Interest Groups & Task and Finish Groups
Work under the ENCA priorities is delivered by the
- Interest Groups and
- Temporary Task and Finish groups.
Groups are dependent on the scope and time constraints of the proposed action. Membership of the groups also varies dependent on the task. The ENCA Troika has a mandate from the ENCA members to direct ENCA work between Plenaries.
Interest Groups
Interest groups (IGs) are formed from experts of ENCA member agencies, sometimes in collaboration with external technical experts. They exist to exchange information and experience of good practice, and to further develop areas that are of interest to more than one agency. They carry out their work through meetings, conferences and workshops, under a mandate agreed by the ENCA Plenary.
Task and Finish Groups
Task and finish groups can be established by Troika to deliver time-limited pieces of work. Membership can include ENCA Members as well as experts from institutions.
Products of Task and Finish Groups
ENCA document in order to engage about transformative change for nature to help develop roadmaps for combined policy action and implementation
ENCA Strategy
ENCA Strategy aiming at targeting our joint challenges in nature conservation
ENCA recommendations for an 8th EU Environment Action Programme
As the 7th Environmental Action Programme (EAP) came come to an end in 2020 and the European Council had called on the European Commission to present a proposal for the 8th EAP, ENCA brought forward its concerns especially about nature conservation and asked for them to be considered in this context. Among others, the 8th EAP could support the objectives of the new EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030, which was in development at that moment and will contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
POST-2020 Biodiversity Stategie
The Communication of the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions has prompted the European Network of Heads of Nature Conservation Agencies (ENCA) to summarise the experience of its members in a statement, which was provided to representatives of the European Parliament, the Commission and the Member States, contributing to informing the decision-making process on the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030.
The Fitness Check of the Nature Directives
Engagement with the EC to discuss ENCA’s support to delivery of the Action Plan for Nature, People and Economy