7 December 2007, Tilburg, the Netherlands

On 7 December 2007, Mrs Marieke Moorman, Tilburg’s Vice-Mayor and Alderman of Environment, and Mr Paul van der Pol, Head Environment, visited ECNC. They were welcomed by ECNC Executive Director Rob Wolters and European House chairman Rob Maessen. Other participants were ECNC’s Deputy Director Ben Delbaere and ECNC’s Brabant-Europe manager Peter von Meijenfeldt.

Mrs Moorman was informed about ECNC, the European House on Biodiversity and Sustainability, and the cooperation between ECNC and Tilburg City. She referred to issues of special interest to the City of Tilburg, including climate change issues, involvement of local stakeholders in biodiversity, and business and ecology. Mr Wolters congratulated the Vice-Mayor for Tilburg’s active role in Countdown 2010, climate issues and sustainable development.

It was concluded that over the years the cooperation between Tilburg and ECNC has become strong. However, there is room for expanding the cooperation. Important topics of cooperation include biodiversity, Countdown 2010, climate change, business, investment and biodiversity, including the landscape integration of industrial estates.

Based on this constructive meeting, Mr Wolters will now invite the Council of Mayor and Alderman of Tilburg to visit ECNC and Eurosite as part of the European House.

For more information, Rob Wolters, wolters@ecnc.org

(Photo from left to the right: Mr Rob Maessen, Mrs Marieke Moorman and Mr Rob Wolters)