Herbke, Nadine; Britta Pielen; Jessica Ward et al. 2004: Deliverable 7 Implications of the Different Scenarios – EUROMARKET Water Liberalisation Scenarios - Analysis of the Environmental Implications of the Scenarios. Ecologic– Institute for International and European Environmental Policy/ UNESCO-IHE – Institute for Water Education.

The international workshop "Implementing the Economic Aspects of the WFD – Future Challenges in the Elbe River Basin", held in Leipzig on 7-8 July 2005, saw a gathering of 60 WFD experts from all over Europe. The results of this workshop have been summarised by Britta Pielen, Benjamin Görlach and Robert Holländer.

The international workshop "Implementing the Economic Aspects of the WFD – Future Challenges in the Elbe River Basin" took place in Leipzig on 7 and 8 July 2005 and was mainly organised by Ecologic Associate Britta Pielen. In the course of the workshop, Benjamin Görlach gave an overview of the Member States' current approaches to assessing disproportionate costs in implementing the European Water Framework Directive.

Knigge, Markus 2005: Report on Trade and Multilateral Environmental Agreements (CAT-E). Ecologic Institute, Berlin.

Richard Tarasofsky 2005: Report on Trade, Environment, and Intellectual Property Rights (CAT-E). Ecologic Institute, Berlin.

Tarasofsky, Richard 2005: Report on Trade, Environment, and the WTO Dispute Settlement Mechanism (CAT-E). Chatham House, Ecologic Institute, London, Berlin.

Hamada, Ana-Mari und Markus Knigge 2005: Report on Trade, Environment, and Transparency and Participation (CAT-E). Earth University, Ecologic, Berlin.

Blobel, Daniel; Markus Knigge and Benjamin Görlach 2005: Report on Trade, Environment, and Sustainability Impact Assessment. Concerted Action on Trade and Environment (CAT&E). Ecologic, Berlin.

Klasing, Anneke und Markus Knigge 2005: Report on Trade, Environment, and European Trade Policy Development (CAT-E). Ecologic, Berlin.

In environmental matters, modern society is living at the cost to future generations. This was the main issue discussed at the Young Leaders Congress 2005 "Ecological Generational Justice into the Constitution", which brought together more than 50 participants from all over Europe and beyond. At the event, Ecologic Fellow Markus Knigge chaired a panel discussion with Karsten Sach, Head of the Division for International Affairs in the German Ministry for the Environment, and Manfred Bergman, Head of the Unit for Evaluation of Transport, Environment and Energy in the European Commission, on where we are in achieving ecological generational justice in Europe.

Along with the emphasis on better regulation and lean governance in the European Union and its Member States, there has been renewed interest in policy evaluation and impact assessment. One of the main criteria in this context is cost-effectiveness, which demonstrates that environmental objectives have been achieved – or will be achieved – at least cost. At the EASY-ECO conference "Impact Assessment for a New Europe and Beyond", Benjamin Görlach was invited to present some insights on state of the art ex-post assessments of the cost-effectiveness of environmental policies.

Since 1999, the European Commission has been undertaking a series of Sustainable Impact Assessments (SIAs) of multilateral and regional trade agreements. On invitation, Markus Knigge presented at the EASY-ECO conference, organised by the Impact Assessment Research Centre in the University of Manchester's School of Environment and Development, a paper on the role of civil society engagement in these assessments. The presentation focused on the objectives of stakeholder consultations, methodologies for participation, the interplay with the negotiation process and the impediments for effective participation of civil society.

Kranz, N., E. Interwies, A. Vorwerk, A. von Raggamby. Governance, Institutions and Participation in the Orange-Senqu Basin. Report to NeWater project, Berlin, 2005.