To add momentum to the WHO’s Children’s Environment and Health Action Plan for Europe (CEHAPE) process, EEN is developing a CEHAPE website on the contribution that environment and health groups are making to tackling the environmental problems that threaten the health of Europe’s children.

Linked to the official WHO CEHAPE website, the EEN site will focus on the activities of European and national NGOs and youth groups. Our aim is to develop a comprehensive data base of non-governmental, not-for-profit achievements that will allow EEN to promote the contribution of civil society at major meetings, including the mid-term CEHAPE review in 2007.

The website will also make it easier for NGOs to network on different issues and with other groups in their own countries and throughout Europe. It will also provide information about different governmental approaches to consultation with non-governmental groups. (See attached flyer for more information).

Lastly, we hope the website will be used by NGOs to provide comments on what their governments are doing (this information will be featured on WHO’s EEHC website), or not doing, and on the processes governments are using to consult and develop national action plans to address children’s environmental health risks.

HOW CAN NGOs CONTRIBUTE?

Simply by filling in the attached questionnaire and return it to us to info@cehape.env-health.org. For more information on the aims and developments of the website, see attached document and do not hesitate to contact us!