Re: EU lobbying

Hi Marko and all.
 
This is a very good idea - I think raising our profile at Brussels and elsewhere is exactly what we should be doing. As well as responding to EU consultations, I'd like to see WCN become more pro-active in shaping the agenda as you describe. In a remarkably short period of time, Carfree UK has developed a reputation as an authority here in the UK on the specific issue of carfree developments. It would be great if WCN were to become a kind of international carfree policy think tank.
 
I don't know if this is a current hot topic in Brussels, but transport economic appraisal and the way it hinders our agenda is an area of interest to me.
 
Would anyone else like to suggest ideas or offer help?
 
Simon.

--- On Wed, 7/1/09, Marko Thull <[email protected]> wrote:

From: Marko Thull <[email protected]>
Subject: [carfree_network] New EVS volunteer
To: "wcn" <carfree_network-/[email protected]>
Date: Wednesday, 7 January, 2009, 1:02 PM


Hello,

Happy new year and best wishes for 2009!

I would like to introduce myself. I am Marko, a new volunteer from France at World Carfree Network in Prague.  I will have the pleasure to contribute to the Carfree movement for one year as a volunteer.

I also would like to present you already a project that I would like to begin this year. I was doing an internship for 7 months in Brussels for the European Union and had the oportunity to meet some people at the Commission. They told me that they are pleased to receive any contributions at any time from NGOs. Therefore I think it could be a good idea to give more regular contributions of our network to the Commission about transport issues. 

We could for instance send you some questionnaries about actual issues treated by the Commission and then make a joint paper with our positions that we could send after approval of all participants to the Commission. In this way we could begin to build regular exchanges with the Commission (regular can mean for instance once every three months). I think it would be good for the visibility of our network at the institutional side. 

This project would concern especially our members from countries members of the EU. I will be waiting for your reaction and we'll by our side begin to think about the first paper we would send to you.

Best regards,

Marko


      
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