ECNC

Since its establishment, ECNC has prioritized the development of partnerships and alliances, which could result in the following benefits for Europe's biodiversity and people:

• stronger pools of expertise and innovation, which will provide better and more comprehensive products for clients and/or funders;
• enhanced impact of activities;
• more benefits of scale and scope, resulting in more efficient processes;
• enhanced stakeholder involvement and understanding, resulting in more effective biodiversity approaches and increased potential for sustainable economic development.

ECNC’s principle partners are the Network Partners and the Coastal & Marine Union (EUCC). Other partnerships and alliances include: 

• The European Environment Agency, with which ECNC has a memorandum of cooperation;
• The EEA’s European Topic Centre on Biological Diversity (ETC/BD), of which ECNC is consortium partner from the very beginning and to which ECNC has seconded a staff member, http://biodiversity.eionet.europa.eu;
• UNEP-Europe, with which ECNC has a memorandum of understanding;
• Council of Europe, with which ECNC has the co-secretariat of the Expert Committee on the Pan-European Ecological Network;
• The Joint Secretariat of the Pan-European Biological and Landscape Diversity Strategy, which ECNC formally supports on request of the Council of PEBLDS, www.ecologicalnetworks.eu;
• The Long-Term Biodiversity, Ecosystem and Awareness Research Network - ALTER-Net - of which ECNC is consortium partner and leads on the science-policy interface, www.alter-net.info;
• IUCN, of which ECNC is a member, www.iucn.org;
• Eurosite, of which ECNC is a supporting member, www.eurosite-nature.org;
• European Forum for Nature Conservation and Pastoralism (EFNCP), of which ECNC is a corporate member, www.efncp.org;
• Countdown 2010 initiative of which ECNC is a key partner, www.countdown2010.net;
• Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL), with which ECNC has a memorandum of understanding, www.pbl.nl.