"The
Geneva Environment Network
was set up to strengthen positive interactions between environmental organizations
and activities and, with a view to sustainable development, to encourage
interactions between environmental activities and those relating to social
and economic development."
-- Philippe Roch
Former Director, Swiss Agency for the Environment, Forests and Landscape
The
Geneva Environment Network (GEN) actively promotes increased cooperation and networking between its members by:
organizing and hosting meetings on the environment and sustainable development,
such as GEN Roundtables and international workshops, promoting the dissemination of
information and public awareness of environmental issues,
maintaining a resource centre and cybercafé and providing conference services to
the Environment House, and publishing
Environment House News, a round-up of topical
essays on the environment and sustainable development, and the
Geneva Green Guide.