The present analysis of Romania's environmental policy was carried out within the context of preparations for the country's desired EU accession. It is an exploratory attempt to document the current status of harmonisation of environmental legislation in light of the relevant political, economic, legal and social framework.

Ecologic organised a workshop for the exchange of practical experiences with various pilot projects on implementing the Water Framework Directive in Germany. This included the programming, organisation and a written summary of the event.

Homeyer, Ingmar von; Keya Choudhury; Stefani Bär 2001: EU-Enlargement and the Environment: The Role of the Regions. Backgroundpaper for the Workshop on Environmental Opportunities and Risks of EU-Enlargement with a Special View to the Border Regions.

Oberthür, Sebastian; Uwe Büsgen and Dennis Tänzler 2001: Abschätzung zur Änderung der Treibhausgas-Emissionen in den EU-Beitrittsstaaten zur Vorbereitung der Verhandlungen im Rahmen der Ausgestaltung des Kioto-Protokolls. Ecologic, Berlin.

Carius, Alexander; Ingmar von Homeyer; Max-Christian Lange; Cornelia Gloede 2001: Umweltschutzfinanzierung in Mittel- und Osteuropa (MOE) und den Neuen Unabhängigen Staaten (NUS). Ecologic, Berlin.

Ingmar von Homeyer and Alexander Carius 2000: "Die Osterweiterung der Europäischen Union als Herausforderung für die Umweltpolitik." Zeitschrift für Umweltpolitik & Umweltrecht : ZfU ; Beiträge zur rechts-, wirtschafts- und sozialwissenschaftlichen Umweltforschung, Jg. 2000, Nr. 3, 337-368

Oberthür, Sebastian 2000: Vorschläge zur Ausgestaltung der Kyoto-Mechanismen und deren Verknüfung mit dem System der Erfüllungskontrolle. Ecologic Institut: Berlin.

Ecologic (ed.) 2000: "IKARUS" Entwicklung einer integrierenden Konzeption zur Abwasserentsorgung und -reinigung Ungarns. Tagungsband: Baden-Württembergisch-Ungarischer Workshop, Stuttgart, 6.-7. November 2000.

WTO Ministerial Conferences' site events represent unique occasions for trade and environment experts to meet and exchange opinions. Large numbers of high level policy makers, researchers and academics as well as representatives from civil society groups from all over the world come together to discuss recent developments in the area, conflicts between trade, environment and sustainable development, and potential solutions. Ecologic participated in a number of the site events at the Seattle Ministerial and reported their outcomes to the German Federal Environmental Agency.

Carius, Alexander; Ingmar von Homeyer; Stefani Bär and R. Andreas Kraemer 2000: Die umweltpolitische Dimension der Osterweiterung der Europäischen Union. [Materialien zur Umweltforschung 34]. Stuttgart: Metzler-Poeschel.

Piotrowski, Ralph; Clare Coffey; Christian von Dorrien et. al. 2000: Fisheries and the Environment: Outline of Research. Berlin.

The strain placed on the environment by the tourism industry has grown drastically from year to year. At the same time, however, efforts have also been increasing at national and international levels to reduce this negative impact. In view of the significance of cross-border tourism, such efforts can only be successful within the framework of international co-operation.

"Trade and Environmental Protection" represents a cross-cutting issue area that must be simultaneously handled at different political levels. This book describes and analyses the institutional structures that are necessary for addressing trade and environment issues and indentifies integration strategies. In addition to being relevant to international policy-making, the topic covered in this book also reflects an area of special interest and activity at Ecologic.

In this study, Ecologic reviewed the development of Bulgaria's environmental quality and provided an overview of the development of Bulgaria's environmental policy, including its legal foundations and environmental policy instruments. The analysis' main focus was on progress and existing deficits in Bulgaria's adoption of the European Union's environmental Acquis communautaire. On this basis, the analysis also identified areas in which extensive advising and investments by bilateral and multilateral institutions were needed to support Bulgaria in the area of environmental policy as it moves toward European Union membership. The study was prepared for experts in national environmental administrations and multilateral institutions.

The Eastern enlargement of the EU poses major challenges for German and European environmental policy. On the one hand, the process of political and economic transformation in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe offers a unique opportunity to substantially improve the state of the environment in the whole of Europe. On the other hand, there is a serious risk that the level of environmental protection will suffer – perhaps even that which has already been achieved so far will be undone - if an 'environmentally friendly' political strategy of Eastern enlargement should fail.