Smart Enforcement: How to Target Environmental Law Enforcement Efforts in Times of Crisis

Event: Conference
Date: 3 November 2014
Location: Brussels, Belgium
Speaker: Prof. Christoph H. Stefes, PhD

Dr. Christiane Gerstetter

The EFFACE project, which is coordinated by the Ecologic Institute, will hold a conference on "Smart Enforcement: How to Target Environmental Law Enforcement Efforts in Times of Crisis" on 3 November 2014 in Brussels.

The half day event will include two sessions:

The Theoretical and Empirical Case for Smart Enforcement
How to Make Enforcement against Environmental Crime Smarter – Practical Perspectives

Speakers at the conference will include European Union officials, senior university researchers and legal experts in the field of environmental crime. Christop Stefes, Senior Fellow at the Ecologic Institute and scientific coordinator of EFFACE, will moderate one of the Panel sessions.

The conference is organised by the Institute for Environmental Security in co-operation with Ecologic Institute and the Flemish High Enforcement Council for the Environment

Please see the programme and register here.

Fighting Environmental Crime in Europe and Beyond

The Role of the EU and Its Member States

Year 2017

Publication:Report

The final synthesis of the 40 month long EFFACE research project is now available. The report is addressed at decision-makers and presents core findings from the EFFACE project in an accessible language. The final synthesis is available for download.

Environmental Crime and the EU: Synthesis

Synthesis of the Research Project "European Union Action to Fight Environmental Crime" (EFFACE)

Year 2016

Publication:Report

A new report presents the conclusions and policy recommendations of the EU-funded research project, "European Union Action to Fight Environmental Crime" (EFFACE). The report includes recommendations for action to better combat environmental crime at the EU and Member State level, distinguishing between core and supplementary recommendations. In addition to these recommendations, questions for further research are identified. The report is available for download.

European Union Action to Fight Environmental Crime (EFFACE): Conclusions and Recommendations

on fighting environmental crime more effectively

Year 2016

Event:Conference

The final conference of the EU-funded research project "European Action to Fight Environmental Crime" (EFFACE) took place on 17 and 18 February 2016 in Brussels. More than 100 participants attended the conference - including representatives of EU institutions, national environmental authorities, police, civil society as well as academic experts on the topic from the EU and beyond. 

Combatting Environmental Crime: Priorities and Opportunities for further EU Action

17 - 18 February 2016
Brussels, Belgium

Publication:Website

The EU research project EFFACE assesses the impacts of environmental crime as well as effective and feasible policy options for combatting it, with a focus on the EU. Ecologic Institute designed and developed the EFFACE website which provides an overview of the project objectives, structure and partners as well as events. Furthermore the website provides links to the project findings, publications and policy briefs and hosts the EFFACE Newsletter. An internal area supports the coordination of the project work that involves 11 European universities and think tanks.

European Union Action to Fight Environmental Crime (EFFACE)

Year 2012

Presentation:Speech

What do we know about the effectiveness of legislation to combat environmental crime within the EU and its Member States? And how can we measure its effectiveness? These were the two core questions that Christiane Gerstetter, Senior Fellow in Ecologic's Legal Team, addressed in a presentation at the conference of the European Environmental Law Forum in September 2015 in Aix-en-Provence. The presentation is available for download.

The Effectiveness of the EU's Legislative Framework on Environmental Crime

3 September 2015
Dr. Christiane Gerstetter

Presentation:Speech

In this presentation, Grazia Maria Vagliasindi, University of Catania, and Christiane Gerstetter, Ecologic Institute, presented the results of the EU-funded research project "European Union Action to Fight Environmental Crime" (EFFACE) to an audience of criminologists and police officers. The presentation is available for download.

(Preliminary) Results of the EFFACE Research Project

9 September 2015
Dr. Christiane Gerstetter

Event:Workshop

An important part of the research project "European Union Action to Fight Environmental Crime" (EFFACE), which is coordinated by Ecologic Institute, is a series of workshops. They served both to present results of the research project and to invite feedback from academic experts, policy-makers and practitioners. Summaries of the workshops are available for download.

EFFACE Workshops on Environmental Crime

21 January 2014 - 22 October 2015
Berlin, Catania, Brussels, Granada, Den Haag, London

Publication:Report

An important part of the work for the "European Union Action to Fight Environmental Crime" (EFFACE) project, coordinated by Ecologic Institute, is the analysis of the costs and impacts of environmental crime. The work includes the collection and analysis of data and information on the extent and the impacts of environmental crime and attempts to estimate the economic costs of the different types of environmental crime. The report "Understanding the Damages of Environmental Crime" is available for download.

Understanding the Damages of Environmental Crime

Review of the availability of data

Year 2014

Funding: European Commission, Directorate-General Research & Innovation (DG Research & Innovation), International
Organizer: Institute for Environmental Security (IES), Netherlands

Flemish High Council of Environmental Enforcement (VHRM), Belgium
Speaker: Prof. Christoph H. Stefes, PhD

Dr. Christiane Gerstetter
Date: 3 November 2014
Location: Brussels, Belgium
Language: English
Project: European Union Action to Fight Environmental Crime (EFFACE)
Project ID: 2720
Keywords: EU

enforcement, environmental law, environmental crime, police, prosecution, EFFACE

Europe

Further Links

Project website: European Union Action to Fight Environmental Crime

ProjectFP 7European Union Action to Fight Environmental Crime (EFFACE)

The interdisciplinary research project "European Union Action to Fight Environmental Crime" (EFFACE) assessed the impacts of environmental crime as well as effective and feasible policy options for combatting it, with a focus on the EU. The project was funded under the... Read more

European Union Action to Fight Environmental Crime (EFFACE)

Duration: Dec 2012 - Mar 2016
Funding: European Commission, Directorate-General Research & Innovation (DG Research & Innovation), International