Both ENDS
Budget
€22,256,125
EP Access
1
accredited persons
Staff
4
0.55 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & Goals
Both ENDS is een onafhankelijke, niet-gouvernementele organisatie (NGO) die werkt aan een duurzame toekomst voor onze planeet. We doen dit door het identificeren en versterken van maatschappelijke organisaties (CSO's), vooral in ontwikkelingslanden. Deze organisaties komen vaak met duurzame antwoorden op milieu- en armoede-gerelateerde onderwerpen. Voortbouwend op deze alternatieven, creëren en ondersteunen wij strategische netwerken die de belangen van mens en milieu voorop stellen. Tegelijkertijd beïnvloeden wij beleid in de richting van een duurzame economie; dat doen wij zowel op nationaal en internationaal niveau. Om de verstoorde balans te herstellen hebben wij onze eigen aanpak. Zo gaan we actief op zoek naar mensen en organisaties in ontwikkelingslanden die op lokaal niveau bezig zijn met armoedebestrijding en milieubeheer. Zij ontwikkelen vaak goede ideeën om hun eigen levensstandaard en hun natuurlijke leefomgeving te verbeteren.
EU Legislative Interests
- Regulation (EU) No 1233/2011 "Application of certain guidelines in the field of officially supported export credits" - Export Finance for Future (E3F) coalition - Revision of the OECD Sector Understanding on officially suppported export credits for fossil fuel projects - WTO reform and ongoing negotiations - Review of the 15-Point Action Plan for Trade and Sustainable Development and on the Trade Policy Review - EU possition in the UNCTAD 15 negotiations - EU Mercosur free trade agreement - EU Indonesia free trade agreement - EU-Mexico free trade agreement - EU India trade and investment negotiations - Reform of the Energy Charter Treaty - EU position in negotiations of working groups 3 of UNCITRAL on IIA reform - EU Green Deal related policies and regulations, including CBAM, DR and Directive on corporate sustainability due diligence - TSD review
Communication Activities
2024/2025 Communication activities: • 09-12-2024: Attended EU Raw Materials Week • 18-02-2025 Press release about EU-Indonesia FTA • 22-01-2025 News article about EU-Mercosur FTA • 19-12-2024 News article about EU-Mercosur FTA • 6-12-2024 News article about EU Deforestation Law 2023 Communication activities: - 09-03-2023: Position paper: An alternative EU-Mercosur cooperation agreement is possible - 14-03-2023: Webinar in cooperation with CAN Europe on export credits and EU policy - 15-03-2023: Publication: Promise Breakers: Assessing the impact of compliance with the Glasgow Statement commitment to end international public finance for fossil fuels - 12-04-2023: EU-Central America meeting - 17-04-2023: All-DAGs meeting - 08-05-2023: TRADE Civil Society Dialogue – Meeting Invitation - Update on EU trade negotiations with Indonesia and trade relations with other ASEAN countries - 24-05-2023: Publication of op-ed in EUobserver – EU export credits insure decades of fossil-fuel in Mozambique - 26-06-2023: Letter to EU governments on the GSP reform - 27, 28, 29 June 2023: DAG to DAG meetings on the EU-Andean countries as well as OSF with the sub-committee for the EU-Andean countries - 27-30 June 2023: DAG to DAG meeting. EU-Central America - 17-07-2023: News item: Counter summit in Brussels: Civil society organisations call for sustainable and fair trade - 17-20 October 2023: DAG to DAG meeting in Colombia, Bogotá on the EU-Andean Countries, as well as meeting with the sub-committee on the 20th of October - 27-10-2023: Attended virtual E3F stakeholder meeting - 13-11-2023: Launch of report: The foreign financiers of Argentina's lithium rush: Export credit agencies' support for lithium mining - 13-11-2023: Publication: The foreign financiers of Argentina's lithium rush: Export credit agencies' support for lithium mining - 29-11-2023: Podcast episode: The Silent Enablers: How Export Credit Agencies Fuel the Crisis 2023 List of meetings with the European Commission: - 26-07-2023: EU Export Credit Agencies and the Green Deal (Video call). Commission Representative(s): Olivia Gippner, Cabinet member of Frans Timmermans - 04-05-2023: Regulating artificial intelligence and Big Tech: could EU’s digital trade agenda derail it? 2023 List of meetings with the European Parliament: - 28-01-2025: Export Credit Agencies and trade – APA (staff level) - 19-03-2025: Trade agreements – APA (staff level)
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
For an overview of associations/organisations of which Both ENDS is a member of please see the link below: https://www.bothends.org/en/Cooperation/Networks/
Organisation Members
Please see link below: https://www.bothends.org/en/Cooperation/
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.