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4-789: Set up in 1999 with the support of the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment , and under the coordination of UNEP Regional Office for Europe (ROE), the GEN Secretariat is based in the International Environment House (IEH), which gathers under a common roof a range of United Nations and non-governmental organizations active in the field of environment and sustainable development. GEN actively promotes increased cooperation and networking between its members by organizing and hosting meetings on

8-552: A division of the Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications . It is responsible for matters of the environment, including the protection of plants and animals and the protection against noise, air pollution or natural hazards. The Federal Office for Environmental Protection was founded in 1971. In 1989, it was merged with the Federal Office for Forests and Landscape Protection to form

12-544: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Switzerland -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Federal Office for the Environment The Federal Office for the Environment ( German : Bundesamt für Umwelt ; French : Office fédéral de l'environnement ; Italian : Ufficio federale dell'ambiente ) is the Swiss environmental agency ,

16-514: The environment and sustainable development, such as roundtables and international workshops. During the past ten years, GEN has provided a welcome centre, a single access point to environmental information and knowledge to its members and public at large, and conference services. The network members contribute actively to the GEN by sharing information and material, co-organizing and attending events. This article about an environmental organization

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