing organisations officially supported the event.

ESBA is one of the largest organisations based on voluntary membership in Europe. Through its direct membership, associate membership and cooperation agreements, the Alliance now represents almost one million small businesses and covers 35 European countries. Through implementation of its 'Vision 2020' and the corresponding business plan, this is what ESBA is constantly striving to achieve on behalf of its members and SMEs in Europe.

The European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) represents the whole spectrum of European organisations with an interest in the rheumatic diseases: the scientific societies, the patient associations and the health professionals. Since 1947, EULAR aims to reduce the burden of rheumatic diseases on the individual and society and to improve the treatment, prevention and rehabilitation of musculoskeletal diseases.

The European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR) is a pan European political party that represents 30 million voters at the European level. ELDR consists of 55 member parties across Europe and brings together 75 MEPs from among its member parties sitting in the ALDE Group of the European Parliament.

Africa Europe Faith & Justice Network (AEFJN) is an international association that works for more equitable economic relationship between European Union and the States in Sub-saharaan Africa. 20 000 members belong to AEFJN the international secretary is based in Brussels (Belgium) The AEFJN network is established in Africa and in Europe countries.

The European Publishers Council is a high level group of Chairmen and CEOs of European media corporations actively involved in multimedia markets spanning newspaper, magazine and online database publishers. Many EPC members also have significant interests in commercial television and radio. The EPC is not a trade association, but a high level group of the most senior representatives of newspaper and magazine publishers in Europe.

The Architects’ Council of Europe (ACE) is the representative organisation for the architectural profession in Europe: it aspires to speak with a single voice on its behalf in order to achieve its aims. Its growing membership currently consist of 45 Member Organisations, which are the regulatory and professional representative bodies in all European Union (EU) Member States, Accession Countries, Switzerland and Norway. Through them, the ACE-CAE represents the interests of over 470,000.

Association, a network of European cities which aims to preserve the global climate.

FIDH represents 155 human rights organisations throughout the world. Its mandate is to contribute to the respect of all the rights defined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. FIDH works for effective improvements in the protection of victims, the prevention of Human Rights violations and the sanction of their perpetrators by raising awareness, assisting victims, mobilising the community of States through advocacy within intergovernmental organisations and supporting local NGO’s

Represent forest owners organitations of South Europe

Regional Agency Representation Office

Re-Tour - Rete interregionale per il progresso del Turismo.- is a university consortium open to other bodies. The founding members are the following universities: "A. Avogadro" of Piemonte O., "Ca'Foscari "of Venice, "La Sapienza" of Rome, "Federico II" of Naples, and Catane.

NEMO, the Network of European Museum Organisations, is an independent network of museum associations and similar bodies representing the museum community of Europe. In order to support museums to fulfil their role as cultural agencies, learning places and keepers of cultural heritage NEMO campaigns for European policies. It supports museums in learning from each other through networking and co-operation and ensures information flows both ways between European institutions and museums.

The general aim of the EForum is to help establish and develop victim-offender mediation and other restorative justice practices throughout Europe. To further this general aim, the Forum will pursue the following objectives: Promote international exchange of information and mutual help; Promote the development of effective restorative justice policies, services and legislation; Explore and develop the theoretical basis of restorative justice; Stimulate research, etc.

FFG is the national funding institution for applied industrial research in Austria. We offer a comprehensive range of services for Austrian enterprises, research institutions and researchers – from the management of public funding programmes to consulting services in all phases of technology development and innovation, from support for integration into European research programmes and networks to the promotion of Austria"s interests at the European and and the international level.

ISS is an association for information systems and computer networks. Its members are experts in computer and telecommunications sciences (from academic, research and governmental environment ) and ICT companies representatives. The association is engaged in popularization of ICT technologies, dissemination of information within this area, symposium, conference and training organization, as well as with initiation and participation in both national and international projects.

"European Geothermal Energy Council" (EGEC) is an international association. The aims of our organisation shall notably be to promote the use of geothermal energy, as: By exercising appropriate actions among European institutions to implement a legal and institutional framework and fiscal instruments allowing geothermal sources to compete with conventional energy systems, and to secure economic support in consideration of the environmental benefits. By disseminating, through publicatio

EENA, the European Emergency Number Association, was set up in 1999 as a non-profit association registered in Belgium to serve as a neutral discussion platform for emergency services, industry and informed citizens with the aim of getting efficient, interoperable and harmonised emergency telecommunications in accordance with citizens' requirements. EENA has been advocating to authorities the issues related to the 112 as there are more and more EU citizens travelling for business or leisure.

CEMBUREAU, based in Brussels, is the representative organisation of the cement industry in Europe. Today CEMBUREAU includes 28 Members (27 Full Members and 1 Associate Member). Currently, its Full Members are the national cement industry associations and cement companies of the European Union (with the exception of Cyprus, Malta and Slovakia) plus Norway, Switzerland and Turkey. Croatia is an Associate Member of CEMBUREAU.

The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) is the voice of the wind industry, actively promoting the utilisation of wind power in Europe and worldwide. It is ideally situated in the heart of the EU district of Brussels ensuring close proximity to European decision-makers. It now has over 600 members from nearly 60 countries.

Transparency International is the leading global coalition against corruption.

AESGP is the official representation of manufacturers of nnon-prescription medicines and food supplements in Europe. AESGP was founded in Paris on 3 February 1964 to contribute to the improvement of responsible self-medication at the European level and to ensure that the views and interests of the manufacturers of non-prescription medicines and self-care products - including food supplements and self-care medical devices - in Europe are recognised in pharmaceutical and health matters.

Czech Union for Supported Employment (CzUSE) was established in 2000 to facilitate the development of Supported Employment (SE) in Czech Republic by formulation and promoting idea of SE. CzUSE mainly associates supported employment providers of Czech Republic. CzUSE is a member of European Union of Supported Employment (www.euse.org) since 2001.

CLECAT is the European Association for Forwarding, Transport, Logistic and Customs Services. CLECAT was founded in 1958. Today it represents the vast majority of national organisations of freight forwarders and customs agents both in the European Union and on a continental level. The most recent internal enquiry showed that CLECAT represents about 19,000 companies that employ over 1,000,000 people.

FEANTSA, the European Federation of National Organisations Working with the Homeless is an umbrella or not-for-profit organisations which participate in or contribute to the fight against homelessness in Europe. It is the only major European network that focuses exclusively on homelessness at the European level.

Cineuropa.org is the portal dedicated to the European Cinema financed by the MEDIA Programme of the European Union.

Organizations concerned with IT development, sales, education, and research in the North Great Plain Region of Hungary have expressed their will to cooperate with the primary aim of creating a more concentrated regional IT-sector. The first visible result of this cooperation was the formation of the IT Cluster in the North Great Plain Region. The IT Cluster is open for every enterprise, research institution and educational organization and provides its services for every business actor that main

VaasaETT’s Global Energy Think-Tank provides outstanding collaborative solutions to the energy and utilities industry. Through a network of thousands of high and medium level executives, officials, researchers, consultants and other experts that we mostly know and trust personally, the Global Energy Think Tank creates partnerships and consortiums for research, advice, solutions, and even lobbying. Whatever you need to know, we probably know someone, somewhere who has the answer.

Established in 1885, Izmir Chamber of Commerce has been one of the leading civil society organisations not only in the city of Izmir but also in the Aegean Region. The chamber provides various services such as consultancy, vocational training, foreign trade asisstance for its around 70 thousand members consisted of commercial companies with different sizes, mostly SMEs. The Chamber strongly supports the accession of Turkey in the EU participating and even managing pro-EU projects and programmes.

The mission of the European fertilizer industry is to respond to the needs of agriculture and society by providing, in accordance with the principles of Responsible Care, a reliable and competitive supply of high-quality mineral fertilizers. The industry encourages, moreover, the adoption of Good Agricultural Practices in the use of plant nutrients, thus stimulating farmers and growers to produce high-quality crops in an economically and environmentally sound manner. The mission of Fertilizers Europe is to identify, promote and manage the common interests of its members by: promoting the role of mineral fertilizers in European agriculture and horticulture; anticipating and prepar...

The Independence/Democracy Group in the European Parliament is, or appears to be the official opposition in the Parliament. It stands for returning democratic control to the nation states of Europe, it opposes the introduction of the Lisbon Treaty and the inherent corruption of the European Institutions. It believes in democracy, transparency and the rule of law.

The Pew Environment Group is the conservation arm of the Pew Charitable Trusts, a non-governmental, non-profit organisation. Pew applies a rigorous, analytical approach to improving public policy, informing the public and stimulating civic life. The objective of Pew’s European Marine Programme is to support the European Union in ending global overfishing and reducing the destruction of the world´s oceans.

The European Confederation of Directors' Associations (ecoDa) is a not-for-profit association founded in December 2004 under the laws of Belgium. Its objective is to represent the views of company directors from EU member states to corporate governance policy-makers at EU level.

IAVI’s mission is to ensure the development of safe, effective, accessible, preventive HIV vaccines for use throughout the world. IAVI is a global not-for-profit, public-private partnership working to accelerate the development of a vaccine to prevent HIV infection and AIDS.